2. British Board of Film
Classification (BBFC)
The BBFC are responsible for deciding
what classification film’s and games
should be before it is released. The
company was established in 1912 and
non governmental body and does not
make profit.
3. British Video Association
The British video association represents
the interests of publishers and rights
owners of video entertainment. Set up
30 years ago the BVA making up 90%
of the £2.25billion industry.
4. Film Distributors Association
The film distributors association was
established in 1915 and is the trade
body for theatrical film distributors in the
UK.
5. Video Standards Council
(VSC)
The VSC was established in 1989 as a
non-profit making body set-up to
develop and oversee a Code of
Practice designed to promote high
standards within the video industry.
6. Office for Communication
(Ofcom)
Ofcom is the communications regulator.
We regulate the TV and radio sectors,
fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal
services, plus the airwaves over which
wireless devices operate.
7. Trading Standards Central
The Trading Standards Institute is a
professional membership association
formed in 1881. It represents trading
standards professionals in the UK and
overseas - in local authorities, the
business and consumer sectors and in
central government.
8. Press Complaints
Commission (PCC)
The PCC is an independent body which
administers the system of self-
regulation for the press. The purpose of
the PCC is to serve the public by
holding editors to account.
9. Advertising Standards
Authority(ASA).
The Advertising Standards Authority is
the UK’s independent regulator of
advertising across all media. The work
includes acting on complaints and
proactively checking the media to take
action against misleading, harmful or
offensive advertisements.
10. Advertising Standards
Authority(ASA).
The Advertising Standards Authority is
the UK’s independent regulator of
advertising across all media. The work
includes acting on complaints and
proactively checking the media to take
action against misleading, harmful or
offensive advertisements.
