The document discusses several regulatory and professional bodies within the UK creative media sector: The BBFC reviews and assigns age ratings to films before release. PEGI performs a similar role for video games. The FDA determines film release times in the UK. The VSC ensures PEGI properly rates games for age-appropriateness. OFCOM regulates broadcast media content suitability. The PCC and ASA deal with complaints about newspapers/magazines and advertising respectively. The BBFC gave the original Star Wars film a PG rating in the UK whereas it received a U rating in the US.

1. REGULATORY AND PROFESSIONAL
BODIES WITHIN THE CREATIVE
MEDIA SECTOR
Daniel Harrison
Task 3 Understand the Regulation of
the Media Sector

2. • The BBFC is a company that is funded by
the film industry .Their job is review a
film just before the film relised. Then
they will decide what age the film
should be rated at .This will decide at
what age people can watch the film .
BRITISH BOARD
OF FILM
CLASSIFICATION
(BBFC)

3. PEGI • PEGI or pan European game information
is like the BBFC but instead of with films
they are used to determine the age of
games should be rated at and at what
age people are able to play the game.

4. FILM
DISTRIBUTORS
ASSOCIATION
• The FDA is the main source for
distributors in film industry . They set
the times of release of most films in the
UK .

5. VIDEO
STANDARDS
COUNCIL
(VSC)
The VSC main job is to make sure that PEGI
is keeping to the strict age rating for video
games and to make sure that the age
rating of a games is clear and
understandable to the public .

6. • OFCOM regulate TV and radio broadcast
as well as phones and other airways.
There main job in the media industry is
to make sure that the things that are
aired are suitable for the time and the
audience of the network . And make
sure that there is no harmful material
on the show that is not suitable for the
time aired for ensample not swearing or
heavy violence before nine o clock .
OFFICE FOR
COMMUNICATION
(OFCOM)

7. TRADING
STANDARDS
CENTRAL
• Explain who they are and what they
do….

8. PRESS
COMPLAINTS
COMMISSION
(PCC)
The PCC is an independent organization
that deal with complaints that are
within the media industry mainly with
newspapers and magazines. Anybody
can call or write a letter to them to
make a complaint about the media
industry and they will attempt to solve
the problem .They do things like
removing pictures or names from
articles but they also do other things
such as helping the privacy of people
who do not wished to be interviewed .

9. ADVERTISING
STANDARDS
AUTHORITY(ASA).
• The ASA are a company that is
independent and is used in all types of
media . They are used to make sure that
advertisements throughout the media
industry if on TV or the radio etc . They
will make sure the advert is safe and
that it does not offend anyone before
letting it safely go onto the air .
Although there are some that have been
banned from air for example there was
a skittles advert that was banned for
having sexual content .

10. BBFC FILM
AGE RATING
• There was an intent with the film Star
wars and the whole of its series . The
makers of the film who was created by
gorge Lucas company . They whished
for there movies to be age rated as
being a U by saying that it is a film for
the whole family . But after carful
inspection of the film the British Board
Of Film Classification thought that it
should be set as a PG because of the
violent scenes that are in the movie they
thought that some of the scenes may
scar the younger viewers .Because of
this it was classed as being a PG in
America by the MPAA where as in Briton
and Europe it was given a rating of a U
by the BBFC.

11. REFERENCES……..
HTTP://WWW.BBFC.CO.UK/C
ASE-STUDIES/STAR-WARS