The document discusses several regulatory and professional bodies that govern the UK creative media sector, including the British Board of Film Classification which classifies films and videos, the Film Distributors' Association which represents film distributors, the Video Standards Council which promotes high standards in the video and computer games industries, OFCOM as the communications regulator, Trading Standards which enforces consumer legislation, the Press Complaints Commission which deals with complaints about newspaper and magazine content, and the Advertising Standards Authority which regulates advertising across all media.

1. Regulatory and professional bodies
within the Creative Media Sector
Matthew Rogero
Task 3 Understand the regulation of the media sector

2. British Video Association
The British Board of Film Classification
is an independent, non-governmental
body which has classified cinema films
since it was set up in 1912 and videos/
DVDs since the Video Recordings Act
was passed in 1984.

3. Film Distributors Association
Film Distributors' Association Ltd. (FDA) is the trade body for theatrical
film distributors in the UK - the companies that release films for UK
cinema audiences.
Originally established in London in 1915, FDA liaises and works with
many individuals, companies and organisations. FDA's Council, or
board, comprising a senior representative of each member company,
normally meets six times a year and considers only matters of generic
interest to film distributors.

4. 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. The Code has subsequently been
expanded to promote high standards within the computer games
industry. Pre-recorded videos, DVD's and computer games bring
entertainment, pleasure and enjoyment to many millions of people but
they are also a very powerful means of communication. The video and
games industries owe a duty of care to their customers and the public
generally. The VSC will do its utmost to ensure that this duty is
discharged.

5. 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.

6. Trading Standards Central
Trading standards professionals enforce
consumer related legislation, legislation which
is vast and constantly evolving and changing.
TSI influences much of that evolution through
the work of our lead officers, trading
standards professionals specialising in
different areas of responsibility.

7. Press Complaints
Commission (PCC)
The PCC is an independent self-regulatory body which deals
with complaints about
the editorial content of newspapers and magazines (and their
websites). We keep
industry standards high by training journalists and editors, and
work pro-actively
behind the scenes to prevent harassment and media intrusion.
We can provide
pre-publication advice to journalists and the public and have
published advice on
dealing with media attention after a death.

8. Advertising Standards
Authority(ASA).
The Advertising Standards Authority is the
UK’s independent regulator of advertising
across all media. We apply the Advertising
Codes, which are written by the Committees
of Advertising Practice. Our work includes
acting on complaints and proactively
checking the media to take action against
misleading, harmful or offensive
advertisements

9. Reference
www.bbfc.co.uk
www.bva.org.uk
www.videostandards.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.uk
www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
www.pcc.org.uk
www.asa.org.uk

10. Reference
www.bbfc.co.uk
www.bva.org.uk
www.videostandards.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.uk
www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
www.pcc.org.uk
www.asa.org.uk