Friday 14 March 2014

The Regulation of the Media Sector

In the media industry, before anything is public or released to the public, it must be regulated to ensure it's appropriate for it's audience and complies with any laws. There are a range of regulatory and professional bodies, such as;

- British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
- British Video Association
- Film Distributors Association
- Video Standards Council (VSC)
- Television, Radio and Telecommunications Office for Communication (Ofcom)
- Trading Standards Central
- Trading Standards Nets
- Press Complaints Commission (PCC)
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
- The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF)
- The Independent Games Developers Association (IGDA)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA)
- The International Visual Communication Association (IVCA)
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- British Web Design and Marketing Association
- British Interactive Multimedia Association (BIMA)

The following posts will explore some of the boards in a bit more depth.

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