Producer guidelines and regulatory body

Producer guidelines are the guidelines used to direct producers into not breaking any legal or ethical constraints, when first being employed to work for channels such as BBC, ITV and channel 4 they are made to know what the guidelines are for these programmes so they don't end up doing anything wrong and so they know what is appropriate and what is not to use on the programme.

Regulatory body

PCC

The PCC, which is the Press Complaints Commission deals with complaints about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines and also their websites. The PCC was founded in 1953 however in the late 1980's many newspapers breached the standards of the PCC and others were not satisfied with the council, some of them believed that it would be preferable to enact a law of privacy and right of reply as well as to set up a statutory press council wielding enforceable legal sanctions. The press need to be careful about what they publish they need to make sure of accuracy they cannot publish anything inaccurate, misleading or distorted information including images also they need to be careful of opportunity to reply as a fair opportunity for reply to inaccuracies must be given when reasonably called for, also privacy is a major issue that should not be broken everyone is entitled to respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence, including digital communications.

         Ofcom

Ofcom is a communications regulator, they regulate TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom was formed 29th December 2003 created by Office of communications Act 2002, the headquarters are in London, United Kingdom and the chairman is Colette Bowe. The creation of Ofcom was announced in the Queen's speech in the UK parliament in June 2001. Ofcom launched on 29th December 2003 formally. In July 2009 David Cameron warned in a speech attacking the proliferation of quangos that Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist if his party came to power. In July 2011 the news interational phone hacking scandal, Ofcom came under pressure to launch an inquiry into whether the parent company of News International, News Corporation was still fit and proper owner of a controlling stake in the satelitte broadcasting company British Sky Broadcastin.When problems occur Ofcom has the powers to step in and take action for the benefit of citizens and consumers. This can involve encouraging competition or resolving regulatory disputes between communications providers. We also enforce consumer protection law, protect and manage the radio spectrum, and ensure viewers and listeners are protected from offensive and harmful material and treated fairly.





BBFC




The BBFC which is the British Board of Film Classification is independent, non governmental body which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and video's/ DVDs since the video recording act was passed in 1984.


The classifications include:
Suitable for all
Parental guidance
Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over
Video release suitable for 12 years and over
Suitable only for 15 years and over
Suitable only for adults 18+
Adults works for licensed premises only

Examiers look at issues such as discrimination, drugs, horror, irritable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, sexual voilence, theme and violence when making decisions.
The board was founded in 1912 then titled the British Board of Film Censors. The orgins of the BBFC lay Health and Safety as early as film stock, and limelight which was used in projecting early films, were both fire hazards. Local Authorities were originally given power to license cinemas with reasonable restrictions, and could rate film. The BBFC was then set up by the film industry to standardise the ratings and give uniform film classification to all films in the UK. It is an independent, non-governmental body funded through charged fees. This means film distributors have always paid a fee to have their works rated. The BBFC is a not for profit organisation.

If when making a film and the BBFC checks it if it does not reach their standards the film will be not legal to show in the UK such as the Human Centipede 2.




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.

In 1961 the advertisting association folling disussions with the other industry associations, agreed that it was important that advertisements were welcomed and trusted by consumers in non-broadcast media too.As a result, the industry (agencies, media and advertisers) came together to form the Comittiee of advertising practice) and produced the first edition of the British Code of Advertising Practice.
Our mission is to ensure that advertising in all media is legal, decent, honest and truthful, to the benefit of consumers, business and society.

Their aim is:

• Making  a success of regulating online ads
• Being an effective part of the response to societal issues shown to be affected by advertising
• Placing more emphasis on prevention rather than cure
• Being more efficient and in tune with consumers, business and society

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media. We investigate and adjudicate on potential breaches of the Advertising Codes, and monitor compliance with the rules.