Regulatory and professional bodies

British Video Association

The British Video Association is a video home entertainment organisation. It was established in 1980 and it has suggested according to the figures that around six million people in the UK have missed out on the revolution of High Definition.

Film Distributors Association

Its 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. They consider only matters of generic interest to film distributors. They geared mainly towards the next generation of filmmakers and audiences.

Video Standards Council

Its to oversee and make sure the code of Practice promote has high standers in the video industry, however it was expanded to promote high standers within the video games society too. They put age certificates and symbols on games and films to make sure there appropriate.

Trading Standards Institute
Trading Standards Central has been created and is maintained by the Trading Standards Institute to provide consumer protection information for the UK. Its a professional membership association and it represents trading standards professionals in the UK. Its job is to promote and protect the success of modern economy and to make sure the health and safety and the well being of the citizens is looked after.

Press Complaints Commission

The PCC is increasingly carrying out a large amount of work which helps to protect people's privacy and minimise the risk of media harassment, particularly at times of grief or shock.

Advertising Standards Authority

Advertising plays an essential role in today’s world. It informs, entertains and promotes healthy competition. ASA are to make sure all advertisements are legal, decent, honest and truthful.

The Mobile Entertainment Forum

MEF is the global community for mobile content and commerce it provides competitive advantage to our members in order to build a robust, trusted and secure mobile content.

The Independent Games Developers Association

TIGA is the trade association representing the UK's games industry. TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

BAFTA is a charity with principal objects to promote and advance education through its events and to cultivate and improve public taste in the film, television and games industries.

Commercial Radio Companies Association

The Commercial Radio Companies Association is the trade body

for UK commercial radio.

The International Visual Communication Association

IVCA is the independent not for profit membership organisation representing the creators and commissioners of film, video, digital and live events for the corporate and public sectors.

Worldwide Web Consortium 

The World Wide Web Consortium is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential.

British Web Design and Marketing Association

The UK Web Design Association was established in 2001 to encourage and promote industry standards within the British web design and new media sector.

British Interactive Multimedia Association

BIMA exists to do three key things which is to ssupport and promote the British digital industry,

share knowledge and best practice and reward great work and encourage the next generation.

Regulatory Issues
Ownerships regulatory issues are they have to decide how much of the media one person can own, or the entire UK insdusty can own. For example Rupert Murdoch owning part of ITV and half of sky so should he be allowed anymore. Ownership laws often get put into place when people want to own too much. I think its wrong him wanting to own more because if one person made all TV programmes then all shows and opinions would be his and there would be no other views or types of programmes. He will form peoples opinions by putting across his own.

Monopoly regulatory issues when one person owns all of one company. The issues with this are that they will be over powerful and make everything there way. I think this isn't right and that there should be more than one person in charge of the media and what people are being told. When one person is incharge they make the rules and can chooose and stop what everyone sees or hears and knows about.


Issues of consumer choice as the UK has become more diverse. BBC which we all pay for caters our needs.  Why should we have to pay for shows that we don't want to see. If there's of the country that's not getting looked after or catered for why should we pay for them, that's why we have so many different channels so sports for sports fans, Asia radio for Asians, its to meet consumer needs so we want to pay. I think we should get a choice so its good that BBC are more diverse so we get more range of TV.

Access regulatory issues regulating bodies need to make a decision,if
Censorship issues it happens loads now, when you was little and you r mum and dad stopped you from watching something or playing something ,their censoring you from it. I think the media is very persuasive and lead allot of people to believe the same things.