Music Video Regulation

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"The Broadcasting act of 1990 requires that OFCOM does all it can to secure that nothing in programmes offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or lead to disorder or be offensive to public feeling."

Introduction:

Ofcom was designed to be a 'super regulator', required in an age where many media platforms are converging. On December 29, 2003, Ofcom inherited the duties that had previously been the responsibility of five regulatory bodies:

* the Broadcasting Standards Commission
* the Independent Television Commission
* the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel)
* the Radio Authority
* the Radiocommunications Agency


Duties:

Ofcom's duties are wide-ranging, covering all manner of industries and processes. It has a statutory duty to further the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition and protecting consumers from harmful or offensive material.

Some of the main things which Ofcom preside over are licensing, undertaking research, creating codes and policies, addressing complaints and looking into competition.


PRINCIPLE: To ensure that people under 18 are protected

1.1 Material that might seriously impair, the physical mental or moral development of people under 18 must not be broadcast.

1.2 Children must be protected by appropriate scheduling from material that is unsuitable to them

2.1 Broadcasters must ensure that material which may cause offence is justified by the context. Broadcasters must be careful when representing: offensive language, violence, sex, sexual violence, humiliation, distress, violation of human dignity, discriminatory treatment or language ( for example on the grounds of age, disability, gender, race, religion, beliefs and sexual orientation).

3.1 To ensure that material likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder must not be included in TV or Radio services.