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Advertising Standards Authority
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ASA Advertising Standards Authority Tel: 020 7492 2222 CAP/BCAP Tel: 020 7492 2100 for
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Association for Video on Demand (ATVOD) |
ATVOD is the Internet TV censor. Internet TV is defined loosely by the EU as
TV like services on the internet. Ofcom is the ultimate Internet TV censor but the task has been delegated to ATVOD |
ATVOD PO Box 561 Walton on Thames KT12 9DA Email: atvod@atvod.co.uk |
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British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) |
Film Censor with the remit:
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BBFC 3 Soho Square, London, W1V 6HD Tel: 020 7440 1570 |
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BBC Radio and Television |
UK state broadcaster | BBC Wood Lane London W12 7RJ Complaints: BBC Complaints Tel: 03700 100 222 |
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BBC Trust |
BBC's self regulatory body | BBC Trust Unit 180 Great Portland Street London W1W 5QZ Email: trust.enquiries@bbc.co.uk |
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Channel 4 |
Channel 4
Commercial TV broadcaster |
Channel 4 Enquiries PO Box 1058 Belfast BT1 9DU Tel: 0845 076 0191 Viewer enquiries |
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Channel 5 |
Channel 5 Commercial TV broadcaster |
Customer Services Five Television 22 Long Acre London WC2E 9LY Tel: 08457 050505 Tel: 020 7421 7270 Email: customerservices@five.tv |
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Clearcast |
Clearcast are not official regulators. They are a group
funded by broadcasters. Clearcast maintain expertise about ASA/TV
advertising rules for the benefit of broadcasters and advertisers. Broadcast advertisers submit adverts to Clearcast for approval. Clearcast also assign child protection restrictions. Clearcast decisions can be, and often are, challenged by the ultimate advertising censors of the ASA |
Note: Public complaints about broadcast advertising should
be addressed to the ASA Clearcast Tel: 020 7339 4700 |
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
Government department responsible for broadcasting.
Often the final responsibility for censorship reverts to the Home Office, especially when the censorial line is defined by legality. |
Department for Culture Media and Sport 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH Email: enquiries@culture.gov.uk |
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Home Office |
Government department responsible for most law and order issues that underpin UK censorship | Direct Communications Unit (public enquiries) 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk |
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Internet Watch Foundation |
Maintains a list of blocked websites for UK ISPs to
implement Previously concentrated on removing child porn from the Internet but now involved in the Government's nasty plan to bang up owners of sexy horror videos. |
The Internet Watch Foundation East View 5 Coles Lane Oakington Cambridge CB24 3BA Tel: +44 (0) 1223 237 700 Email: information@iwf.org.uk |
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ITV |
Independent Television Commercial TV network The ITV Network is made up of 15 regional licences. 11 of the licences in England and Wales are owned by ITV Plc, formed in 2004 following the merger of Carlton and Granada. SMG owns the two Scottish licences, Scottish Television and Grampian; UTV and Channel Television own the licences for Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands respectively. |
Viewer Services ITV Plc Gas Street Birmingham B1 2JT Tel: 0844 88 14150 |
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Ministry of Justice |
UK Government responsible for the law court service and hence the ultimate British censors |
Ministry of Justice 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ United Kingdom Email: general.queries@justice.gsi.gov.uk |
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Ofcom |
The Office of Communications. A regulator with multiple roles. Roles of Interest to Melon Farmers are:
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Ofcom Riverside House 2a Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA Tel: 0300 123 3333 public complaints Tel: 0300 123 3000 general switchboard |
PhonepayPlus |
PhonepayPlus (previously known as ICSTIS) regulates phone-paid services in the UK. These are the premium rate goods and services that you can buy by charging the cost to your phone bill and pre-pay account. | Phoneplayplus Clove Building 4 Maguire Street London SE1 2NQ Tel: 020 7940 7474 General enquiries |
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Sky (BSkyB) |
Sky satellite TV broadcasters | 6 Centaurs Business Park, Grant Way Isleworth Middlesex TW7 5QD Tel: 08442 410 265 for programme comments |
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Video Standards Council (VSC) |
The Video Standards Council are set to become the UK video game censors starting from autumn 2010. They will use pan-European PEGI ratings |
VSC Kinetic Business Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood WD6 4PJ Tel: 0208 387 4020
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