Regulators mindmap

OFCOM (Office of communication)
- in charge of regulating TV and radio, making appropriate content for the audience, ensuring no harmful or offensive scenes are shown e.g making sure ethics are followed.
Another guideline Ofcom follow very strictly is the watershed this being shows shown after 9pm including more adult content, this also affects advertisements.
Songs played after 9pm on radio can include swearing and adult themes unlike before 9pm where only censored songs are played and its more pop based whereas after 9pm is more rap.
Ofcom gets involved in situations when complaints are received.

ASA (Advertising standard association)
- in charge of adverts shown on audio visual, films, radio and print, they maintain guidelines and these resemble Ofcom guidelines about making sure ethics are followed.
ASA gets involved in situations when complaints are received,

BBFC (British board of film classification)
- regulates films and certificates, making sure that content is appropriate.

PEGI (Pans European gaming information)
-regulates games and gaming certificates, like BBFC they make sure that the content is appropriate and give certificates making sure guardians know the content included.

W3C (World wide web consortium)
- advice based regulator, they specialise in websites and give advice to how to create and publish a website, give advice on how to make the website accessible for any impaired users,

PRS (performing rights society)
- responsible for any music that is used in a media product this effects adverts, jingles and theme music more responsible for radio sounds as they focus on jingles, SFX and jingles.
NOT A RECORD LABEL, manage any composer of a sound effect/theme tune/melody that has been used for a product.
composers get paid the royalties for your song being used, PRS can also get involved in legal issues if anyone has used your intellectual property in a product without your permission PRS Ould step in and solve the situation.

IPSO (independent press standards organisation)
-regulate print based media e.g newspapers and magazine, they maintain the editors code, these are the guidelines for print media and include legal issues about libel and slander.

Trademarks 
- a regulator that monitors intellectual property and applies to all media products, companies and people can get slogans, colours, fonts, logos trademarked to make sure that no other companies can use any trademarks, legally owning copyright of anything you have designed.