Irish TV rating system

garethmc

Thanks folks for your last reply on SAP. Much appreciated.

I now need to find out if we have a TV rating system for ireland.

Does TV in Ireland have ratings? (for instance, the US TV ratings can be seen at http://www.tvguidelines.org/ratings.asp)
If so, what standards body sets these ratings? Web address?

Also

Do films/DVDs in Ireland have ratings?
If so, what standards body sets these ratings? Web address? (for instance, the MPAA in the US rates movies. Their ratings are at http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/)

On DVDs, how do your locale’s ratings map to the DVD PML (parental management level) numbers? (see http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/vmgpml.php

When foreign films or TV are broadcast in your Ireland, do they carry the ratings of the originating locale or are they re-rated in your locale’s rating system?

I know this is a lot to ask but if anyone has pointers on where to find out this information it would be great.

snappieT

Do films/DVDs in Ireland have ratings?

If you mean certificates, yes. The Irish Film Censor's Office (http://www.ifco.ie) is the place.

Elmo

RTÉ has ratings for its shows

The rating is shown for 20secs at the start of a show below those DOGs everyone loves so much

http://www.rte.ie/tv/classification.html

GA = General Audience
Ch = Aimed at Children
YA = Aimed at Young People
PS = Perental Supervision Advised
MA = Mature Audience (May Cause Offence)

TV3 and TG4 do not use these classifications. They are only used by RTÉ and standards are set by RTÉ

When foreign films or TV are broadcast in your Ireland, do they carry the ratings of the originating locale or are they re-rated in your locale’s rating system?

You will find the US ratings system you mention popping up on shows like Judge Judy, Opera, Dr. Phil and Ricky Lake. Generally they are taken off for prime time shows.

Round Cable

Elmo wrote:

RTÉ has ratings for its shows

The rating is shown for 20secs at the start of a show below those DOGs everyone loves so much

I beleive that the ratings were the first step for introducing DOG's.

Elmo

I beleive that the ratings were the first step for introducing DOG's.

I have no problems with the ratings but they could take the DOG with them when the go, like when they started doing this system.

Also RTÉ are currently promoting the rating systems.

Ulsterman 1690

When foreign films or TV are broadcast in your Ireland, do they carry the ratings of the originating locale or are they re-rated in your locale’s rating system?

Usually they use the ratings applied by the Irish film censor but sometimes the BBFC (UK) ratings are used

icdg

The IFCO did not rate VHS in Ireland until the early 1990s. Before that the BBFC ratings were printed on VHS films here. You can still see the BBFC ratings on some old home video releases (in addition, a lot of the modern releases simply have the IFCO rating stickered-over the BBFC one).

Sky has its own in-house system for classfying films, or at least used to (I haven't watched Sky Movies in years).

TV3, TG4, and most UK channels do not have ratings as such.

Ulsterman 1690

TV3, TG4, and most UK channels do not have ratings as such.

Although for the UK channels most British TV listings magaazines will give their original BBFC rating (even for films made in more puritanical times) and state whether the film has been "edited (ruined) for television"*

Also TV programmes deemed unsuitable for young audiences usually dont get shown before 9pm and Channel Five have a rating system

* = A practice which -to their credit RTE & TG4 (dunno about TV3) dont usually go in for but UK channels (particularly ITV) are notorious for

icdg

icdg wrote:

The IFCO did not rate VHS in Ireland until the early 1990s. Before that the BBFC ratings were printed on VHS films here. You can still see the BBFC ratings on some old home video releases (in addition, a lot of the modern releases simply have the IFCO rating stickered-over the BBFC one).

It was 1994 to be exact. I have a copy of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was one of the first VHS tapes to be certified by the IFCO. Its actually a true IFCO sleeve, it has the G certification printed on it. It also says on the back: "Not for sale or rental in Australia, New Zealand or the United Kingdom."