The future of the BBFC?

How might the ways films are exhibited / distributed change in the future?

•Internet

•video on demand

•streaming video

•download-to-own

•portable media devices.

•Why are they harder to regulate?

Look on: BBFC online – online briefing Jan 2010 

•How will audiences know an online film has been classified by the BBFC?

•Which film producers / e-retailers have signed up to the scheme already?

Regulation:


Why might the following groups support the classification of on-line films:

•Audiences

•Film producers and distributors

•e-distributors of films

•The BBFC?

 

 

Read The Film four Article on self-regulation. Is self-regulation a viable alternative to BBFC classification?