Regulation & Codes of Practice

Regulation & Codes of PracticeA) What are the names of the two companies that licence radio stations to play music?□ PPL & PRS            For a bonus point, what do the above acronyms stand for:

B) PPL - Phonographic Performance limited

C) PRS - Performing rights sociecty

D) What else do the above companies collect and distribute for music artists/songwriters/publishers?
-they collect Royalties

E) What would happen if a shop / club / radio station didn’t purchase licences from these bodies and were found out by the PRS/PPL?
-They would be fined and possibly shut down___________________________________________________________________F) What is the name of the regulator of the Broadcast and Telecommunications Industries?

OFCOM

G) The document that sets out the principles, meanings and "practices to be followed” by the Broadcast industries is called the:

The Broadcasting Code

H) Name three of the areas (sections) of the “Code” and two examples of what that section states you cannot do on Radio.1) Section Ten: Commercial Communications in Radio Programming
 - you have to separate advertisement from the main program
-  shouldn't have any commercial references

2) Section One: Protecting under 18's - can't broadcast anything that will impair the physical, mental or moral development of people under 18


3) Section Two: helps to protect others from harm and offence