Entries in 'government' (121)
Tiga submits formal Change4Life complaint
UK and European development trade body Tiga has become the latest organisation to speak out against the Government’s Change4Life campaign, joining the likes of Sega and Atari in their condemnation.
Government defends Change4Life ad
The Department of Heath has defended its new Change4Life campaign ad to MCV – and declined to apologise for the potentially damaging parallels the promotion draws between playing games and ...
Government attacks 'deadly' games
The Government’s Change4Life campaign upped the ante in drawing spurious links between games and premature death this week.
Government ‘obesity link’ irritates industry
A new Government TV ad that appears to link games and obesity has irked the UK industry – despite apparent good intentions.Advertisement
ELSPA reponds to age ratings consultation period
ELSPA has spoken out today following the DCMS Select Committee report and the launch of the DCSF’s formal government consultation into age rating systems in the UK.
ELSPA dismisses Fleet Street scaremongering
ELSPA has this evening responded swiftly to media suggestions that the Government has already picked the BBFC as the ‘official’ age ratings body for games - pointing out that the ...
Government set to back BBFC in age ratings battle
The Government has ignored the industry’s backing of the PEGI system and has plumped for an expansion of the BBFC’s role in age ratings.
The Byron Review Action Plan: Highlights
The UK Government has published its official action plan for video games classification changes following the recommendations made in the Byron Review earlier this year.You can find the full, ...
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‘PEGI vs BBFC’ consultation to begin in July
The UK Government has published its official action plan for video games classification changes following the recommendations made in March's Byron Review.
Byron Review cost Government £275,000
UK Minster Margeret Hodge has revealed that Tanya Byron’s Review into the availability of inappropriate digital material to young people cost the UK Government £275,000.
ELSPA demands Government support
After MCV revealed last week that the UK games market saw its most lucrative Q1 period ever in the first three months of the year, ELSPA has applauded the figures ...
Tanya Byron compares games to heroin addiction
Dr Tanya Byron may have became a ‘friend’ of the industry when conducting her six-month Government Review – but a new BBC TV show written and fronted by the child ...Advertisement
Reeves: Byron Review was ‘too nice’
SCEE president David Reeves has politely criticised recommendations made in the Byron Review, telling its author that she has been “too nice” to the UK games industry.
'Retail wanted BBFC', Byron tells ELSPA
Dr Tanya Byron has told the biggest names in UK video games publishing that retailers persuaded her to give more power to the BBFC over PEGI – as ELSPA members ...
MP Keith Vaz welcomes Byron Review
MP Keith Vaz has released a statement to the press welcoming the proposals within the Byron Review - but in doing so he suggests once again that Rockstar title Manhunt ...
Byron: I don't want change in retail law
Dr. Tanya Byron has rubbished media reports that her Government Review into digital entertainment recommends stricter legal penalties for UK retailers.Advertisement
BYRON REVIEW: New ratings won’t arrive for two years
The changes suggested by Dr. Tanya Byron in her Review of digital entertainment today – and backed by leading Ministers – won’t actually have any practical effect until 2010.
BYRON REVIEW: Industry shouldn't pay for consumer info, says Tiga
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BYRON REVIEW: PEGI will still rate 50% of games releases
Tanya Byron has revealed her grand plan for UK video game classification – and PEGI will still have a very significant role to play.
BYRON REVIEW: Publishers to stump up for public education
Secretary Of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham has told MCV that the video games industry is expected to fund a parental awareness campaign following ...
BYRON REVIEW: ELSPA questions shift to BBFC
While it welcomed Byron’s desire to introduce one clear age ratings system, ELSPA also highlighted concerns over the BBFC’s ability to deliver its new remit, and added that the proposals ...
BYRON REVIEW: Byron & Brown on the GMTV Sofa
Dr Tanya Byron and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were live on the GMTV sofa this morning to outline the new proposals for video games age ratings – with the interview ...
BYRON REVIEW: Government to ‘act immediately’
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham have backed the suggestions in the Byron review – ...
Byron Review published next week
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has told MCV that Tanya Byron’s Review into violence in modern media is to be published next Thursday, March 27th.
Gamers asked to petition PM over tax breaks
The campaign for a UK games production tax credit has spilt over the boundary of the industry – with one concerned consumer starting a petition aimed at Prime Minister Gordon ...
