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• 4Learning
  A Channel 4 initiative using new technology to develop new services and partnerships in education.
• Advanced-television.com
  Daily News available free to users on the business and technology of pay and interactive tv

Advertising

• Advertising Association (AA)
  A federation of trade associations and professional bodies representing advertising agencies, the media and support services.
• Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
  The independent, self-regulatory body for both broadcast and non-broadcast advertisements.
• Arts Council
  National body responsible for sustaining, developing and promoting the arts in England.
• Astra
  Europe's leading direct-to-home Satellite System.
• BAFTA
  Promotes and rewards the best in film, television and interactive media.
• BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation.
• BECTU
  The independent union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure, interactive media and allied areas in the UK.
• BKSTS (The Moving Image Society)
  Encourages, sustains, trains and represents all those involved in the business of providing moving images and associated sound in any form and through any media.
• British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
  An independent organisation which classifies film and video for release in Britain.
• British Film Commission (BFC)
  Promotes the UK as an international production centre and encourages the use of British locations, services, facilities and personnel.
• British Film Institute (BFI)
  Aims to develop greater understanding and appreciation of film, television and the moving image.
• British Video Association (BVA)
  A trade body representing the interests of publishers and rights owners of video home entertainment.
• Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC)
  Examines all television commercials to ascertain their legality and to pass judgement on taste.
• Broadcast Now
  The online version of Broadcast, the broadcasting industry?s newspaper. Useful for the latest broadcast news and has a comprehensive industry directory.
• Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB)
  The primary source of television audience data in the UK. It is jointly funded by the BBC, ITVA, Channel 4, Channel 5, BSkyB and the IPA.
• Churches Advisory Council fo Local Broadcasting (CACLB)
  Established by the churches, offering information, help and advice in relation to churches? involvement in local broadcasting.
• Community Media Association (Commedia)
  Set up to support a third sector of community media services alongside commercial and the BBC.
• Competition Commission
  An independent public body which replaced the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1999.
• Confederation of Aerial Industries
• Consumers' Association
  Looks after and promotes the interests of consumers.
• Deaf Broadcasting Council (DABC)
  A consumer organisation making the needs of hearing impaired people known to broadcasters.
• Digital Television Group (DTG)
  Represents over 100 companies working to bring digital television to the UK, and sets technical standards for digital terrestrial tv.
• Equity
  Trade union for performing arts
• European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
  The largest association of professional broadcasters in the world, based in Geneva.

European regulators

Film & video

• Film Council
  The strategic agency responsible for developing the film industry in the UK.
• free to view
  How to get free to view digital tv.
• Gaelic Broadcasting Committee
  Established in 1990 to provide funding for Gaelic television programme production, training, audience research, and related activities.
• ICSTIS
  The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services. Regulates the content and promotion of premium rate telephone services.
• Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA)
  The single body representing the interests of British advertisers in all areas of marketing communications, including TV advertising, new media, press, radio, outdoor, direct marketing, sponsorship and sales promotion.

Industry news

• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
  The industry body for the advertising and marketing communications industry.
• Interactive Television Dictionary
  A useful glossary of broadcasting related terms, with links to several other glossaries.
• International Broadcasting Convention (IBC)
  Organises an annual convention of broadcast technology in Amsterdam, which includes an exhibition, conference and programme festival.
• Internet Watch Foundation
  Set up to address the problem of illegal material on the internet, with particular reference to child pornography.
• Media Guardian
  The online version of the Media Guardian featuring a useful broadcast news section.
  (Registration required)
• Media Skills Wales (CYFLE)
  Responsible for training provision in the Welsh film and television industries.
• Media Trust
  Aims to harness the skills and resources of the media industry to help charities communicate.
• Media UK
  A discussion forum and a UK media directory.
• Mediawatch-UK
  Formerly the National Viewers and Listeners Organisation, represents the citizen and consumer interest in broadcasting.
• National Consumer Council (NCC)
  Set up by the government to promote and safeguard the interests of consumers.
• National Film and Television School (NFTS)
  Offers professional training in film, television and media.
• National Museum of Film, Photography and Television
  The Museum explores the world of the media through a combination of permanent galleries, temporary exhibitions and cinema.
• NTL
  Supplier of digital services which include cable and digital terrestrial television.
• One World Broadcasting Trust
  One World Broadcasting Trust encourages a responsible and lucid coverage of the developing world.
• Press Complaints Commission (PCC)
  An independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
• Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT)
  The UK trade association for independent television, feature film, animation and new media production companies.
• Public TV
  Public TV aggregates videos from across business and the public sector to give free access to government, public sector, professional training, and business videos
• Royal Television Society (RTS)
  A members' society which acts as a forum for debate with in the broadcasting industry.
• S4C
  The fourth channel for Wales.

Service providers

• Skillset
  The Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries.
• SkillsforMedia
  A partnership between Skillset and BECTU giving advice on careers in the media.

Societies & members' organisations

• Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers
  Provides a forum for engineers in cable telecommunications.

Training

• TV Anytime
  An association of organisations seeking to develop specifications to enable audio-visual and other services based on mass-market high volume digital storage.
• Women in Film and TV
  A membership organisation open to women with at least one year's professional experience in any aspect of either industries.

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