Friday, January 25, 2013
Films shown on South African television with a PG10 age restriction increasing to PG13 from March 2013.
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Ordinary South African viewers won't notice but I can reveal that all films shown on South African television up until now rated with a PG10 age restriction, will be shifting up to PG13 from March 2013.
South African broadcasters who have up till now shown movies with an are restriction of "parental guidance advised for viewers younger than 10 years of age" will now have to change those age restrictions for that same movies to "parental guidance advised for viewers younger than 13 years of age".
The change is due to instruction from the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) requiring South African broadcasters to to use PG13 from now on on movies which used to carry PG10 up until now.