audiences) can be broadcast between 22:00 and 006:00 hrs, but must be accompanied by an audible and visual warning. The GLAC mandates the labelling of the rating of all the audiovisual contents broadcast by television channels, according to the system established by the Self-regulation Code and the instructions given by the national regulatory authority: the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC). In addition, the GLAC incorporated as a novel element the reinforced protection time slots proposed by the Selfregulation Code, during which the TV networks were not allowed to broadcast programmes qualified as suitable only for audiences over thirteen years of age (08.00 to 09.00 hours and 17.00 to 20.00 hours, on weekdays, and 09.00 to 12.00 hours on Saturdays and public holidays). Five years after the enactment of the GLAC, rating on television continues to be ruled by the criteria set by the Self-regulation Code, but in the last months the National Markets and Competition Commission has promoted, together with TV networks and users, the updating and adaptation of the regulations to the current audiovisual media landscape. This research is framed in this scenario and seeks to provide elements for the reflection on the TV rating system. The publication of the white paper by the Audiovisual Council of Catalonia and the implementation of the Self-regulation Code prompted the analysis of the possibilities to reconcile television uses with children’s interests (Pérez-Ornia and Núñez-Ladeveze, 2006). So far, the work carried out in this area has focused on three lines of research. The fist one of them is the self-regulation of the media and, in particular, the application of the aforementioned Self-regulation Code (García Galera,
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