Ratings

Valid ratings for Movies and TV shows vary depending on the country.  

How to tag ratings in metadata

For movies or TV shows, each rating has the format "system:rating" within a spreadsheet template, where "system" is the name of the rating system and "rating" is the specific rating within that system. To set the rating using the Content and Rights Administration Feed, use the tag: <rating system="system">rating value</rating>.

Example: <rating system="mpaa">PG</rating>

Unrated content

Content is considered unrated when a movie or TV show hasn't been assigned a rating by a ratings authority for the territory of distribution. 

Example: If the MPAA doesn't assign a rating to a movie distributed in the US, the movie should be assigned a rating value of "UNRATED", and the tag would be: <rating system="mpaa">UNRATED</rating>.

UNRATED content will not go live in countries that require ratings (see table below).

Leaving the rating value blank is not the same as UNRATED.
We will contact your team to determine whether a title should have a rating or is truly unrated.

Accepted rating systems

Country where content is sold Store type Requires ratings Requires rating cards Accepted system
Albania (AL) Movies No No Not available
Angola (AO) Movies No No CCE
Antigua and Barbuda (AG) Movies No No MPAA
Argentina (AR) Movies No No MPAA
Armenia (AM) Movies No No MKRF
Aruba (AW) Movies No No Not available
Australia (AU) TV No No ACB
Australia (AU) Movies Yes No ACB
Austria (AT) TV No No FSK
Austria (AT) Movies No No FSK
Azerbaijan (AZ) Movies No No MKRF
Bahrain (BH) Movies Yes No MPAA
Belarus (BY) Movies No No MKRF
Belgium (BE) Movies No No MPAA
Belize (BZ) Movies No No Not available
Benin (BJ) Movies No No CNC
Bolivia (BO) Movies No No MPAA
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) Movies No No MPAA
Botswana (BW) Movies No No MPAA
Brazil (BR) Movies Yes No DJCTQ
Burkina Faso (BF) Movies No No CNC
Cambodia (KH) Movies No No Not available
Canada (CA) TV No No CBSC
Canada (CA) Movies No No CHVRS
Cape Verde (CV) Movies No No CCE
Chile (CL) Movies No No MPAA
Colombia (CO) Movies No No MPAA
Costa Rica (CR) Movies No No MPAA
Croatia (HR) Movies No No Not available
Cyprus (CY) Movies No No FILM
Czechia (CZ) Movies No No FILM
Denmark (DK) Movies No No MCCYP
Ecuador (EC) Movies No No MPAA
Egypt (EG) Movies Yes No MPAA
El Salvador (SV) Movies No No MPAA
Estonia (EE) Movies No No FILM
Fiji (FJ) Movies No No Not available
Finland (FI) Movies No No MEKU
France (FR) TV Yes No CSA
France (FR) Movies Yes No CNC
Gabon (GA) Movies No No CNC
Germany (DE) TV Yes No FSK
Germany (DE) Movies Yes No FSK
Greece (GR) Movies No No FILM
Guatemala (GT) Movies No No MPAA
Haiti (HT) Movies No No Not available
Honduras (HN) Movies No No MPAA
Hong Kong (HK) Movies Yes No FCO
Hungary (HU) Movies No No MPAA
Iceland (IS) Movies No No KIJKWIJZER
India (IN) Movies Yes No CBFC
Indonesia (ID) Movies Yes No LSF
Ireland (IE) Movies No No IFCOF
Italy (IT) Movies Yes No MBACT
Ivory Coast (CI) Movies No No CNC
Jamaica (JM) Movies No No MPAA
Japan (JP) Movies No No EIRIN
Jordan (JO) Movies Yes No MPAA
Kazakhstan (KZ) Movies No No MRKF
Korea (KR) Movies Yes Yes KMRB
Kuwait (KW) Movies Yes No MPAA
Kyrgyzstan (KG) Movies No No MKRF
Laos (LA) Movies No No Not available
Latvia (LV) Movies No No NKC-LV
Lebanon (LB) Movies Yes No MPAA
Lithuania (LT) Movies No No Not available
Luxembourg (LU) Movies No No KIJKWIJZER
Macedonia (MK) Movies No No MPAA
Malaysia (MY) Movies Yes No FCBM
Mali (ML) Movies No No CNC
Malta (MT) Movies No No MCCAA
Mauritius (MU) Movies No No BBFC
Mexico (MX) Movies No No RTC
Moldova (MD) Movies No No Not available
Namibia (NA) Movies No No Not available
Nepal (NP) Movies No No MPAA
Netherlands (NL) Movies No No KIJKWIJZER
New Zealand (NZ) Movies Yes Yes OFLC
Nicaragua (NI) Movies No No MPAA
Niger (NE) Movies No No CNC
Norway (NO) Movies No No MEDIETILSYNET
Oman (OM) Movies Yes No MPAA
Panama (PA) Movies No No MPAA
Papua New Guinea (PG) Movies No No MPAA
Paraguay (PY) Movies No No MPAA
Peru (PE) Movies No No MPAA
Philippines (PH) Movies No No MTRCB
Poland (PL) Movies No No MPAA
Portugal (PT) Movies No No CCE
Qatar (QA) Movies Yes No MPAA
Russia (RU) Movies Yes No MKRF
Rwanda (RW) Movies No No CNC
Saudi Arabia (SA) Movies Yes No MPAA
Senegal (SN) Movies No No MPAA
Singapore (SG) Movies Yes No MDA
Slovakia (SK) Movies No No MPAA
Slovenia (SI) Movies No No MPAA
South Africa (ZA) Movies Yes No FPB
Spain (ES) Movies Yes No ICAA
Sri Lanka (LK) Movies No No Not available
Sweden (SE) Movies No No SM-SA
Switzerland (CH) TV No No FSK
Switzerland (CH) Movies No No FSK
Taiwan (TW) Movies No No MOC-TW
Tajikistan (TJ) Movies No No MKRF
Tanzania (TZ) Movies No No MPAA
Thailand (TH) Movies No No BFVC
Togo (TG) Movies No No CNC
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Movies No No Not available
Turkey (TR) Movies Yes No IBMCT
Turkmenistan (TM) Movies No No MKRF
Uganda (UG) Movies No No MPAA
Ukraine (UA) Movies No No Not available
United Arab Emirates (AE) Movies Yes No MPAA
United Kingdom (GB) TV No No BBFC
United Kingdom (GB) Movies No No BBFC
United States (US) TV No No TVPG
United States (US) Movies No No MPAA
Uruguay (UY) Movies No No MPAA
Uzbekistan (UZ) Movies No No MKRF
Venezuela (VE) Movies No No RESORTE-VIOLENCIA
Vietnam (VN) Movies Yes No MCST
Zambia (ZM) Movies No No MPAA
Zimbabwe (ZW) Movies No No MPAA
 
 

 

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