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RELEASE HISTORY
This page details the release history of Common Metadata Ratings.
We highly recommend using the latest version, however, earlier versions are retained so they may be referenced.
Link to Current
The following link redirects to the most current version: www.movielabs.com/md/ratings/current.html
Version 2.5
TR-META-CR, Version 2.5 August 1, 2023
Changes
- Austria BMUKK
- Belgium CICF
- Links to CSA site now. Will deprecate next year if continues
- Belgium CSA
- Belgium PEGI
- Added in icons for reasons
- Deprecated online gameplay reason
- Incremented version
- Canada MFCB
- Denmark MCCYP
- Hong Kong FCO
- Ireland IFCO
- Ireland IFCOF
- Italy MBACT
- Changed Name to MIC, but contact info stayed the same, so leaving as is
- Japan EIRIN
- Malaysia FCBM
- Deprecated P13
- Added ratings P12, 13, and 16
- Updated Version
- Note: Changes are not reflected on Malaysia Film Board Site, but were announced by multiple news outlets
- Singapore MDA
- Singapore MDA-VG
- Sweden SM-SA
- Switzerland Film
- Updated Links and contact info
- Added note that it is based on FSK system
- Turkey IBMCT
- United Arab Emirates MOI
- Updated Website Link
- added 21+ rating
- United Arab Emirates MOI-G
- Updated Website Link
- Did not add 21+ rating because annoucement did not specify games
- Vietnam MCST
- Deprecated C13, C16, C18
- Added K, T13, T16, T18, C
- Updated link
- Incremented Version
Version 2.4.9
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.9 September 1, 2022
Changes
- Belgium PEGI
- Belarus MKRF
- Brazil DJCTQ
- Added Reason Descriptions back in. Removed by editor bug
- Updated Version
- Added in AL, A10, A12, A14, A16, A18
- Deprecated Combination Entries in ratings (ie, L-10, 12-16, etc.)
- Bulgaria NFRC
- Added new ratings C+ and D+
- Updated Version
- Cambodia MCFA-KH
- Found relevant goverment announcement. Added in links.
- Deprecated PG-13 does not appear to exist formally, and couldn't find evidence it is still used. But announcement is from 2015
- Changed Org type to Gov
- Updated Version
- Canada (Alberta) AFC
- Chile CCC
- Deprecated 6 Rating
- Added 7 and 18X ratings
- Updated Version
- Costa Rica CCEP
- Added 7 Ratings
- Updated Version
- France CSA
- Germany FSF
- Added Ratings Specific Reasons
- Updated Version
- Hong Kong FCO
- Updated contact information
- Hungary RCNOF
- Iceland FRISK
- Added 14 rating
- Updated Version
- Ireland RTE
- Updated contact information
- Italy MBACT
- Changed to MIC.
- Updated contact information
- Deprecated VM16
- Added Reasons. Violence, Sex, Weapons, Language, Drugs, Hate Speech.
- Added VM6
- Added Pictures
- Kazakhstan KCB
- Added reference to current law
- Added contact information and weblink
- Lithuania LKC
- Malaysia FCBM
- Poland NBC-PL
- Updated contact information
- Portugal CCE
- Created M/14 ratings
- Undeprecated M/3, A, and M/18-P
- Updated Version
- Singapore MDA
- Singapore MDA-VG
- Saudi Arabia CIC-SA
- Slovakia TV
- Added note with link to legislation
- Updated Website Link
- Taiwan MOC-TW
- Taiwan MOC-TW-TV
- Thailand BVFC
- Turkey IBMCT
- Added 6, 6A, 10, 10A, 16 Ratings
- Deprecated 7, 7A, 15A, 15
- Updated Website Link
- Updated Version
- United Arab Emirates MOI
- Removed website Link. Doesn't work and couldn't find a replacement
- United Arab Emirates MOI-G
- Removed website Link. Doesn't work and couldn't find a replacement
- US ESRB
- US FAB
- US MPAAT
- US TVPG
- Venezuela RESORTE (all 4)
Version 2.4.8
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.8, February 15, 2022
Changes
- New Zealand OFLC
- Added 3 new ratings
- Updated Contact Information
- India CBFC
Version 2.4.7
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.7, November 30, 2021
Changes
Version 2.4.6
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.6, October 19, 2021
Changes
- Brazil DJCTQ
- Added 2 new reasons
- Added notes to indicate deprecated reasons
- Updated contact information
- Added note to inform users of Brazils current submission rules concerning reasons
Version 2.4.5
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.5, April 16, 2021
Changes
- Korea KR_KCC
- Korea KR_KMRB
- Updated Images
- Added reasons
Version 2.4.4
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.4, February 19, 2021
Changes
- Austria BMUKK
- Updated website and contact information.
- Updated version
- Belgium CICF
- Deprecated. Belgium uses NL_Kijkwijzer as of January 8, 2020.
- Bulgaria NFRC
- Added english descriptions of ratings.
- Updated version
- Canada CBSC-F
- Deprecated 8 rating.
- Updated version
- Netherlands Kijkwijzer
- Added Belgium to regions.
- Norway Medietilsynet
- Added english descriptions of reasons.
- Updated version
- Republic of Korea KMRB
- Added english descriptions of reasons.
- Updated contact information.
- Updated version
- Singapore MDA-VG
- Added reasons.
- Updated version
- Ukraine
- Deprecated 14 and X21.
- Updated version
Version 2.4.3
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.3, November 19, 2020
Changes
- Singapore
- Added 40+ new reasons.
- Updated version
Version 2.4.2
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.2, June 30, 2020
Changes
- Switzerland Film
- Added new contact infomation
- Added new ratings
- Added French descriptions
- Updated German descriptions
- Uruguay INAU
Version 2.4.1
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4.1, April 28, 2020
Changes
- Brazil DJCTQ
- added description for reason LI, Linguagem Imprópria
- added reason PM, Procedimentos Médicos
- version incremented to 4
- United States FAB
- Updated contact information
Version 2.4
TR-META-CR, Version 2.4, February 28, 2020
Changes
- Australia ACMA
- Added missing ratings and graphics: G, PG, M, And MA
- Note: reasons are listed in some descriptions of ratings. Unsure if they need to be converted
to reasons
- Bahrain MIA
- Bolivia Film
- Brazil DJCTQ
- Unchanged. Note that this rating mixes both TV-only and film-only ratings systems. However, it cannot not be changed without breaking legacy systems.
- Brunei Film
- Bulgaria NFRC:
- updated
contact info and text of rating explanations
- "C"
Rating corrected to indicate under-12 admission requires adult supervision
- Adjusted
ordinals accordingly
- Canada
- Canada AFC
- Canada CBSC
- Canada CBSC-F
- Canada CPBC-T
- Deprecated A and added R rating
- Canada CHVRS
- Editing, incluiding inclusion of more French
- Canada MFCB
- Canada OFRB
- Deprecated System. Ontario now uses British Columbia version
- Canada RCQ
- Colombia MOC
- Added additional descriptions
- Costa Rica CCEP
- New system
- Note: Could not find offical abbreviation for Todo Público menores de 12 acompañados de un adulto.
Theatres seem to just use 12. Chose TP12 for consistency
- Cambodia MCFA-KH
- Croatia HAVC
- New system
- No authoritative sources. Verified through cinema websites. Only saw 15 and SU in movie listings
- Czech Republic
- Added 15 rating
- Deprecated 14
- Denmark MCCYP
- Updated
contact info and text of rating explanations
- Ecuador CNE
- New system
- Verified through cinema sites. No authoritative sites found
- Egypt Film
- Added 12+, 16
- Information added based on common usage, but no authoritative sources were found
- El Salvador Film:
- New system
- Verified via cinema websites,
but no authoritative sites were found.
- Estonia Film
- Finland MEKU
- France CNC
- Germany FSF
- New System (TV)
- Note that FSK formerly incorrectly referenced TV.
- Germany FSK
- Deprecated Keine rating
- Usage incorrectly indicated that this includes TV broadcast. TV ratings, however, are handled by the FSF, rather than FSK. The FSF rating system has
been added as the relevant TV rating system, and the FSK usage has been corrected. to remove TV
- Great Britain BBFC
- Updated graphics and edited descriptions
- Greece Film
- 2000 law referenced as authoritative in 2017 book on Greek Media Law.
- Added Cyprus to rating
- Deprecated E
- Added K-15 rating
- Added Greek definitions
- Honduras Film
- Hong Kong FCO
- Changed URL. Classification information is located at cedb site. Cognizant agency is OFNAA
- Added Chinese definitions
- Hungary RCNOF
- Iceland Frisk
- New system
- It is the current system for Iceland
- Based on Kijkwijzer, but not identical. Note that it was listed as a Region for Kijkwijzer, but has been removed.
- Iceland SMAIS
- Deprecated System. No other changes made
- Ireland IFCO and IFCOF
- Ireland RTE
- Israel Film
- Changed language to hebrew in several ratings
- Italy AGCOM
- Italy MBACT
- Japan EIRIN
- Added Japanese description and noted that the site is geo blocked
- Jordan MC-JO
- Kazakhstan KCB
- New system
- Ratings reflect law
- Kuwait KCB
- New system
- Based on usage, not official documentation. The following slightly different accounts on cinema
websites
- Lebanon LCB
- Lithuania LKC
- New system
- Added
law to source material
- Malaysia FCBM
- Mexico RTC
- Corrected typo regarding abel for 'B' rating
- Updated contact info and text of rating explanations
- Added clarifying note regarding use of color in labeling
- Netherlands Kijkwijzer
- Removed
Iceland from usage section. Iceland uses a similar but different system.
- Updated reasons, explanations, and icons
- Added 14 and 18, with images
- Note that Common Metadata added abilty to add Ratings values to Reasons
- Peru Film
- Portugal CCE
- Deprecated m/4
- Added A, m/3, and m/18-P
- Added updated documentation to source material (from government source material)
- Added Macao to usage
- Romania CNA
- Russia MKRF
- Added Armenia as a region
- Added Belarus as a region
- Added 14 rating
- Saudi Arabia CIC-SA
- Singapore MDA
- Version/URI change: NC16 and NC18 were incorrectly specified as 'guidance' rather than restrictions enforceable by law.
- Updated notes regarding OTT relevance
- Evaluation criteria (i.e., Reasons) have been added
- Singapore MDA-VG
- New rating system added that is specific to video games.
- Slovakia Film
- Added 7 ratings
- Added in new descriptions. Some have different labels
- South Africa FPB
- Added ratings specific reasons
- Deprecated 10M, and XX
- Spain ICAA
- Updated URL
- Added Spanish definitions
- Taiwan MOC-TW
- PG rating has been deprecated
- R-12 and R-15 ratings have been added
- Taiwan MOC-TW-TV
- Thailand BFVC
- Ukraine Ukraine
- added rating 12 on advice from paramount database.
- United Arab Emirates MOI
- United Arab Emirates MOI-G
- US ESRB
- Viet Nam MCST
Version 2.3.2
TR-META-CR, Version 2.3.2, July 13, 2018
Changes
- Argentina INCAA: updated contact information
- Belgium CICF: added contact information
- Belgium CSA: new rating system added
- Canada/Quebec: updated contact information
- Chile CCC: updated to conform with revised law a/o 2017-Nov-03:
- deprecated 6 rating
- removed 18S and 18V ratings to correct misinterpretation of the statute.
- Min age with supervision changed to 6 for '14' rating
- Version incremented to '1' (**URI incremented**).
- Finland MEKU: correct supervised age ranges (**URI incremented**); fixed broken icon links; corrected Finish descriptors, added Swedish descriptors, deleted English descriptors.
- France CSA: ratings Explanations added
- Great Britain BBFC: add Reasons for 12, 12A, and 15 ratings
- Hungary: updated POC information; replaced English descriptors with Hungarian.
- Indonesia LSB: 'A' rating deprecated; contact info updated; English rating descriptors deleted.
- Japan: corrected SystemID to be "EIRIN" instead of "ERIN"
- Nigeria NFVCB: fixed broken icon links; updated definitions.
- Maldives NBC: fixed broken icon links; updated contact information
- Singapore MDA: icons have been added by the rating agency; updated contact information
- South Africa FPB: the deprecated '10M' rating has been added
Version 2.3.1
TR-META-CR, Version 2.3.1, August 8, 2017
Changes
- Added RP18 rating to the New Zealand OFLC rating system
- Administrative updates, such as, revising the P.O.C info for the Austrian BMUKK rating system
Version 2.3
TR-META-CR, Version 2.3, January 3, 2017
Changes
- Added the ICBMT rating system for Turkey.
- Added MCST rating system for Vietnam
- Added '10' rating to FPB rating system for South Africa
- The URI assign to Alberta's AFC rating system has changed from http://www.movielabs.com/md/ratings/CA/ALBERTA/1 to http://www.movielabs.com/md/ratings/CA/AFC/2
- Corrected error in how XML was formatted to specify that the <AdoptiveRegion> is a sub-region (i.e., state, province, or canton). The ratings systems impacted are:
- RCQ (Canada: Quebec)
- OFRB (Canada: Ontario)
- AFC (Canada: Alberta)
- CPBC (Canada: British Columbia)
- PBC-T (Canada: British Columbia)
- MFCB (Canada: New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia)
The version number and assigned URI for each of these systems have changed as a result.
- Added Korean language descriptors to KMRB rating system and removed English descriptors.
- Corrected minor typos in New Zealand OFLAC and Sweden SM-SA rating systems.
Version 2.2.6
TR-META-CR, Version 2.3, December 22, 2016
Changes
- Norwegian Medietilsynet rating system has been updated to
reflect changes made Feb 23, 2015 in ACT RELATING TO THE PROTECTION
OF MINORS AGAINST HARMFUL AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMMES
.
- Correction to Latvian ratings: 16+ rating added.
- The HTML and XML-based ratings replaces the older PDF versions.This approach has the following benefits:
- Supports interoperability between ratings source (e.g., studios) and ratings consumers (e.g., retail sites). Exchanged data can be consistent and validated.
- Support internationalized parental control (ratings enforcement) systems. Systems can use these data to
enforce ratings worldwide without prior knowledge of individual rating systems.
TR-META-CR, Version 2.2.6, August 19, 2015
Version 2.2.5
TR-META-CR Version v2.2.5 Specification, February 24, 2015
Changes
- Rating system for Ukraine has been added
- Correction to URL for Latvian ratings organization
Version 2.2.4
TR-META-CR Version v2.2.4 Specification, January 27, 2015
Changes
- PEGI - Errors corrected pertaining to missing
Adoptive Regions.
- Rating systems for Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece,
Peru, and Venezuela were present in Release 2.2.2 but were
missing from Release 2.2.3. These have been restored in
Release 2.2.4.
Version 2.2.3
TR-META-CR Version v2.2.3 Specification, December 13, 2014
Changes
- Errors pertaining to specification of the schema
location and use of CDATA have been corrected in all XML
files.
- PEGI XML revised to indicate Belgium as the sole
administrative region. No change to Adoptive Regions
- Indonesia LSF: revised to conform to Article 28 of
Govt Regulation # 18 2014: CENSORSHIP GUIDELINES AND
CRITERIA
Version 2.2.2
TR-META-CR Version v2.2.2 Specification, December 19, 2014
Changes
- Australia NCS: ID of the MA15+ rating has
been changed to MA15 due to software compatibility
issues in existing Parental Control implementations. The
use of the "+" remains in the descriptive text, symbology,
and label.
- Note added regarding unofficial usage of French CSA
in Luxembourg
- Note added regarding unofficial usage of German FSK
in Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg
- Note added regarding unofficial usage of Kijkwijzer
in Belgium
- Deprecated rating '13' added to Spanish ICAA
Version 2.2.1
TR-META-CR Version v2.2.1 Specification, November 12, 2014
Changes
- Brazil DJCTQ: Documentation of
ratings criteria and content descriptions is now based on
Section F of the Content Rating Guide, rather than Sections A
thru E.
Version 2.2
TR-META-CR Version v2.2 Specification, September 9, 2014
Changes
- Brazil DJCTQ:
- Updated link to web site
- Deleted English definitions
- Icons displayed in both "Symbol" and "Information
Box" formats
- Documentation of "Reasons & Content Descriptors""
added
- "Combined Information" ratings added.
- Canada CBSC:
- Rating "E" added.
- Note added clarifying language-specific usage.
- Canada CBSC-F: new rating system.
- US TVPG:
- Corrections to ""Reasons and Content Descriptors"
regarding Violence
- Note added regarding use of CEA-766
Version 2.1
TR-META-CR Version v2.1 Specification, April 9, 2014
Changes
- Schema changes
- Philippines MTRCB:
- Ratings "G-TV", "PG-TV", and "SPG" added.
- Reasons "THEME" and "LANG" added.
Version 2.0
TR-META-CR Version v2.0 Specification, January 3, 2014
Changes
- First release including
Worldwide Ratings Data in both XML and HTML format. Based on
Schema Version 1.0
Version 1.1
Common Metadata Content Rating, TR-META-CR, v1.1a1, March 12, 2013 (PDF)
- Version showing changes from v1.1a (PDF)
Common Metadata Content Rating, TR-META-CR, v1.1a, February 6, 2013 (PDF)
- Version showing changes from v1.1 (PDF)
Common Metadata Content Rating, TR-META-CR, v1.1, December 17, 2012 (PDF)
- Version showing changes from v1.0 (PDF)
Changes
- Changed "E" for exempt ratings to ""EXEMPT".
- Added ""EXEMPT"" to NZ and AU ratings.
- 1.1.a: Additional "EXEMPT" corrections
- 1.1.a.1; Corrected typo in Canada (CVHRS
-> CHVRS)
Version 1.0
INTIAL RELEASE
- Common Metadata Content Rating, TR-META-CR, v1.0, December 14, 2012 (PDF)
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