Rating system

Rating systems are government or industry created methods of determining the appropriateness of content in games, films, and on television based on age.
== Games ==
*Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) - United States, Canada, and Mexico (1994-current)
**Videogame Rating Council - United States (1993-1994) - replaced by ESRB
**Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) - United States (1994-1999) - replaced by ESRB
*Australian Classification Board - Australia (2006-current)
**Office of Film and Literature Classification - Australia (1995-2006) - replaced by the CB
*Pan European Game Information (PEGI) - Europe (2003-current)
**British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) - United Kingdom (-2012) - replaced by PEGI
**Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA, formerly European Leisure Software Publishers Association) - United Kingdom (1994-2003) - replaced by PEGI
**Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs (SELL) - France (1999-2003) - replaced by PEGI
**Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software de Entretenimiento (aDeSe) - Spain (1996-2003) - replaced by PEGI
*Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) - Germany
*Game Software Rating Regulations - Taiwan
*Media Development Authority (MDA) - Singapore
*Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação - Brazil
== Theatrical and home video ==
*Motion Picture Association (MPA), previously Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) - United States
*Canadian Home Video Rating System - Canada (except Quebec)
*Régie du cinéma du Québec - Canada (Quebec)
*Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) - Australia
*British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) - United Kingdom
*Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) - Ireland
*Central Board of Film Certification - India
*Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK) - Germany
*Netherlands Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media - Netherlands and Belgium
*Media Council for Children and Young People - Denmark
*映画倫理管理委員会 (EIRIN) - Japan
*香港電影分級制度 (HK) - Hong Kong
*Media Development Authority - Singapore
*Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação - Brazil
== Television == 
*TV Parental Guidelines - United States
*Canadian TV Classification System - Canada