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Ratings in Canada
Sony’s predetermined ratings
These are original ratings that Sony
predetermined according to the viewer’s age.
Each rating allows you to view the certain
programs, as follows.
See the right column and page 42 for a
description of each rating.
Child:
Suitable for children under the age of
7.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C and G
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-G, and
TV-NR
Youth:
Suitable for children aged 8 and
older.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C, G, C8+ and PG
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G and 8 ans+
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-
G, TV-PG, and TV-NR
TV-NR (Not Rated/Unrated):
This is a
program broadcast without any rating, such
as news, news flashes or sports.
Note:
The TV-NR rating is shown as “Unrated” in
the menu.
About the extenders of U.S. TV ratings
TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA ratings
have additional content ratings called
“extenders” to define additional viewing
limits. The extenders are defined as follows:
D (sexually suggestive Dialog):
Programs
containing suggestive dialog, or sexual
innuendo
FV (Fantasy Violence):
Programs containing
cartoon violence occurring in TV-Y7
programs only
L (coarse Language):
Programs containing
coarse language
S (Sexual situations)
: Programs containing
sexual content
V (Violence):
Programs containing violence
There may be some profanity, violence or
brief nudity in these programs.
Young Adult:
Suitable for children aged 14
and older.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C, G, C8+, PG and 14+
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G, 8 ans+, 13 ans+
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-
G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-NR
Canadian English Language ratings
The Canadian English Language Ratings are
for TV programs in English broadcast in
Canada.
C (Programming intended for children
under age 8):
There will be no realistic
scenes of violence or no offensive language,
nudity or sexual content. Careful attention is
paid to themes, which could threaten
children’s sense of security and well-being.
G (General Audience):
Will contain very
little violence, either physical or verbal or
emotional. There may by some inoffensive
slang, no profanity and no nudity.
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C8+ (Programming generally considered
acceptable for children 8 years and over to
watch on their own):
Violence will not be
portrayed as the preferred, acceptable, or
only way to resolve conflict; or encourage
children to imitate dangerous acts which
they may see on television. There will be no
profanity, nudity or sexual content.
PG (Parental Guidance):
Programming
intended for a general audience but which
may not be suitable for younger children.
Parents may consider some content
inappropriate for unsupervised viewing by
children aged 8 - 13.
14+ (Programming contains themes or
content which may not be suitable for
viewers under the age of 14):
Parents are
strongly cautioned to exercise discretion in
permitting viewing by pre-teens and early
teens.
18+ (Adult):
May contain violence integral
to the development of the plot, character or
theme, intended for adult audiences. May
contain graphic language and explicit
portrayals of nudity and/or sex.
E (Exempt):
Exempt programming includes:
news, sports documentaries and other
information programming: talk shows,
music videos, and variety programming.
Note:
The E (Exempt) rating is not shown in the
menu.
Canadian French Language ratings
The Canadian French Language Ratings are
for TV programs in French broadcast in
Canada.
G (General):
Programming intended for
audience of all ages. Contains no violence, or
the violence it contains is minimal or is
depicted appropriately with humor or
caricature or in an unrealistic manner.
8 ans+ (8+ General - Not recommended for
young children):
Programming intended for
a broad audience but contains light or
occasional violence that could disturb young
children. Viewing with an adult is
recommended for young children (under the
age of 8).
13 ans+ (Programming may not suitable for
children under the age of 13):
Viewing with
an adult is strongly recommended for
children under 13.
16 ans+ (Programming is not suitable for
children under the age of 16):
Contains
frequent scenes of violence or intense
violence.
18 ans+ (Programming restricted to adults):
Contains constant violence or scenes of
extreme violence.
E (Exempt):
Exempt programming.
Note:
The E (Exempt) rating is not shown in the
menu.
