Apple TV App ratings update announcement.

July 22, 2021

We are making changes to supported ratings for movies and TV content. New ratings listed below are available today for ingestion into Apple’s Universal Media Catalog.

Note: See updated ratings for movie and TV content available on iTunes.

Ratings that will be removed are still supported but we recommend updating as soon as possible. These ratings will be removed at a date in the near future.

Movies

Country New Ratings Ratings to Be Removed Changing Ratings

Australia
  au-cb/AV15+
au-cb/X18+
au-cb/E
au-cb/UR
au-cb → au-oflc/G
au-cb → au-oflc/PG
au-cb → au-oflc/M
au-cb → au-oflc/MA15+
au-cb → au-oflc/R18+

Austria
fsk/4+
fsk/18+
   

Belgium
be-movies/10 be-movies/6
be-movies/9
 

Brazil
  br-ci/ER-L br-ci → br-movies/L
br-ci → br-movies/10
br-ci → br-movies/12
br-ci → br-movies/14
br-ci → br-movies/16
br-ci → br-movies/18
br-ci → br-movies/UR

Bulgaria
  bg-movies/UR  

Cambodia
  kh-movies/UR  

Canada
  ca-chvrs/E  

France
fr-cnc/TP
fr-cnc/-10
fr-cnc/-12
fr-cnc/-16
fr-cnc/UR
   

Greece
gr-movies/8
gr-movies/16
gr-movies/K-13
gr-movies/K-15
gr-movies/K-17
gr-movies/UR
gr-movies/K-12 → gr-movies/12

India
in-movies/UA7+
in-movies/UA13+
in-movies/UA16+
in-movies/UA
in-movies/UR
in-movies/S
 

Indonesia
  id-movies/UR  

Italy
  it-movies/UR
it-movies/VPA
it-movies/VM10
it-movies/VM12
 

Latvia
  lv-movies/UR  

Netherlands
nl-nicam/UR    

Norway
  no-nma/UR  

Poland
pl-movies/G pl-movies/BO
pl-movies/7
pl-movies/15
pl-movies/UR
 

Portugal
pt-movies/T    

Qatar
  qa-movies/UR  

Russia
    ru-movies/0 → ru-movies/0+
ru-movies/12 → ru-movies/12+
ru-movies/16 → ru-movies/16+
ru-movies/18 → ru-movies/18+

Saudi Arabia
sa-movies/PG12
sa-movies/R12
sa-movies/R15
sa-movies/R18
sa-movies/PG-13
sa-movies/R
sa-movies/NC-17
sa-movies/UR
 

South Africa
  za-movies/10
za-movies/X18
za-movies/UR
 

Spain
es-movies/A-TP es-icaa/APTA
es-icaa/13
es-icaa → es-movies/IA
es-icaa → es-movies/I7
es-icaa → es-movies/7
es-icaa → es-movies/12
es-icaa → es-movies/15
es-icaa → es-movies/16
es-icaa → es-movies/18
es-icaa → es-movies/UR

Switzerland
ch-movies/8 ch-movies/7  

Taiwan
tw-movies/15    

Uganda
  ug-movies/UR  

Ukraine
  ua-movies/C
ua-movies/ALL
ua-movies/14
ua-movies/X21
 

United States
  mpaa/GP
mpaa/M
mpaa/X
 

Vietnam
  vn-movies/0
vn-movies/16+
vn-movies/UR
 

 

 

TV

Country New Ratings Ratings to Be Removed
Australia au-tv/P
au-tv/C
au-tv/G
au-tv/PG
au-tv/M
au-tv/MA15+
au-tv/R18+
 
Azerbaijan az-tv/6+
az-tv/16+
 
Brazil br-tv/L
br-tv/10
br-tv/12
br-tv/14
br-tv/16
br-tv/18
 
Canada   ca-tv/E
France fr-csa/UR  
Greece gr-tv/8
gr-tv/12
gr-tv/16
gr-tv/18
gr-tv/KE
gr-tv/KA
gr-tv/K-15
gr-tv/A
Hong Kong hk-tv/I
hk-tv/IIA
hk-tv/IIB
hk-tv/III
hk-tv/1
hk-tv/2
hk-tv/3
India in-tv/UA7+
in-tv/UA13+
in-tv/UA16+
in-tv/UA
in-tv/S
Japan jp-tv/5+
jp-tv/7+
jp-tv/15+
 
Kuwait kw-tv/0+
kw-tv/5+
kw-tv/7+
kw-tv/9+
kw-tv/12+
kw-tv/15+
kw-tv/18+
 
Mozambique   mz-tv/UR
Namibia   na-tv/UR
Netherlands nl-tv/AL
nl-tv/6
nl-tv/9
nl-tv/12
nl-tv/16
nl-tv/18
 
Poland pl-tv/G
pl-tv/7
pl-tv/12
pl-tv/16
pl-tv/18
pl-tv/1
pl-tv/2
pl-tv/3
pl-tv/4
Portugal   pt-tv/P
Saudi Arabia sa-tv/G
sa-tv/PG12
sa-tv/R12
sa-tv/R15
sa-tv/R18
sa-tv/U
sa-tv/12
sa-tv/15
sa-tv/18
Slovenia si-tv/AD si-tv/PG
South Africa za-tv/13  
Spain es-tv/iA
es-tv/A
es-tv/7
es-tv/12
es-tv/16
es-tv/18
 
Switzerland ch-tv/8
ch-tv/10
ch-tv/14
 
Ukraine ua-tv/16+  
Great Britain uk-tv/U
uk-tv/PG
uk-tv/12
uk-tv/15
uk-tv/18
 
United States us-tv/TV-Y7-FV  

Note: The name of the country Swaziland is now Eswatini.

Additionally, all ratings for India will require one of the following advisories with the exception of the U rating . When content has the U rating, the advisory will be “Content Suitable for All Ages.”  

Code Description

AC

Alcohol Consumption

C

Criminal Activity

D

Drugs or Drug Use

FV

Fantasy Violence

G

Gambling

GV

Graphic Violence

H

Horror

B

Imitable Behavior

L

Language

N

Nudity

P

Prejudice

PS

Photo or Pattern Sensitivity

R

Religiously Sensitive

SC

Sexual Content

SV

Sexual Violence

T

Smoking or Tobacco Use

SD

Suggestive Dialogue

V

Violence


For more information, see the Content Advisories and Ratings Addendums in the UMC Catalog Specification.

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