Colombian TV content rating system

Since 1997, Colombian television networks are required to specify programmes within dubbed family and adult fringes, and must display a notice signifying the audience, both visually and in narration, the minimum age required to watch the programme, if it contains sexual or violent content, and if parental company is needed at the beginning of every programme. The networks must also air an 'institutional message' daily at 21:00, inviting children 12 years of age or less to "not to stay exposed to contents which have no essentially child[-oriented] nature." A message must be broadcast at 22:10, Monday through Friday, (22:30 Saturdays and Sundays) stating to viewers that the adult fringe has started. Most networks opt to display a scrolling text message instead.

Fringe hours

The fringes (Spanish: franjas), as defined by the National Television Commission between 1997 and 2011,was as follows:

• Para todas las audiencias (content suitable for all audiences): daily, from the hours of 07:00–21:30;
• Infantil (children): Monday through Friday from 16:00–17:00, and Saturdays and Sundays from 08:00–10:00;
• Familiar (family): Monday to Friday from 07:00–16:00 and 17:00–22:10, and Saturdays and Sundays 07:00–08:00 and 10:00–22:30, respectively.
• Adultos (adults): Programming dubbed with this classification run through the remaining time slots not specified by the Infantil and Familiar fringes.

Article 25 of the CNTV Agreement 002 of 2011 modified the age classifications in Colombia:

• Children (infantil): They are those programs that have been designed and produced to meet the entertainment, education or training needs of children between 0 and 12 years old, whose narrative and language respond to the profile of that audience. Its broadcast must be carried out between the hours of 07:00 and 21:30. These programs must be suitable for viewing by children, without the company of adults. Equivalent to TV-Y and TV-Y7
• Familiar (family): They are those programs that have been designed and carried out to satisfy the entertainment, education or training needs of the family. Its broadcast must be carried out between the hours of 05:00 and 22:00. These programs must be suitable for viewing by the entire family and may require the company of adults. Equivalent to TV-G and soft TV-PG
• Teenagers (adolescentes): They are those programs that have been designed and produced to meet the entertainment, educational or training needs of children between 12 and 18 years old, whose narrative and language respond to the profile of that audience. Its broadcast must be carried out between the hours of 07:00 and 21:30. These programs must be suitable for viewing by adolescent audiences, without the company of adults. Equivalent to hard TV-PG and soft TV-14
• Adultos (adults): They are those programs that have been designed and carried out to satisfy the entertainment, educational or training needs of those over eighteen (18) years of age. Its broadcast must be carried out between 22:00 and 05:00. These programs must be suitable for viewing by the adult population. The presence of children and adolescents will be subject to the co-responsibility of the parents or adults responsible for the aforementioned population. Equivalent to hard TV-14 and TV-MA

Pornography is forbidden from being transmitted over the air in Colombia, even in the adult fringes.