3.E. Optional addition. Statement of function of publisher, producer (production company), distributor, broadcaster, etc.

AACR2 1.4E, 6.4E

3.E.1.
AACR2 1.4E1, 6.4E1

Add to the name of a publisher, producer (production company), distributor, broadcaster, etc., one of the terms below:

publisher
producer (use for a producing entity other than a production company)
production company
distributor
broadcaster

unless:

a) the phrase naming the publisher, producer (production company), distributor, broadcaster, etc., includes words that indicate the function performed by the person(s) or body (bodies) named

or

b) the function of the publishing, producing, distributing, broadcasting, etc., agency is clear from the context.

Montréal : National Film Board of Canada [production company] ; London : Guild Sound and Vision [distributor]

New York : Sunflower ; [London] : Virgin Records [distributor]

[London] : EMI Records [production company] : PMI [publisher] ; Neuilly-sur-Seine : EMI-France [distributor], 1994

but

New York : released by Beaux Arts

and

Rabat : Radio Maroc

3.E.2.

Alternatively, if the same company performs several functions and the place name and date are identical for each, the statements of function may be combined within one set of square brackets. Separate functions with a comma, space.

Chicago : Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation [production company, distributor]

3.E.3.

Alternatively, if two or more companies perform the same function, and the place names and dates are identical for each, they may be listed together followed by a space, colon, space.

Paris : France 2 : Société française de production [production companies], 1992