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Inclusivity at CMC 2021 Online
June 20, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Olivia Dickinson, CMF Diversity and Inclusion Lead This year the theme of the Children’s Media Conference is ‘Together’. As the exec for the Inclusivity Now video strand, and the member of the executive group responsible for Diversity and Inclusion at the Children’s Media Foundation, I wanted to reflect on how my work for […]
CMC 2021: The Question Time Session
June 20, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Jayne Kirkham, CMF Executive Group Member for political and governmental liaison On Tuesday 6th July, 11-12noon, CMC will be staging its Question Time session. There’s a long tradition of the Children’s Media Foundation producing the content for this. I’m one of those people that ‘don’t do politics’. I couldn’t tell you what the deputy chancellor of […]
In Conversation with: Olivia Dickinson
May 16, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Executive Group member Olivia Dickinson shares with us her perspective on everything children’s media, her childhood memories of re-enacting Punch and Judy, and how she learnt to make the perfect soya cappuccino. What is your earliest memory of children’s media? OD: “Books, both being read to and learning to read. I did not […]
In Conversation with: Alison Stewart
April 10, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Alison Stewart, Children’s Media Consultant, Executive Producer and Writer – now a member of the CMF Board and Executive Group – shares with us her childhood memories of children’s media, her views on the world of children’s media, and vision for the future of CMF. What is your earliest memory of children’s media? AS: […]
Update on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and The Arts
March 14, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Jayne Kirkham, CMF Board Member and Political Liaison The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and The Arts held its Annual General Meeting on 1st March 2021. This was a short event to elect officers and plan for the year ahead. Julie Elliott MP and Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham were re-elected as co-chairs with […]
Our Children’s Future: Does Public Service Media Matter?
March 14, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Colin Ward, Deputy Director CMF Colin is leading the CMF campaign on the future of public service media for children and young people. The CMF has launched a major new campaign to put the children’s audience at the centre of the national debate on the future of public service media. The debate has […]
The UK’s Children’s Content Market: Looking Back and Thinking Forward
March 14, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Martin Franks, CMF Executive Group, Industry Liaison In this reflection, Martin Franks offers a pragmatic view – from a producer perspective – on the history of change in the kids’ commissioning market in the UK over the last 15 years. It tells us something about how we have reached a point of inflexion for children’s media, especially the public […]
Updates on the BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund
January 28, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Jackie Edwards, Head of BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund. The Young Audiences Content Fund is a Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funded, 3 year pilot to support the development and production of brilliant television for British children and teens. We opened the doors on the 1st April 2019 with the specific intent […]
CMF Welcomes Wincie Knight
January 28, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
The Children’s Media Foundation is delighted to welcome Wincie Knight, Vice President of Global Inclusion Strategies at ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), Europe, Middle East and Africa, as our new Board member. Wincie is responsible for leading VCNI’s diversity and inclusion strategy in Britain, Europe, Israel, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. She reports to Marva […]
Lockdown, Education, and Children’s Media Use
January 27, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Christine Singer, CMF Executive Group. For many families and children in the UK, 2021 kicked off with old and new challenges and uncertainties, with schools having to close their doors once again to all pupils, except for vulnerable and key worker children. Much about the upcoming school term remains unknown, including when schools will […]