Category: CMF Blog
March 19, 2022 Greg Childs APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF political liaison representative and clerk to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, Jayne Kirkham, reports on the latest activity in Parliament associated with the campaign to save the Young Audiences Content Fund from closure. Since it was announced (rather quietly over a weekend in January) that the Young […]
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February 20, 2022 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF Director Greg Childs outlines the political background to the Young Audiences Content Fund and initial lobbying by the campaign coalition. Despite the “hidden” announcement about the closure of the Young Audiences Content Fund in January, political activity has been ramping up. The campaign group has communicated its concerns to The Secretary of State and the DCMS Minister for Media Julia […]
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February 20, 2022 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Tuesday 8 February 2022 was Safer Internet Day. CMF Exec Group member Cecilia Weiss attended the core event Safer Internet Day first started as an initiative of the EU Safe Borders project in 2004. It’s now held across 200 countries. In the UK, Safer Internet Day is coordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centre, made […]
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January 24, 2022 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Long-time CMF supporter and member of the Foundation’s Academic Advisory Board, David Kleeman, SVP Global Trends at Dubit Ltd, looks at the origins and enduring value of “Sesame Street” through the lens of a new documentary on how it all started 52 years ago. “Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street” is available to […]
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January 23, 2022 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Press Release,
The Children’s Media Foundation released the following statement as a response to the announcement on 21 January 2022, of the closure the Young Audiences Content Fund. The Children’s Media Foundation reacted today to the decision by the government not to continue the Young Audiences Content Fund beyond its three-year pilot stage. No further funding will be available after February […]
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December 15, 2021 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
The new Director of BBC Children’s and Education has announced an animation-centric strategy to attempt to recapture the audience lost to streaming services and other competitors. CMF asks how this might affect the future of public service content for kids in the UK… Patricia Hidalgo, Director of BBC Children’s and Education outlined her strategy in her Keynote at […]
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December 9, 2021 Greg Childs APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
60 children’s specialists from across the creative industries gathered in the House of Lords on 25 November 2021 as guests of Baroness Floella Benjamin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and the Arts. Guests included Sir Tony Robinson, Julian Lloyd-Webber, BBC Director of Children’s and Education, […]
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November 7, 2021 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2021,
Marcus Ryder is a journalist with over 25 years of experience, including 10 at senior management level. He is currently Head of External Consultancies at the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity at Birmingham City University. This article was commissioned by the Children’s Media Foundation and published in the Children’s Media Yearbook 2021. A few […]
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October 9, 2021 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
With the arrival of Nadine Dorries (of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here…’ fame) as the new Secretary of State at the DCMS, the plan to privatise Channel 4 is still very much on the government agenda – despite a huge range of expert individuals, trade unions and industry bodies lining up against the proposals. This includes […]
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October 8, 2021 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Prof. Jeanette Steemers, CMF Board member and chair of the Young Audiences Content Fund Steering Committee, reminds us that the time has come for government decisions about the future life of the fund now that the three-year pilot is coming to a close. The Children’s Media Foundation has always been supportive of the Young Audiences […]
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