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Category: CGMS

CGMS – You Can’t Be What You Cant See.

 Kathy Loizou, Director of the Children’s Media Conference, made these observations at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester CGMS Session: You can’t be what you cant see. Tuesday  5th December. Aaron Haroon Rashid created ‘Burka Avenger’. it’s one of the few animations or kids’ shows made in Pakistan. Also dubbed in Afghanistan India […]

CGMS – Forum Day 2

Greg Childs, Director of CMF, reports on the Forum (the open discussion event for all delegates) which closed proceedings Day 2 of the Children’s Global Media  Summit 2017, in Manchester. This second Forum was an interesting group Interesting group of delegates who had clearly;y spent time in various sessions.  Alice Webb, Director of BBC Children’s […]

An Impression of The Children’s Global Media Summit 2017

Anna Home, Chair of the CMF, and previously Chair of the 1998 London World Summit, writes about the Children’s Global Media Summit held earlier this month. The Children’s Global Media Summit hosted by the BBC and chaired by Alice Webb was held in Manchester from 5th to 7th December. Manchester was looking particularly festive, with its […]

Events

CGMS – Hope Works

Greg Childs, Director of CMF reports on the “Hope Works” session at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017, in Manchester. “Hope Works” is a shared content global project invented informally at the CMC in 2016. Alison Stewart (CBeebies Production ) and Lucy Murphy (Sky Kids) explained: “Hope Works is about making sense of the world in difficult times.  […]

CGMS – Impressions of Africa

Greg Childs, Director of the Children’s Media Foundation, reports on sessions about Africa and media for children and young people at the Children’s Global Media Summit, 2107 in Manchester. Alex Okosi (Viacom Africa) – Keynote Alex made an impassioned plea for help with education in Africa. “Usefulness” is the focus on so much media for young people there..  […]

CGMS – Taking Stock

Greg Childs, Director of the Children’s Media Foundation, reports on the CMF-produced session at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester. For this session we decide to go back to the reasons the Summit movement started in the first place, in 1995 and which resulted in the Children’s Television Charter. we also wanted to […]

CGMS – The Duke of Cambridge

Greg Childs, Director of the CMF, reports on the Duke of Cambridge’s contribution to the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester Wednesday 6th December 2017 The Duke of Cambridge gave a much heralded Keynote at CGMS. Full video is available here. Security was tight around the halls of Manchester Central – the Summit conference […]

CGMS – Andy Burnham Keynote

Greg Childs, Director of the Children’s Media Foundation reports on Andy Burnham’s Keynote at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester. Welcome Address – Andy Burnham Wednesday 6 July In a welcome address for the second day of the three day event, ex Cabinet Minister, Andy Burnham, the new Mayor of Manchester, gave his perspective on children and media at the […]

CGMS – Research: Showing Puberty

Gabrielle Smith (CMF Newsletter Editor) reports on a session at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester Research – Showing Puberty: Overcoming the Taboo in Children’s Television Wednesday 6th December 2017 Dr Yuval Gozansky, Sapir College presented his research “Let’s talk about sex, puberty and how best we might be able to break the […]

CGMS – Celebrities Unleashed

Gabrielle Smith (CMF Newsletter Editor) reports on a session at the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017 in Manchester Celebrities Unleashed – Entertainment Panel Wednesday 6 December 2018 What will entertain kids in the future? As many find fame in the unlimited online world, the trajectory of a successful YouTube career can often mean big things […]

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