Category: CMF Newsletter
January 27, 2021 Christine Singer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
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 […]
Industry Policy
December 29, 2020 Christine Singer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
On 17th November the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee held an evidence session on the future of public service broadcasting. This hearing explored the future of public service broadcasting (PSB) at a point when its future is being questioned again against the increasing popularity of subscription video on demand (SVOD) services like Netflix. CMF […]
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December 29, 2020 Christine Singer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Olivia Dickinson Digital Consultant and Diversity and Inclusion Representative CMF Executive Group On 15th December, the Fawcett Society published the final report of their Commission on Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood. The report, Unlimited Potential, is the culmination of an 18-month process of research and evidence gathering, co-chaired by Professor Becky Francis, now Chief […]
Industry Policy Research
December 29, 2020 Christine Singer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Colin Ward Deputy Director, Children’s Media Foundation It’s heartening to see that the UK Government has leapt into action in response to the article in last month’s CMF newsletter, which highlighted the lack of progress in bringing forward legislation to protect children online. The famously nimble Whitehall machine has creaked into first gear […]
Policy
November 27, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Colin Ward, Jayne Kirkham and John Kent CMF Executive Group ‘The Online Harms What?’ Caught in the middle of a pandemic and Britain’s ongoing divorce from Europe, it is not surprising that a piece of media-related legislation might be lost in the quagmire of more important and pressing matters in British politics. But […]
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November 26, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Announcing the new Sandford St Martin “Broadcasting in the Time of Corona” Awards. Reflecting the exceptional work and innovation of broadcasters and content-makers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sandford St Martin Awards are launching two new awards for 2021. Entries and nominations are now being invited for the Trustees’ Corona Content Award for broadcast programmes or reports […]
Events Industry
November 26, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Jez Edwards Actor and Children’s Presenter I was completely unaware whilst I was sat watching a summer show in Blackpool or a Panto in Manchester that my destiny was being mapped out. Years later when I got my first break in TV my agent asked what I would like him to concentrate […]
Industry
November 26, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
By Cressida Cowell Children’s Author and Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate I have spent twenty years writing for children, and over those twenty years I have lost count of the times people have asked me, ‘Have you ever thought of writing for adults?’ as if writing for children was some sort of second best activity, […]
Events Industry
November 26, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Jayne Kirkham Writer and CMF Board Member Did you know World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20 November each year? Me neither. Last year’s World Children’s Day was particularly special because it marked the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). What is the UNCRC? It’s […]
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October 29, 2020 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Small Screen, Big Debate By Jayne Kirkham, Writer, Clerk to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, and CMF Board Member Small Screen: Big Debate 2020, Ofcom’s virtual conference on Public Service Broadcasting, ran across three days of pre-recorded panel discussions and interviews, plus a live debate, during which Ofcom […]
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