Category: Event Reports
The Children’s Media Summit ’26: Ban or Build Better?
March 2, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
What will the proposed ban on social media for under 16s mean in practice? Is there a way of building a better, safer, and more nourishing media world for children without limiting their rights? CMF Executive Committee Chair and Board member Alison Stewart reports on the opening session of the Children’s Media Summit 2026. Discussion […]
Children’s Media Summit ’26 Opening Speech
February 24, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Baroness Beeban Kidron opened the second Children’s Media Summit with a speech which addressed some of the key issues facing the children’s audience, the creators of content that serves them, and the platforms that now control how they see that content. I want to start with making two observations. First is that the media of […]
British Screen Forum Annual Conference 2025
December 1, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
On 19th November, the British Screen Forum held its annual conference. Media consultant and CMF Board member, Helen McAleer went along to listen and report back. It was a day packed full of panels and keynote speeches and debate from some of the highest calibre professionals in the screen industry. The keynote was presented by […]
Ofcom’s Latest Media Literacy Research – 7th May 2025
May 7, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
At its Media Literacy Research Event on 7th May, Ofcom publicised findings from their Adults’ and Children’s Media Use & Attitudes reports. It also showed compelling video from their Adults’ and Children’s Media Lives research projects. The Children’s Media Lives project follows, as far as possible. the same group of 21 children aged 8 to […]
Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust
February 6, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Olivia Dickinson from the CMF Exec Group attended a Royal Television Society research presentation event at Channel 4 and reports here on the findings. At the event on 30h January 2025 Alex Mahon presented a new report identifying the macro themes shaping young people’s experiences today. The report examined how ‘Gen Z’, young people aged 13-27, […]
International Outreach
October 6, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
CMF is expanding its understanding of the issues affecting the children’s media landscape and exploring the potential for collaboration. In October and November 2024 CMF was involved in a series of meetings to discover how other countries and in particular public service broadcasting systems are experiencing and handling the shift of viewing by older children […]
CMF@CMC’24 : AI and Kids – Talk to the Bot
July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
CMF is engaged with the Alan Turing Institute and others in exploring the ethical issues around how children interact with AI. At the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield (9-11th July 2024) CMF’s Nikki Stearman produced a session to inform delegates about the dates ideas and issues. She reports here on the session examining the impact […]
CMF at CMC ’24: the Debate – YouTube or Bust?
July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Last year’s CMC Debate led to the Children’s Media Summit which made it clear, the children’s media industry needs to be where the children are. A few months down the line, what does that mean in practice. Deputy Director of the CMF, Colin Ward, reports back on the debate that asked: “YouTube or Bust?” Let’s […]
CMF@CMC’24: Question Time
July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
The Children’s Media Conference 2024 opened its first full day with Question Time, produced as usual by CMF. The largest cinema in Sheffield’s Showroom was packed, with an overspill to the room next door, as delegates wanted to see and hear a panel of senior industry figures discuss questions about the most pressing issues for […]
Children’s Media Summit ‘24
March 4, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, Event Reports, 0
Dr Gregory Boardman, CMF Executive Member and producer, has written a detailed note on the discussions at the Children’s Media Summit on the 28th February 2024. For those involved in conversations behind the scenes, and the pre-summit discussions, it was probably something of a relief to see Nigel Pickard take to the stage at BFI […]