Tag: CMF Updates
April 14, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
To assess how Big Tech is measuring up on its commitments to the safety and wellbeing of under-16s in our increasingly digital world, CMF Executive Group member Marc Goodchild provides an overview and analysis of recent events. The spring term opened with a significant salvo from the Australian government, which famously moved to restrict access […]
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April 10, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2026,
We were thrilled to announce in February that Helen Freeman FRSA would be joining the Foundation as Editor of the Children’s Media Yearbook, working alongside Hannie Kirkham in the challenge to make the “book of record” for another year. Helen is a publisher and children’s literacy campaigner. Here she gives us a taster of the […]
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July 22, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, Press Release,
July 22nd 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation welcomes Ofcom’s Review of the Future of Public Service Media. It’s clear the regulator has listened to CMF and other organisations, that have been warning for some time about the implications of changing viewing patterns amongst young people, patterns now evident for the mainstream audience, as predicted. The […]
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April 5, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
On March 18th 2025 YouTube announced their Youth Digital Well Being initiative. Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube worldwide announced that they had brought together a group of content creators and distributors from ten different countries to support “a unified vision for the development of high-quality, age-appropriate content for young people”. The announcement continued… ‘The […]
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July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
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 […]
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April 9, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
On behalf of the Children’s Media Foundation, Alison Stewart pays tribute to a very dear friend. It was with great sadness and shock that we learned of the death of Kay Benbow, who passed away on Sunday 24th March after a short but fierce illness. The industry reacted with tributes across national and social media. […]
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March 4, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, Event Reports,
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 […]
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December 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF’s concerns about the shortcomings of the Media Bill currently being debated in Parliament were brought into the public eye on 21st November 2023 during a speech on the Second Reading of the Bill by the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Thangam Debbonnaire MP. The Labour spokesperson was broadly supportive of […]
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December 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Long-term supporter of the Children’s Media Foundation, Laura Henry-Allain explains why now is a good time to get involved. I am hugely honoured to be asked to join the board of the Children’s Media Foundation (CMF). I’ve been a patron of CMF for a few years as well as contributing to some of their other […]
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December 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
The latest news on the planned Summit for Children’s Media – promised by CMF in September – is that the initial consultative process is completed. It was a unique coming-together of stakeholders with perspectives on the state of the industry and its relationship with the audience. After 9 hours of meetings brilliantly chaired by Emma […]
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