Tag: Events
June 28, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Children’s Media Foundation supporters, patrons, and members from supporting companies can buy Children’s Media Conference tickets at a discount for £380 + VAT. That’s a saving of £115 on the full rate. If you are not currently a CMF supporter or patron – sign up here for as little as £25. Then register for CMC by using this link which automatically […]
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June 27, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Last month, CMF Board member Jeannette Steemers and Exec Group member Ashley Woodfall attended an Ofcom seminar on the BBC and Distinctiveness. The background to this is the Government’s desire to hard-wire ‘distinctiveness’ into the Charter, with the new Royal Charter and Framework agreement having it written into the BBC’s mission, purposes and regulatory framework. […]
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June 27, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
At the June Westminster Forum on The Future of Free to Air in the UK, CMF Chair, Anna Home, spoke in the session: “What is Free to Air For?” She made the case for the vital role of free to air, in particular the PSB channels in continuing to provide varied, age appropriate, entertaining, stimulating […]
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June 27, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Three major policy areas (with a fourth lurking in the shadows) dominate the policy landscape this summer. progress is being made in all cases and on roughly the same timetables. Ofcom continues the work of its Children’s Content Review, ten years on from the last review which discovered the collapse in UK commissioning and the […]
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June 18, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Children’s Media Foundation supporters, patrons, and members from supporting companies and organisations can buy Children’s Media Conference tickets at a special discounted rate of £380 + VAT – that’s a saving of £115 + VAT on the full rate. If you are not currently a CMF supporter or patron – sign up here for as little as […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
CMF is conducting a long term research project into the viability of VR for children. Looking at the health issues, and into that is out there that works for the children;s audience. CMF Executive Group member Alison Norrington is organising 4 outreach events giving practitioners and researchers the opportunity to discuss what is known […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF supporters and patrons are entitled to a 23% discount on tickets for the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield 3 – 5 July. The discount represents a saving of £115 on the full price ticket which is tremendous value. Use this link to register at the discounted rate. Please remember this offer is only […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, Event Reports,
Consultation Response Ofcom Children’s Review 2018 and PSB regulation final The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and the Arts joined with the International Broadcasting Trust for an event in Westminster On 16th May 2018, Julie Elliott MP, Co-Chair of the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts, hosted a reception and debate in the […]
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March 28, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF Board member, Professor Jeanette Steemers (King’s College London), Christine Singer (King’s College London) and Professor Naomi Sakr (University of Westminster) are engaged in a long-term project studying children’s media in the Arab world. Their most recent work is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project on “Children’s Screen Content in an Era of […]
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February 26, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
On 24th January 2018 the Children’s Media Foundation hosted an open event to discuss the Ofcom Children’s Content Review and plans for regulating the commercial public service broadcasters – ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. As there was an announcement on December 30th that the new Contestable Fund would now be dedicated to children’s content, that inevitably also featured […]
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