Tag: Industry
July 31, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
The Beano is 80 years old this week. Michael Stirling, Head of Beano Studios Scotland, offers his take on its enduring popularity, in this article for the Children’s Media Yearbook 2018… As Beano zooms – Billy Whizz style – towards being 80 years young, it’s proud to finally reveal the secret of its success, via a bold […]
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July 30, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
A recent meeting with Ben Roberts, Director of the Film Fund at the BFI, who is leading the work to develop the plans for the Public Service Contestable Fund, revealed it’s making good progress. The DCMS is still involved in the planning and Margot James MP is the minister now responsible. Ben was adamant that the Fund will be targeted […]
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July 30, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
The new CMF Newsletter Editor, Diana Hinshelwood, gives a CMF perspective on the UK’s major industry gathering, The Children’s Media Conference, which took place in Sheffield, 3-5 July 2018. Although I’ve attended CMC before, this was my first conference as the new Editor for the CMF Newsletter. My brief was to act as a ‘roving […]
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July 30, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Newsletter Editor Diana Hinshelwood’s “roving reporter” role at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield had unexpected rewards from chance meetings. That’s very CMC… What if one day you woke up and found that you suddenly couldn’t see you own child? This question prompted Nathan Geering the artistic director of the hip hop theatre company Rationale, to think about how his […]
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July 29, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Press Release,
Ofcom have released the findings of their Children’s Content Review, which analyses the state of the industry, commissioning and funding statistics, and the provision of content for the various age-ranges of children in the UK public service landscape. It reveals significant shortcomings in the support for kids’ and youth content at the commercial public service […]
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June 28, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Now in its 6th year, the Yearbook is an invaluable and enjoyable record of the highs and lows of the children’s media world in 2018. With perspectives from regulators, the industry, audience specialists, academics and with policy insights from the CMF and others, it captures the “state of the nation” – and beyond – for this busy […]
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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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