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Broadcast 2040 – Protecting an Invaluable Asset for Children and Young People

CMF has responded to the Ofcom consultation on the decisions to be taken at the World Radiocommunications Conference  2023. You can read our response expressing concerns about the loss of TV through an aerial – for many less well-off households and the children who live in them. Laurie Patten, Director of Strategy and Regulation at Arqiva, describes below […]

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Bernard Cribbins OBE

Chair of the Children’s Media Foundation, Anna Home, pays tribute to Bernard Cribbins whom she produced for the iconic ‘Jackanory’ programme at the BBC. Bernard Cribbins, who sadly died last week aged 93, had a remarkable career on stage, in film, and on TV where, as well as appearing in many series ranging from ‘Dr Who’ to […]

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Latest Activity on the Online Safety Bill

Arietta Valmas from 5Rights outlines the political activity around the coalition’s amendment package prior to the Conservative Party leadership contest and Parliamentary recess.  5Rights Foundation is coordinating the activity of a broad coalition that has developed a strong package of amendments to the Online Safety Bill. The coalition has written to the Secretary of State urging the government to adopt all […]

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Ofcom Decides CBBC Quota

On 19 May Ofcom announced that it was approving a BBC proposal to decrease the required amount of “original programming” on CBBC channel from 72% to 66% this year and next, and 68% thereafter. This is apparently needed so BBC Children’s can operate a new strategy to increase animation commissioning for the channel. Part of the funding to […]

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Meeting the Minister

CMF Director Greg Childs reports on a meeting with the DCMS Minister for Media and the Creative Industries. CMF followed up on the request made by the Young Audiences Content Fund campaign group for a meeting with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by meeting Julia Lopez MP – Minister for Media and the […]

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The Young Audiences Content Fund in Parliament

  CMF political liaison representative and clerk to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, Jayne Kirkham, reports on the latest activity in Parliament associated with the campaign to save the Young Audiences Content Fund from closure. Since it was announced (rather quietly over a weekend in January) that the Young […]

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YAC Fund Decision – Political Background

  CMF Director Greg Childs outlines the political background to the Young Audiences Content Fund and initial lobbying by the campaign coalition. Despite the “hidden” announcement about the closure of  the Young Audiences Content Fund in January, political activity has been ramping up. The campaign group has communicated its concerns to The Secretary of State and the DCMS Minister for Media Julia […]

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“Street Gang” Tells Us How We Got To “Sesame Street”

Long-time CMF supporter and member of the Foundation’s Academic Advisory Board, David Kleeman, SVP Global Trends at Dubit Ltd, looks at the origins and enduring value of “Sesame Street” through the lens of a new documentary on how it all started 52 years ago. “Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street” is available to […]

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Young Audiences Content Fund Closure – CMF Reaction

The Children’s Media Foundation released the following statement as a response to the announcement on 21 January 2022, of the closure the Young Audiences Content Fund. The Children’s Media Foundation reacted today to the decision by the government not to continue the Young Audiences Content Fund beyond its three-year pilot stage.  No further funding will be available after February […]

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BBC Gets Animated

The new Director of BBC Children’s and Education has announced an animation-centric strategy to attempt to recapture the audience lost to streaming services and other competitors.  CMF asks how this might affect the future of public service content for kids in the UK… Patricia Hidalgo, Director of BBC Children’s and Education outlined her strategy in her Keynote at […]

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