Tag: Industry
June 3, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2025,
The Children’s Media Yearbook 2025 will be published in July. In this sneak-peak article, producer and CMF Deputy Director, Colin Ward faces up to the overwhelming challenges of media’s New World Order. So, just to be clear, that Dr Strangelove reference in the title does not imply that the irresistible rise of YouTube is in […]
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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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February 6, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
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, […]
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December 16, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog,
The Media Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, during the wash-up period prior to the prorogation of Parliament on the same day. Throughout the debates on the Bill CMF briefings – products of the Children’s Media Summit process – were used by both Labour and LibDem representatives to formulate amendments which would […]
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October 6, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
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 […]
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July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
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 […]
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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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July 18, 2024 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
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 […]
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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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