Tag: Policy
King’s Speech – Nov 7th 2023
November 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
On November 7th the King announced the Parliamentary timetable for the next session and the Media Bill is part of that programme. The government hopes that, having removed its proposal to privatise Channel 4, passage of the Bill will be relatively uncontroversial. However, a coalition of audience-focused bodies which includes the Children’s Media Foundation, has […]
Draft Media Bill Update
October 8, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Audience advocates such as CMF and the Voice of the Listener and Viewer have reacted positively to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report on the Government’s Draft Media Bill. Having scrutinized the Bill in detail and taken evidence from many organisations and individuals, the Select Committee found it lacked teeth on the subject […]
Online Safety Bill Becomes Law
October 8, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Finally, after six long years, the Online Safety Bill is ready for Royal Assent. It was first mooted as the “Online Harms” White Paper (in 2019) with the Government committing to “make Britain the safest place to be online, particularly for children”. It has been and remains controversial: with child protection agencies demanding that the […]
Sleepwalking into the Future
June 29, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, Yearbook 2023, 0
Anna Home OBE, Chair, The Media Foundation and Greg Childs OBE, Director, The Children’s Media Foundation, wrote this introductory article to the Children’s Media Yearbook 2023 Time For Radical Solutions? For the Children’s Media Foundation (CMF), this year has been dominated by our increasing concern over the long-term future of public service media (PSM) for […]
Kids and animation get attention from the Chancellor
March 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Executive Group Member Gregory Boardman explains what we know so far about the Chancellor’s new tax credit system for the screen industries. Following the budget announcements on 15th March, HMRC published information on its response to the consultation on audio-visual tax reliefs. Ahead of the announcement, there had been much talk about simplification of […]
BBC @ the APPG
March 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
BBC Director of Children’s and Education Patricia Hidalgo spoke to an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting in the House of Lords on 27th February, hosted by Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE OM. The meeting also welcomed representatives from Ofcom and the DCMS, Animation UK, the Children’s Media Foundation, academics, media strategists and children’s and youth TV producers. Patricia outlined a new […]
Safer internet Day UK – 2023
February 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Safer Internet Day began as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004, and was taken up by the Insafe Network in 2005. It is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries. In the UK, Safer Internet Day is coordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centre (a partnership between Childnet International, Internet Watch Foundation and […]
Broadcast 2040+ Petitions Parliament
February 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
The Broadcast 2040+ Campaign, of which CMF is a part, says if you are concerned about public service media continuing to be universally available: sign this petition. As mentioned in the CMF September 2022 Newsletter, significant policy decisions about broadcast television and radio will be made at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 later in the year. […]
APPG Meets the PSBs
December 10, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
CMF acts as the “clerk” to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, which we co-founded with Action for Children’s Arts over ten years ago. An APPG is a cross-party grouping of MPs and peers interested in a particular issue or set of issues – who want to hear the latest […]
The UK Children’s Media Plan
November 6, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Executive Group member Greg Boardman describes the first steps in the creation of the campaign organisation mentioned briefly in CMF’s September Newsletter. The UK Children’s Media Plan: Securing and empowering British children’s content for the next generation One of the best features of The Children’s Media Conference is that it provides the kids’ industry with opportunities […]