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Kids and animation get attention from the Chancellor

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 […]

Industry Policy

BBC @ the APPG

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 […]

Events Industry Policy

Safer internet Day UK – 2023

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 […]

Events Policy

Broadcast 2040+ Petitions Parliament

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. […]

Industry Policy

APPG Meets the PSBs

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 […]

Events Industry Policy

The UK Children’s Media Plan

  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 […]

Industry Policy Research

Is Anyone Listening?

  Greg Childs, Director of CMF, assesses the current issues facing children’s media makers and the young audience.  Huge plans for change are under discussion – but are any of the responsible parties listening to the many advocates for young people – or to the young people themselves?  The Coroner’s verdict in the Molly Russell Inquest was […]

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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 […]

Industry Policy

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 […]

Industry Policy

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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