Tag: Policy
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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June 18, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Children’s Media Foundation supporters, patrons, and members from supporting companies and organisations can buy Children’s Media Conference tickets at a special discounted rate of £380 + VAT – that’s a saving of £115 + VAT on the full rate. If you are not currently a CMF supporter or patron – sign up here for as little as […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
It’s a crucial time for Australian screen content Following Jenny Buckland’s February CMF News article about the trials of the Australian Kids Content industry, the campaign for local content is stepping up. More than 200 of Australia’s most renowned actors, directors, screenwriters, producers and production crew – including 15 Oscar winners – have penned an open […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Just when things started looking up… CMF lobbyist, Jayne Kirkham reports from Westminster on a new initiative with potentially damaging consequences. There has been some guarded optimism with the DDCMS’ proposed contestable fund for kids’ content due to roll out in 2019. But just as we start to maybe think about relaxing a little, something appears in our […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Planning for the new Contestable Fund for Public Service Content is under way, with the DDCMS and BFI meeting fortnightly to flesh out the remit and organisational structure. CMF will be meeting Ben Roberts, Director of the BFI Film Fundand responsible for the Contestable Fund planning, in June. What we know from conversations with the […]
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May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock took to the airways on Sunday 20th May to announce his Department’s reaction to the results of their consultation on the Internet Safety Green Paper . You can read the CMF response to it here. It was clear from the consultation that users (including children) “feel powerless to address safety issues online and that technology companies operate without sufficient oversight […]
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