Tag: Policy
December 1, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
On 19th November, the British Screen Forum held its annual conference. Media consultant and CMF Board member, Helen McAleer went along to listen and report back. It was a day packed full of panels and keynote speeches and debate from some of the highest calibre professionals in the screen industry. The keynote was presented by […]
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November 9, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Multi-award winning film and TV producer and CMF Executive Committee member, Ken Anderson is working with partners across the UK to strengthen the Children’s & Family Screen Sector. He offers a timely reminder that securing children’s media content on all platforms includes the big screen and that UK’s children’s and family film is of, not […]
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August 1, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Jenny Buckland, CEO at the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, on the ups and downs of regulatory and funding support in Australia, and the inevitable similarities in audience migration across the world. Although we’re at the opposite ends of the planet, these days we are perhaps closer than ever, since the whole world can watch The […]
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July 22, 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, Press Release,
July 22nd 2025 The Children’s Media Foundation welcomes Ofcom’s Review of the Future of Public Service Media. It’s clear the regulator has listened to CMF and other organisations, that have been warning for some time about the implications of changing viewing patterns amongst young people, patterns now evident for the mainstream audience, as predicted. The […]
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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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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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