The Children‘s Media Conference

CMC 2017 - Opening Keynote: In Conversation with James Purnell and Alice Webb

The Opening Keynote is the agenda-setting event of CMC 2017 - a strategic review of the changing face of content creation and distribution for the children's audience

As the dominant commissioning body in the UK, the BBC's recent announcement of increased budgets for children's content and its commitment to digital has huge implications for the kids' media industry in the UK - and beyond.

Alice Webb, Director BBC Children's & BBC North, and James Purnell, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and now Director BBC Radio & Education (speaking for the first time at CMC) will talk about the latest developments in BBC's kids' strategy and their perspective on what the future holds for the audience and content makers in general,

CMC 2017 - Kindfulness

Social-curriculum producers have long sought to imbue their content with messages that teach empathy, resilience and respect for others, but the timing has never felt more apt for activism. In a post- truth world, we need more than ever to raise the banner for tolerance, diversity, inclusiveness and de-stigmatisation of all things ‘different’. This broad discussion panel assembles professionals from the television, gaming, advocacy, education and broadcast sectors with a vision to make the kids’ content landscape a kinder, more empathetic place, where lazy character stereotyping is a thing of the past.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: Channels - Disney

Each broadcaster will discuss past success stories, exciting new developments, what they’re looking out for in the future and how you can get involved.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: Channels - Baby TV

Each broadcaster will discuss past success stories, exciting new developments, what they’re looking out for in the future and how you can get involved.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: Channels - Nickelodeon

Each broadcaster will discuss past success stories, exciting new developments, what they’re looking out for in the future and how you can get involved.

CMC 2017 - Fake News and False Friendships

With the rapid rise of fake news, politicians making up their CVs and an American president who says traditional media can’t be trusted, the broadcast and online world can be pretty confusing. Add to that the pressure from the airbrushed lives shown on social media, and that now anyone can claim to be an ‘expert’ and give advice to children.

What can children’s media do to help kids keep their minds open while navigating their way through an ever more complex media world? Should ‘trusted’ providers even be bothering with so many media choices offering facts and opinions? Surely children can make up their own minds…?

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: VoD - Virgin Media

With the predicted tipping of the scales in favour of VOD we explore the appetite for long- and short-form content, what the commissioners’ budgets look like, and what they believe will happen to the overall format of one-off and episodic content.

This will be an opportunity for the commissioners to tell our audience what’s hot at the moment and how they see their content demands evolving. In turn it will provide the creatives with a clearer focus in the development process of their content and to what budget levels they can expect to work.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: VoD - Hopster

With the predicted tipping of the scales in favour of VOD we explore the appetite for long- and short-form content, what the commissioners’ budgets look like, and what they believe will happen to the overall format of one-off and episodic content.

This will be an opportunity for the commissioners to tell our audience what’s hot at the moment and how they see their content demands evolving. In turn it will provide the creatives with a clearer focus in the development process of their content and to what budget levels they can expect to work.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: VoD - Kabillion

With the predicted tipping of the scales in favour of VOD we explore the appetite for long- and short-form content, what the commissioners’ budgets look like, and what they believe will happen to the overall format of one-off and episodic content.

This will be an opportunity for the commissioners to tell our audience what’s hot at the moment and how they see their content demands evolving. In turn it will provide the creatives with a clearer focus in the development process of their content and to what budget levels they can expect to work.

CMC 2017 - Meet the Commissioners: VoD - Azoomee

With the predicted tipping of the scales in favour of VOD we explore the appetite for long- and short-form content, what the commissioners’ budgets look like, and what they believe will happen to the overall format of one-off and episodic content.

This will be an opportunity for the commissioners to tell our audience what’s hot at the moment and how they see their content demands evolving. In turn it will provide the creatives with a clearer focus in the development process of their content and to what budget levels they can expect to work.