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CMC Animation Exchange
April 4th 2014 (1100- 1800)
BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street SW1H 0ET
Tickets: £70 + VAT         Register now.

The CMC’s annual Spring animation event returns for its third year to the BIS Conference Centre in Westminster for a full day of case-studies and panels exploring the animation series tax breaks – one year on from launch.  Issues around qualification, operation, accounting, collaboration, co-funding and training will all come into play and if you’re taking advantage of the tax incentives or considering doing so – this is a vital day for you.

The event will also  include the chance to network widely in the UK animation sector, with funders and broadcasters and CMC’s international guests.

More information and tickets on sale now.

Dates have been announced for the next Children’s Media Conference. It will take place in Sheffield, Wednesday 2nd – Friday 4th July 2014.

We’re looking for ideas for sessions and volunteers to be session producers. Please email Editorial Director, Greg Childs  greg@thechildrensmediaconference.com.

We’re also looking for research submissions from commercial, academic or institutional researchers. Find out about our call for papers.

Full information on last year’s conference is available here.

The UK@Kidscreen delegation took place 9-12 February as 69 individuals representing 48 companies travelled to New York for Kidscreen 2014.

See the full list of UK companies which attended Kidscreen here.  Or in brochure form here.

Brochure best viewed in Adobe  

 
Find out more about the delegation on our UK@Kidcreen pages.

Frank Cottrell Boyce author, screenwriter and collaborator on the Olympic Opening Ceremony opened CMC  as the Keynote speaker on  3 July in Sheffield’s iconic Crucible Theatre. Delegates were entranced by his relaxed exploration of the hugely inspiring theme “we are the story”.

Jeff  ”Swampy” Marsh took to the stage for the Thursday Creative Keynote, taking delegates on a tour of the development and production of his hit series Phineas and Ferb with some invaluable tips on dealing with “network notes” along the way.

Full length videos of their keynote presentations will be available soon.

News of video of sessions and presentations available to download. Check out the session blogs for more downloads

Research Revisited

Research 4. Contented Content Consumers?
Martina Chapman, Senior Research Manager, Ofcom.
How children interact with TV, what’s important to them in a rapidly changing landscape, with some surprising results.

Research 7. The Next Generation Doesn’t Think the Way we do
Renuka Gupta,  Research Consultant Discovery Research & Alan Hathaway, MD Discovery Research
“Without the internet I would die, it would be so unfair I would find a hole and live in it.”

Research 9. A Better Internet for Children
Hannah Broadbent, Policy and Research Officer, Childnet International
Some of the findings of the UK’s largest ever survey of young people’s attitudes toward online rights and responsibilities.

Presenting the Presentations

Top Ten Predictions for the Future of Children’s Media
David Kleeman, Playvangelist at Play Science

Ten Game Design Principles for the Next Ten Years
Dr Carla Fisher actually outlines 11 –  she’s a rule-breaker! 

Video Views

Delegates who experienced the thoroughly entertaining final session of the Conference were buzzing about the issues it raised as they made their way home.  You can relive the Catherine Bennett story in this full video of what happened…

Catherine Bennett closes CMC 2013 from Children’s Media Conference on Vimeo.