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The Children’s Media Conference
Greg Childs
Editorial Director
Greg Childs (Editorial Director)
Email: greg@thechildrensmediaconference.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8810 8856
Twitter: @childmediaconf
Miami Contact: +44 7714 708986
The Children’s Media Conference is the UK’s principal gathering for all media professionals associated with kids’ content creation and distribution. From radio, TV, film and the internet, to apps, publishing, games, licensing, museums, galleries, theatre and educational media – every corner of the kids’ industry is represented, and 1,200 delegates meet annually for the July Conference (2-4 July 2019).
The CMC also organises other events through the year such as the UK@Kidscreen Delegation to Miami (February), The CMC Exchange at the London Book Fair (14 March 2019) – a conference and market for the publishing community to meet TV and interactive producers, and Manimation (November) – designed to stimulate and celebrate the UK’s northern animation sector.
Greg Childs worked for over 25 years at the BBC, mainly as a director, producer and executive-producer of children’s programmes. He created the first Children’s BBC websites and, as Head of Children’s Digital, developed and launched the children’s channels, CBBC and CBeebies. Greg left the BBC in 2004 and then advised producers on digital, interactive and cross-platform strategies, and broadcasters on channel launches, digital futures and management support. He was in the launch teams for Teachers TV and the CITV Channel in the UK, and was advisor to the Al Jazeera Children’s Channel for three years, followed by a further three years consulting with the European Broadcasting Union on their Children’s and Youth strategy.
Greg has been Editorial Director of the Children’s Media Conference for the last fifteen years. He is also one of the Heads of Studies at the German Akademie Fur Kindermedien, and is Director of the audience advocacy body – The Children’s Media Foundation.
