Children's Television:
a glimmer of hope?
14th Annual Conference of the VLV Forum for Children's Broadcasting
with support from the British Board of Film Classification
Wednesday, 5th November 2008
9.50am - 5pm (Registration 9.30am)
at The New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen
Street, Covent Garden, London WC2
A unique opportunity for you to meet, hear and
question top speakers from the media, the
regulators and academe on this vital topic.
The Voice of the Listener and Viewer's 14th
annual Children's Conference comes at a crucial
time for the future of children's television.
Last year Ofcom's research drew attention to the
public's support for children's programmes, not
just on the BBC but on the other terrestrial
channels, and concern that the supply of quality
UK produced programmes had diminished.
Last month's 2nd Public Service Broadcasting
Review from Ofcom highlights the problems and
concludes that Ofcom's current powers cannot
enforce provision of these programmes on the
PSBs. It is evident that ITV1 will no longer be
required to commission or transmit children's
programmes, and although both Channel 4 and Five
are interested in the area they lack the finance
to replace the gap left by ITV.
Speakers at this VLV conference will include the
politicians, the broadcasters, the regulators,
the programme makers and the campaigners. The
conference will also examine the policies and
influence of the biggest name in children's
media, Disney, and look at the problems of
regulating the internet and video games.
The keynote speaker will be one of the
best-loved children's presenters of all time,
Floella Benjamin OBE, who is also a broadcaster,
independent producer, and writer, and has been a
member of Ofcom's content board.
Other speakers include:
John Grogan MP (Labour) Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on the BBC
Ed Vaizey MP (Conservative) Shadow Culture Minister
Richard Deverell, Controller, BBC Children's Programming
Nick Wilson, Director, Children's Programmes, Five
Anna Home, Chair, Save Kids TV and Showcomotion
Nigel Pickard, Director of Family Entertainment, RDF
Huw Rossiter, Director of Communications, S4C
Janey Walker, Manager Editor Commissioning, Channel 4
Maggie Brown, media author and journalist
Tickets: Corporate £188; Voluntary
Organisations/Academics £88.13; Students £25
including sandwich lunch. BOOK TODAY to reserve your place.
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email (Linda.Forbes /at/ vlv.org.uk) or call 01474
352835 or visit our website
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