The newly formed Children’s Media Conference (previously the Showcomotion Conference), has been commissioned by Vision+Media to produce three seminars, designed to stimulate production companies based in the North of England to consider the opportunities in working in the children’s sector in the future.
The first of these seminars, ‘Meet the Commissioners’, produced and presented by Anthony Utley (ex MD of Cosgrove Hall Films), took place in January. It offered attendees the chance to hear from (and quiz) some of the key broadcasters engaged in commissioning content for kids in the UK.
The structure was straightforward, with each speaker given an hour to present and answer questions from the audience. The speakers were:
Melissa Hardinge, Executive Producer, CBBC Commissioning Unit
Daniel Lennard, Vice President, Original Series and Development Cartoon Network
Beth Gardiner, Vice President, Global Original Programming, Playhouse Disney
Orion Ross, Vice President, Original Series, Disney Channel Emea
Michael Carrington, Departing Controller, CBeebies
For those of you who couldn’t make it, you can download speaker presentations from the day on the right hand side of this page.You can also download information provided for the event by CITV and Nickelodeon.
If you are interested in learning more about the second and third of these events, please see Tackling The Markets - an Overview and Innovative Funding - an Overview.
