Children's & Animation

Detailing Pact's work on issues affecting the children's and animation industry, including our campaign for funding for children's television.

Diversity

Information on diversity issues and Pact's work, including our Diversity Pledge and Toolkit.

Exports

Details of Pact's exports policy, including our Rights of Passage report on global export figures for UK TV.

Film

Details of Pact's film policy and campaigns, including our work to develop effective revenue streams for producers through the new tax credit.

Interactive

Information on Pact's interactive media policy, including our campaign for terms of trade for new media content.

Nations & Regions

Information, objectives, contacts and key concerns for Nations and regions policy, including our recent report on investment levels.

TV

Details of Pact's television policy work, including issues such as future funding for Channel 4.

Children's & Animation

UK children’s programming is facing a crisis as funding from broadcasters comes under threat. Pact has been one of the lead voices in the campaign to sustain and strengthen the range and quality of new programming for young audiences in this key public service genre. Mike Watts, co-founder of Novel Entertainment, is the elected  member of Pact council who oversees children's and animation policy.

Lobbying

We have been hugely active on the issue of funding for children's television in Parliament and at Government level, organising letter writing campaigns, petitions and debates, as well as meeting with MPs and Ministers and giving evidence to the Culture Select Committee.

Ofcom 

We have submitted three detailed papers on the crisis to Ofcom, and welcome the regulators conclusion that there is a clear threat to public service broadcasting for children. Our most recent submission to Ofcom called for urgent intervention in the form of a tax credit and/or Channel 4 returning to children's commissions, and we welcome Channel 4's recent pledge to do so. For a copy of our most recent submission to Ofcom, detailing our proposals for a tax credit and Channel 4, click here:

Pact response to Ofcom children review

Media

 The children's crisis has generated national headlines and Pact has taken a lead role in informing and creating interest amongst journalists, mostly recent with our Badass Wombles viral film.

Research

Pact was one of the first bodies to highlight the crisis, based on the findings of our research that showed the decline in broadcaster funding for children's programming, both past and projected.

How to help

Contact your MP via our dedicated website - http://www.pact.co.uk/campaign/

Sign the petition on the number 10 website - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/kidstelevision/

For more information, download our latest fact sheet:Children's background
or contact  Adam Minns