One year ago, Dylan Collins opened CMC 2014 with a challenge to the children’s media industry to develop new models of working that would generate new revenue and especially help the digital sector become more sustainable. Since then, Dylan says he’s done his bit. And he’s sharing details of a new advertising platform to do exactly that.

Now he asks what the rest of us are doing? And what are the new questions that have emerged in the last 12 months, and in two day’s of conversation at CMC?

A panel of experts who have made the move from traditional media to new platforms discuss emerging opportunities and challenges on YouTube, apps, OTT and more. Topics covered will include funding, workflow, marketing, distribution and how content changes across platforms.

This session features the content teams of the 3 biggest cable and satellite kids networks.   With speakers covering development, acquisitions, co-production, programming, production and general channel management, this is your chance to see what has been working for Disney , Turner and Nickelodeon UK, what they’re looking for in the future and how best to approach them.

This session features the content teams of the 3 biggest cable and satellite kids networks.   With speakers covering development, acquisitions, co-production, programming, production and general channel management, this is your chance to see what has been working for Disney , Turner and Nickelodeon UK, what they’re looking for in the future and how best to approach them.

This session features the content teams of the 3 biggest cable and satellite kids networks.   With speakers covering development, acquisitions, co-production, programming, production and general channel management, this is your chance to see what has been working for Disney , Turner and Nickelodeon UK, what they’re looking for in the future and how best to approach them.

BBC Children’s new Director Alice Webb in her first major public announcement, four months into her appointment,  will present her vision for the department’s future strategy.

Then, in a session moderated by Stewart Clarke, Editor of TBI magazine, learn about CBBC and CBeebies’ current successes, challenges and editorial needs from the two Controllers, as well as their responses to common industry questions.  Also on the panel, the Heads of BBC Children’s Interactive and of BBC Learning will explain the opportunities offered by digital, short-form, and educational content.

Seb Gallop is 17, from Heathfield in East Sussex where he attends Heathfield Community College, currently studying Computing, Graphics, ICT and Media. His long-held ambition is to be the creative lead for the design of a new game, working on the overall concept and details of the script, graphics and gameplaying. Ambition turned to inspiration whilst attending a Tech Camp course last Summer, where Future8 encouraged the students to submit their ideas. He went on to win mentoring sessions with top games company Stick Sports, kick-starting his gaming career.

Sean is Editorial Director of new media startup Magnate Media, the publisher of men’s lifestyle title Magnate. Sean started his publishing career aged just 14 when he launched ‘Corby Magazine’, a local magazine which saw him named as ‘The World’s Youngest Publisher’. He later appeared on BBC 1’s ‘Young Apprentice’, with the BBC hailing him a ‘publishing prodigy’. Magnate Media is set to launch two new titles this year.

Laura is a comedy video blogger whose ‘Laurbubble’ channel has over 2 million views. Laura began her YouTube career in 2007 winning a Radio 1 competition and subsequently becoming the TV reviewer on Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac’s Sunday Show. Since then she has worked with many companies including BBC Comedy, Comedy Central, EA, Guinness World Records and Hat Trick productions. In 2014 Laura became a vlogger on CBBC’s ‘Technobabble’ and currently vlogs on CBBC’s ‘Whoops I Missed the Bus’.

Veteran Tech addicted, Internet devoted, and Mobile lover.

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication and Arts in Brazil (1994), is co-founder and CEO of Ø1 Digital, a pioneer local internet agency (1996). Pushed the company into the Apps world (2009), creating a new way to distribute and monetize Kids Audiovisual + Interactive content in a balanced mix through in-App Purchases. The strategy has already generated over 100 million downloads from all App Stores, being Galinha Pintadinha (Lottie Dottie Chicken) the biggest hit.