DOCUMENT RESUME ED 433 083 PS 027 309 AUTHOR Clarke, Genevieve, Ed. TITLE Proceedings of the World Summit on Television for Children. Final Report.(2nd, London, England, March 9-13, 1998). INSTITUTION Children's Film and Television Foundation, Herts (England). PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 127p. AVAILABLE FROM Children's Film and Television Foundation, Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1JG, United Kingdom; Tel: 44(0)181-953-0844; e-mail: [email protected] PUB TYPE Collected Works - Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Children; *Childrens Television; Computer Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Mass Media Role; *Mass Media Use; *Programming (Broadcast); *Television; *Television Viewing ABSTRACT This report summarizes the presentations and events of the Second World Summit on Television for Children, to which over 180 speakers from 50 countries contributed, with additional delegates speaking in conference sessions and social events. The report includes the following sections:(1) production, including presentations on the child audience, family programs, the preschool audience, children's television role in human rights education, teen programs, and television by kids;(2) politics, including sessions on the v-chip in the United States, the political context for children's television, news, schools television, the use of research, boundaries of children's television, and minority-language television; (3) finance, focusing on children's television as a business;(4) new media, including presentations on computers, interactivity, the Internet, globalization, and multimedia bedrooms; and (5) the future, focusing on anticipation of events by the time of the next World Summit in 2001 and summarizing impressions from the current summit. The report also contains summaries of other summit events, including regional forums highlighting activities and problems of developing countries, master classes reflecting the demand for training at every level, and the launch of a 26-country television production initiative, "The Animated Tales of the World." (KB) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ()Ince of Educanonal Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as O eceived from the person or organization originating it. 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PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 225L8 LE mac cOPY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 The Second World Summit on Television for Children gratefully acknowledges the THE ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA support of the Annenberg Public Policy Center in the publication of this final report. 1 A A A : a sponsors introduction 4 organisers 5 committee members 6 delegates' views 9 day iproduction 27 day 2politics 49 day 3finance 69 day 4new media 91 day 5the future 100 regional forums 108 the children's television charter 110 the children's event 115 masterclasses 126 screenings 127 summit library 128 summit updates and future events BEST COPY AVAILABLE sponsors principal sponsor sponsors Alliance Communications Mainframe Entertainment Atlantis Communications Inc McDonald's Restaurants NICKELODEON Australian Children's Television Foundation Merseyside Business Enterprises BBC Education Minds Eye Pictures BBC Scotland Nelvana founder broadcasters BBC Worldwide News International Bertelsmann Foundation Office of the Government of Quebec BB The British Council Open Society Institute The British Film Institute PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL The Britt Allcroft Company plc ProVen Private Equity Broadcasting Standards Commission Ragdoll Productions Canal j RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana Carlton REALTIME Animation Cartoon Network S4C CBC Television Salter Street Films key media sponsors Children's Television Workshop Scholastic Productions CINAR Europe Scottish Television Enterprises BBCIBroadcast CLT-UFA International & Cloud 9 Studio B Productions BBEl Production Cyberia Telemagination Der Kinderkanal Telestra CARLON Easynet UNICEF Egmont Imagination United Film & Television Productions European Broadcasting Union Yoram Gross Village Roadshow T V European Children's Television Centre Yorkshire Television EVA Entertainment YTV Canada Inc Foreign & Commonwealth Office Zenith North Fox Kids GRANADA Funbag Animation Studios MEDIA Gaffney International donors Goethe Institut British Airways Granada Media Group DPL HIT Entertainment PLC Granada Media Group Hewlett Packard Australia Limited London Zoo Independent Television Commission MOMI The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company Maidstone Studios POLYGRAM VISUAL PROGRAMMING JP Kids Planet Hollywood .88vn m=z.r The Jim Henson Company Rainforest Cafe K -N Scottish Television Enterprises RTE KidScreen Sega World S4C' Link Stoll Moss Theatres key hinder The European Comission 2 5 introduction Anna Home OBE The Second World Summit on Television Over 180 speakers from 5o countries World Summits. The first project to be for Children was held from 9 to 13 March contributed to the Second World Summit funded is the updated Second World 1998 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference on the main themes of the week. We were Summit website incorporating this report Centre in London. With 1,600 delegates glad to hear from many other delegates, (www.childrens-summit.org). The idea of representing 82 different countries, too, both in the conference sessions and a World Summit Foundation was raised the event generated a great deal of at the Summit's social events. at the London Summit and has been interest within the broadcasting industry discussed subsequently, but at present worldwide. The announcement of the Through the regional forums, we tried to there are no firm plans for such a body. Third World Summit in Athens in 2001 to highlight the activities and problems of be organised by the European Children's countries outside the developed world I hope that this report will give you the Television Centre, followed by a Fourth of Europe and North America, although we essence of the Second World Summit, to be held in South America in due course, realised that considerably more ranging from the great Teletubby debate makes it clear that the World Summit time could have been spent discussing to the hilarity of the Henry the Four and Children's Television Movement is now these issues. A further addition, the a Third masterclass and Gareth Jones's well established. masterclasses, were also a great success, Amazing Guide to New Media. It was reflecting the demand for training at a very full, very stimulating and very Each Summit will have its own every level. enjoyable week. I thank everyone involved characteristics and innovations. The and look forward with anticipation to First World Summit in Melbourne in 1995, The S4C initiative, The Animated Tales Athens in 2001. organised by the Australian Children's of the World, a unique 26-country co- Television Foundation, produced the production, was launched at the Summit. Children's Television Charter, a document An exciting on-going project, this will drafted by adults. In London, the eventually be seen in more than 80 delegates to the parallel children's event countries and in at least 27 languages. produced their own media charter, A Trust will be set up to administer Anna Home OBE Chair of the Second World Summit on Television similar in intent but different in point the income from this seriesa further for Children and Chief Executive of the Children's Film of view (see pages 108 and 112). initiative to emerge from the first two and Television Foundation Amy B Jordan PhD The Annenberg Public Policy Center is programmes! And how inspiring to feel gathered at the Summit. We are delighted pleased to support the preservation and the energy of the children who came to have a role in making this information distribution of the proceedings of the to the Summit to share the perspective available to you and hope you read the Second World Summit on Television for of young people everywhere! proceedings with the goal of making the Children. As leader of a delegation of world a better place in which children can American scholars, advocates, producers The 12 members of the Annenberg Public live and learn. and programmers, I was pleased to Policy Center delegation, myself included, see an international convergence in testify to a deeper understanding of London of individuals involved with this the value of international exchange tremendously important medium. How and a new insight into the positive role exciting it was to see children's television television can play in the life of the programmes from around the world! How developing child. Our project on children Amy B Jordan PhD Director of the Children and Television Project, interesting to hear how other countries and television has benefited enormously The Annenberg Public Policy Center, University creatively finance quality, educational from the information and contacts of Pennsylvania, USA organisers The Board of the World Summit Organisers on Television