Community Media Association

The Arts & Community Radio - a research report

This report was commissioned by Arts Council England (ACE) and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).

The aim of the report was to:

• Investigate the place of the arts in community radio

• Explore how the developing relationship between community radio

and the arts can benefit individuals and communities

• Identify the benefits of arts output and activities to community radio stations and to artists and arts organisations

• Highlight good practice in this area and make recommendations for the future.

Read more here.

Ofcom invites applications for community radio licences in the east and south-east of England (excluding M25). The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5.00pm on Tuesday 18 November 2008.

Ofcom and the CMA will be running two workshops at Ofcom's offices in London for potential applicants to this round of community radio licensing. Licence application workshop details here.

The case for Channel 6

Document summarising the case for a "Channel 6"as a sixth public service network broadcasting for and from the localities of the UK. PDF available here

United for Local Television proposes that "Channel 6"is launched pre-switchover as a UK-wide federationof local channels, mixing local content with networked

public service programming on Freeview.

Mediaguardian Changing Broadcast Summit
Monday 10th November 2008
The Mayfair Hotel, London

Creative and commercial strategies for TV in the digital age.

This one-day MediaGuardian summit will tackle the issues changing the face of television forever.

Speakers confirmed at the Changing Broadcast Summit include:
Andy Duncan, chief executive, Channel 4
Jim Harrison, head of broadcast, Endemol
Steve King, worldwide CEO, Zenith Optimedia
Jane Tranter, controller, fiction, BBC.

Book your place today – go to mediaguardian.co.uk/broadcastsummit

Live web streaming (audio and video web-casting) from £25 per month with Canstream!

Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2008/09 Round 1

Award winners for Round 1 2008/2009.

159 MP's have signed EDM 1013: Local Public Service Television

EDM 1013 petitions to introduce a local television channel in every part of the UK on Freeview.

Community Radio - counting volunteer time

Ofcom has released its guidance on valuing volunteer time as part of the income streams for community radio stations.

Read Our response to Ofcom's DTT Consultation

'United for Local Television', a group of local TV operators, voluntary organisations and media campaigners of which the CMA is a major contributor and supporter, has published a response to Ofcom's Consultation: The Future of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).

Our submission urges Ofcom not to take any decision on the future use of DTT multiplex capacity until there is greater clarity on the future funding and institutional arrangements for public service broadcasting in the UK.

The 'United for Local Television' group has also published a response to Ofcom's Draft Annual Plan for 2008-09.

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