Insight Event May 2022

At our Insight Event on 4 May 2022, Members had the opportunity to hear presentations from Stephanie Hare (Author) discussing her new book Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics and how to create and use tools and technologies to maximize benefits and minimize harms; Anna Home OBE (Chair, CMF) providing an update on the Children’s Media Foundation’s outlook on the future of Children’s Media in the UK and what the potential sale of Channel 4 might mean for the corporation’s obligations regarding older children; Alex Pumfrey (Chief Executive Officer, Film + TV Charity) on the findings from the second Looking Glass report and mental health in the film and TV sectors; Dave Morrison (Partner, Nyman Libson Paul) on the implications for EIS of a recent decision from a first tier tribunal; and Damon Krukowski (UMAW) presenting a ‘canary in the coalmine’ view on the issue of streaming royalties, how it is currently impacting the music industry, and what lessons the screen sectors can learn from the music industry.