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Young Audiences Content Fund Faces Reduced Budget
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is planning to cut 25 percent of the budget for the Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), a move the Children’s Media Foundation argues “shows scant regard for the vital role it has played in rejuvenating the children’s production sector.”
DCMS plans to reduce the overall grant to the Fund from £57 million ($80 million) to £44 million ($62 million). The Children’s Media Foundation said this will come “as a huge disappointment to the children’s production community and is a major disservice to the children of Britain.”