Gregory Stuart Childs is a British Children's

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Career

He was the producer of the British television show, ''

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'', for ten years from 1988 to 1998. In 1998 he launched the first internet services for Children's BBC and in 2001, he headed the launch team for the BBC Children's channels,

CBBC CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister c ...

and

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, while also supporting the launch of interactive television services associated with those brands. In 2004, Childs became an independent consultant in children's cross-media content and delivery. He went on to co-found the Showcomotion Children's Media Conference which took place each summer in Sheffield (2004–2009). In 2010 this became th
Children's Media Conference
which continues annually in July. Childs was instrumental in the launch of the CITV Children's Channel and worked with the Al Jazeera Children's Channel from 2007–2010. He was Head of Studies (Interactive and Transmedia) at the Germa
Akademie für Kindermedien
until 2019 and was a founding member of the Executive Committee of the media campaign organisation
Save Kids' TV
In 2010 Childs became a Fellow of the

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in recognition of his services to children's rights and culture. In 2012 Childs took on the role of Director of Save Kids' TV's successor organisation, The Children's Media Foundation. Childs was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to international trade and the children's media sector.

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