Australian Children's Television Foundation
- Australian Children's Television Foundation
Infobox Organization
name = Australian Children's Television Foundation
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abbreviation = ACTF
formation = 1982
type = Government-funded
status = Foundation
purpose = Development and promotion of children's television in Australia
headquarters = Fitzroy, Victoria
location = Australia
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website = http://www.actf.com.au
remarks =The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) is a non-profit, government-funded organisation in Australia concerned with the development, production, dissemination and promotion of children's television and other audio-visual material for children.
The ACTF was established in 1982, following the recommendations of a series of reports to an Australian Senate committee concering the quality of children's television programming, and the impact of television violence upon children. The June 1981 report "Children and Television Revisited" recommended the establishment of an independent children's television production unit, which was the impetus for the foundation of the ACTF, to be funded by the Australian government with contributions from state and territory governments.[ [http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/committee/history/first_20_years/eet.htm Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees -The First 20 Years 1970 - 1990] , Parliament of Australia, 30 May 2003.] ]The founding director of the ACTF was Patricia Edgar, and the current CEO (since 1 July 2002) is Jenny Buckland. The headquarters of the ACTF are on Smith Street in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
Productions
Some notable television series developed or assisted by the ACTF include:
*"Johnson and Friends"
*"The Genie From Down Under"
*"Mortified"
*"Noah and Saskia"
*"The Gift"
*"Five Times Dizzy"
*"Lift Off"
*"Spellbinder"
*"The Miraculous Mellops"
The ACTF also develops Kahootz, an education multimedia construction toolset.
References
External links
* [http://www.actf.com.au/ Australian Children's Television Foundation]
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