British kids’ TV shows under threat after ministers end funding

Young Audiences Content Fund had been intended to help UK broadcasters compete with US streaming services

Children’s television makers have said that distinctly British kids’ programmes could vanish from screens and be replaced with imported shows, after ministers quietly closed a £44m fund designed to support the sector.

The Young Audiences Content Fund had been intended to help British broadcasters compete with the globalised children’s output available on YouTube and cartoons on US streaming services such as Netflix.

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