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CM Solutions is a social enterprise providing research, business support and technical services for community media. CM Solutions staff and consultants combine community media know-how with creative and innovative approaches to problem solving. Our services include research, feasibility planning, technical assessment, licence applications, project management and evaluation. Whether you need one-off advice or a package of support CM Solutions is ready to help. Call us on 0114 2201426 or click here for our online advice service.

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Community Media Solutions is featured on Amazing People
Jul 24, 2008

We've been featured as a case study on the website www.amazingpeople.org.uk.

Amazing People is a promotional marketing project which has been developed to market the value and great work of the third sector to businesses and public sector organisations in South Yorkshire.


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Steve Buckley is joint author of a new book
Jul 21, 2008

"Broadcasting, Voice and Accountability,
A Public Interest Approach to Policy, Law and Regulation"
is published.

Steve Buckley is one of the authors of a new book looking at the issues involved in developing community based broadcasting in countries across the world (along with Kreszentia Duer, Toby Mendel and Seán Ó Siochrú).
Steve is one of the Directors of CM Solutions and has been working for several years on this study outlining conditions under which radio, television and online broadcasting can fulfil a vital role in development by making governments accountable, and giving voice to the world’s poor.

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How could mobile phones be used as a creative tool in community media?
Mar 14, 2008

We would love to know what you think about using mobile phones in community radio. Please download a questionnaire and send it back to us at nicky@cmso.co.uk

There is a prize of £20 for one lucky respondent who returns the survey by March 19!

Your information will contribute to M3,Making Media on the Move, a research and development project to investigate how community radio listeners and producers might record, edit and send short audio clips to their local community radio station using a mobile phone

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