Corus Entertainment's Ross to get ACT outstanding achievement award

TORONTO – An original member of the YTV management team and the founding general manager of TreehouseTV, Susan Ross spent almost two decades in kids TV. On May 31 at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Ross will receive the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Outstanding Achievement Award for 2007. Ross "has enjoyed an exceptional career in children’s programming in Canada," says the ACT press release. "ACT’s board of directors is recognizing her for her commitment to excellence in children’s programming, as well as her leadership and guidance in developing Treehouse TV into one of the world’s best preschool channels....