Save Kids’ TV Chair Set for ACT Conference

TORONTO: The Alliance for Children and Television’s (ACT) upcoming 2009 Children, Youth & Media Conference in Toronto will feature Anna Home, the chair of the U.K.’s Save Kids’ TV organization, as the keynote speaker.

The 2009 CYM Conference is taking place November 19 in Toronto at the Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place. Home will discuss the challenges of producing children’s content in Britain today against a backdrop of contracting ad spend and changes in the regulatory environment. Home is championing an alternative public-service content provider for Britain’s children. A veteran of the British broadcasting and production circuit, Home has won numerous accolades, including a BAFTA lifetime achievement award. She was the first chair of the BAFTA Children’s Committee and currently chairs the annual Showcomotion Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield.