Mapleton Investments
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:14:47 +0000
Canadian cable TV pioneer JR Shaw, founder of the company that bears his name, will be honoured by a major US cable industry association. Six honourees will be inducted during the annual Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, held in conjunction with Cable Connection, a week of cable industry events uniting major industry associations, conferences and meetings in Los Angeles, May 11-14, 2010, The Cable Center has announced. The new inductees are: • JR Shaw, Executive Chair, Shaw Communications Inc. The honorees were chosen based on their dedication to and impact on the cable industry and their communities. The 2010 Cable Hall of Fame selection committee was chaired by Michael Willner, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Insight Communications, chairman of The Cable Center's board, and a 2008 Cable Hall of Fame inductee. Since 1998, 78 men and women have become members of the Cable Hall of Fame. JR Shaw founded Shaw Communications Inc. (under original name of Capital Cable Television Co.) in 1966 and continues as the company's Executive Chair. He is President and Director of the Shaw Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by his father, Francis E. Shaw, and a Director and Chairman of Suncor Energy Inc. Shaw is now a diversified communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet, digital phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business Solutions) and satellite direct-to-home services (DTH) (through Shaw Direct). Among his many honours, Shaw was he was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Broadcaster's 2000 Gold Ribbon Award for Broadcast Excellence. The Canadian Government has presented him with the Confederation of Canada Award, and in 2003 he was inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada. "We are honored to welcome these six visionaries into the Cable Hall of Fame," said Willner. "Their hard work and thought leadership have helped to shape and strengthen the cable industry as we move into the new decade and beyond." "Our honorees are true mavericks - they have contributed their immense talent, new ideas and business savvy to help create today's telecommunications landscape," said Larry Satkowiak, president and chief executive officer of The Cable Center. "We are excited to build upon the success of last year's Cable Hall of Fame event, and honor these six deserving leaders during the NCTA Cable Show and Cable Connection - Spring." The 13th annual Cable Hall of Fame Celebration will be held on Tuesday, May 11 at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live. For more information on the Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, visit www.cablehalloffame.com. * deceased
The Cable Center is a nonprofit organization and resource for information, education and expertise on cable telecommunications. Based in Denver, CO., The Cable Center unites the cable community by delivering educational programs; strengthening professional relationships; building a link with the academic community and preserving and honoring cable's past and future. The Center's program areas include the Cable Mavericks Lecture Series, Customer Care Central, Professional Education, the Cable Hall of Fame and the Barco Library.
This year’s Millennium Honorees are:
California Environmental Leadership Award: Wallis Annenberg/Annenberg Foundation for her serious support of environmental organizations and transformative green projects including the Universally Accessible Treehouse Project in Torrance, CA
Green Building Environmental Leadership Award: Marc Nathanson, head of Mapleton Investments and founder of Falcon Waterfree Technologies which reduces water use and greenhouse gas emissions
Founder’s Award: Zem Joaquin, founder of ecofabulous and Global Green's Gorgeous Green event in San Francisco, who also appears on Planet Green’s “Alter Eco” with Adrien Grenier
Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership Award: Jeff Skoll, founder of Participant Media creating films that compel social change such as An Inconvenient Truth, Darfur Now, and Syrianna, and also head of the Skoll Foundation and Skoll Urgent Threats Fund to battle climate change
“Their transformation and commitment each tell a story of how we can address the environmental and economic crises together head on,” said Matt Petersen, President and CEO, “and create a truly sustainable future.”
Over the years, Millennium winners have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Ted Turner, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, and Julia Louis Dreyfus. No celebrity recipients this year, but plenty of stars will stud the audience.
The evening’s entertainment features an excerpt from Eve Ensler’s new play “O.P.C.” (Obsessive Political Correctness) with a cast including Stockard Channing, Ravi Kapoor, and Brenda Currin.
Obsessive Political Correction?
On Friday May 29, the entire play was performed at another benefit for Global Green from the Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club. “O.P.C.,” the latest from playwright Ensler (“The Vagina Monologues”), is an irreverent exploration of consumption and politics, asking, "How are we to survive as a species if we insist on destroying the world we love? It follows the story of 25-year old dumpster-diving-Freegan, who watches her carbon footprint. When her mother decides to run for U.S. Senate, the green world is sent spinning. Appropriate material for this gathering?
You, too, can attend
The awards event happens Saturday night at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica starting at 8 pm. General admission run $500 and sponsorships can run on up to $5,000 and you can attend Ensler's reading, too on Friday night. Good cause, good fun.
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