THE JOEL A. BERGER MEMORIAL AWARD

The Joel A. Berger Award recognizes an individual in the cable industry who has provided exceptional support for Cable Positive and national AIDS awareness during the previous year.

The award is named for Joel A. Berger, a Cable Positive Honorary Chair and the group publisher of Multichannel News and Cablevision Magazine, who died of AIDS in April 1995. The Joel A. Berger Award is presented every Spring at Cable Positive's Annual Benefit Dinner.

JOEL A. BERGER AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS

2007 Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable

2006 Jim Robbins, Cox Communications

2005 Carol Blac, Lifetime

2004 Matt Blank, Showtime Networks Inc.

2003 Robert Johnson, BET; Debra Lee, BET

2002 Bill McGorry, Reed Business Information

2001 James L. Dolan, Cablevision Systems Corp.

2000 Marc Nathanson, Charter Communications

1999 Anne Sweeney, Disney / ABC Cable Networks

1998 Leo J. Hindery, Jr., Tele-Communications, Inc.

1997 Richard Aurelio, Time Warner Inc.

1996 In memory of Winston H."Tony" Cox, Showtime Networks Inc.

1995 Jeffrey Bewkes and Michael Fuchs, HBO Company names are at time of award.