Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in Cable Positive's Power Awards ceremony, where Rainbow Media Holdings CEO Josh Sapan was recognized with the Joel A. Berger Memorial World for his outstanding work in the fight against HIV/AIDS and Charter Communications CEO Neil Smit received the Cable Positive Corporate Leadership Award. Cable Positive is the cable industry's public service organization dedicated to raising HIV/AIDS awareness, supporting HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care, and ending the stigma surrounding the disease. Each year America's cable operators provide millions of free air time for public service announcements produced by Cable Positive.
This year's awards had a special guest that I was privileged to introduce. Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" presented the Cable Positive Power awards to Josh and Neil. She shared her own experiences as an HIV/AIDS activist with the audience that gathered at Cable Positive's booth on the exhibit floor here at the Cable Show.
Here's some video of my introduction and Rachel's remarks prior to recognizing Josh and Neil for their and their companies' important contributions to the work of Cable Positive.
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