TORONTO – Astral Media co-founder Ian Greenberg is being inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place during Canadian Music Week at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards gala scheduled for May 8, 2014 at the Kool Haus in Toronto.
One of four brothers who founded Astral, Greenberg played an integral part in the company’s 50-year history by gradually transforming it from a photographic specialty business into one of Canada's leaders in pay and specialty TV, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. As president and CEO of Astral from 1995 until BCE's acquisition last July, Greenberg oversaw the company while it achieved 16 years of consecutive profitable growth. Greenberg has been a director of the BCE board since July 2013.
A Harvard Business School Advanced Management graduate, Greenberg is an active supporter of a number of industry and charitable associations. He and his brothers were awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award in 1993, and in 2007, Greenberg received the Ted Rogers and Velma Rogers Graham Award for his unique contribution to the Canadian broadcasting system. He was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2013.
"I am deeply honoured to be inducted in the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame and to be recognized by the industry I've dedicated my career to," Greenberg said in the announcement. "I am very proud to be joining all of the remarkable men and women who have contributed to the Canadian broadcasting system – one of the world's best and most diverse."
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