The CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, today announced that Mark Cuban, chairman of HDNet will accept an Honorary CLIO Award at the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, May 12 – 14.
Mark Cuban, chairman and co-founder of HDNet, investor, internet entrepreneur, and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, will accept his Honorary CLIO Award during the Emerging Media Awards on Wednesday, May 13th. Cuban is being recognized as a digital media thought leader who helped pave the way for the industry by launching and investing in many successful online ventures and cutting-edge technologies. He will be joining Barry Manilow and Matthew Weiner, creator and executive producer of AMC’s MAD MEN, who are also receiving honorary awards for their distinguished contributions to the advertising industry (previously announced).
Cuban is the chairman of HDNet, which he co-founded in 2001, a general interest television channel in the United States and Canada broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television. In 1995 Cuban co-founded Broadcast.com, the leading provider of multimedia and streaming on the Internet and sold it to Yahoo! in 1999.
“2009 is truly an exciting year for the CLIO Awards. In addition to celebrating five decades of creative excellence in the advertising industry — this year, for our milestone 50th Anniversary, we’re honoring industry pioneers who have, and continue to shape the landscape with their ground-breaking ideas,” said Karl Vontz, director of events. “This is why we are thrilled to recognize Mark Cuban during the Emerging Media Awards with an Honorary CLIO, for his undeniable dedication to and passion for the medium.”