Entry Deadline is January 10, 2003
NEW YORK, NY - December 13, 2002
Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry's AIDS
action organization, is pleased to announce its call for entries
for the 2002 Positively Outstanding Programming (POP) Awards honoring
exceptional HIV/AIDS-related original cable network programming.
"Television is a powerful medium that can be used to educate
Americans about AIDS," said Steve Villano, Cable Positive
President & CEO. "Cable Positive POP Awards recognize
cable television for its work on behalf of HIV/AIDS awareness
and education."
Cable Positive will accept entries for the following categories:
- Outstanding News Coverage
- Outstanding Documentary
- Outstanding Original Film/Movie
- Outstanding Newsmagazine Program
- Outstanding Original Series
- Outstanding Special Programming
Eligible entries must be an originally produced program that
has aired at least once on a national cable network in the United
States from January 1 to December 2002. Applications are available
online at http://www.cablepositive.org/programs-pop.html.
Programming nominations were selected based on the following
criteria; educates the audience about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, raises
HIV/AIDS awareness and/or promotes prevention, clearly presents
HIV/AIDS message to the viewing audience and maintains high production
values that help bring the HIV/AIDS content to life.
Past Cable Positive POP Awards winners include: MTV's Staying
Alive 3, BET's The Naked Truth, Showtime's Queer As Folk, and
CNN's AIDS: A Dream Deferred.
ABOUT CABLE POSITIVE
Cable Positive is a national non-profit organization that was
founded in February 1992 by three concerned cable executives with
the mission of organizing cable's resources in the fight against
AIDS. Cable Positive is dedicated to unifying the talents, resources,
access and influence of the communications industry to raise AIDS
awareness; to fund AIDS education, research and care; and to promote
a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been
affected by HIV and AIDS. Cable Positive has grown to include
supporters from every major cable network, multiple system operator,
cable system, hardware manufacturer, trade association, media
publication, and affiliated industry vendors and suppliers. Since
1992, Cable Positive has raised more than $9 million in the fight
against AIDS. For more information about Cable Positive, call
212-459-1502 or log on to www.cablepositive.org.
