Entry Deadline is March 12, 2004
Outstanding Cable + Community Partnership Category Added
NEW YORK, NY - February 4, 2004
Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry ‘s AIDS action organization, is pleased to announce its call for entries for the 3rd Annual Positively Outstanding Programming (POP) Awards honoring exceptional HIV/AIDS-related cable television. This year’s POP Awards will be held in June 2004.
Cable Positive has added a new category Cable + Community Partnership which will recognize the most outstanding partnership between a cable system and a community-based AIDS service organization using programming in 2003.
Cable Positive is calling for entries in the following categories by Friday, March 12, 2004:
- Outstanding Biographical Program
- Outstanding Cable + Community Partnership
- Outstanding Documentary
- Outstanding News Coverage
- Outstanding Newsmagazine
- Outstanding Original Film/Movie
- Outstanding Original Series Episode/Storyline
- Outstanding Special Programming
Entries will be judged by a blue ribbon judging panel of media, television, cable, sexual health, writers and editors. Each entry will be judged under the following criteria: educates the audience about HIV/AIDS; raises HIV/AIDS awareness; clearly presents HIV/AIDS message to the viewing audience and maintains high production values that help bring the HIV/AIDS content to life.
Eligible entries must be originally produced programming that has aired at least once on a national cable network or regional or local cable system in the United States from January 1 to December 31, 2003. Applications are available online .
The nominees will be announced in May 2004. The winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony in June 2004.
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 will mobilize the talents, resources, access and influence of the cable and telecommunications industry to raise HIV/AIDS awareness; support HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care; and strive to end stigma by creating a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been affected by HIV or 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 $10 million in the fight against AIDS. For more information about Cable Positive, call 212-459-1502 or log on to www.cablepositive.org.
