VIVICA A. FOX TO HOST
CAROLE POSITIVE! AN EVENING TO BENEFIT CABLE POSITIVE
HONORING CAROLE BLACK AND LIFETIME TELEVISION
FOR THEIR COMMITTMENT TO THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY LEWIS BLACK
NEW YORK, NY -
April 18, 2005
Vivica A. Fox, star of Lifetime’s Missing will host Carole Positive! An Evening to Benefit Cable Positive on May 10, 2005 at The Marriott Marquis in New York. Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry’s national non-profit AIDS action organization, will honor Carole Black, former Lifetime Entertainment Services President and CEO, and Lifetime Television with the 2005 Joel A. Berger Memorial Award for outstanding contribution in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Comedian Lewis Black is scheduled to perform at the benefit.
Betty Cohen, Lifetime Entertainment Service’s new President and CEO, will participate in the festivities along with the event chairs Steve Burke, COO, Comcast Corporation, President, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC; Rocco Commisso, Chairman & CEO, Mediacom Communications; Jim Robbins, President & CEO, Cox Communications Inc.; and Robert P. May, Interim President & CEO, Charter Communications.
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.
