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CABLE POSITIVE’S DOCUMENTARY AIDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY RECEIVES TWO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY NOMINATIONS

NEW YORK, NY - May 1, 2004
AIDS in the 21st Century, the half-hour documentary produced by Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry’s national non-profit AIDS action organization, has received two Northern California Area Emmy nominations. The nominations announced on April 27, 2004 were for Serious News Feature – Series and Current Affairs Program.

AIDS in the 21st Century reflects on the impact of the pandemic through a series of frank and touching stories, echoing the sentiments of a number of individuals affected by and involved with the disease, including an HIV-positive mother of two in Atlanta, a college age HIV prevention outreach worker in San Francisco, and activist Cleve Jones, founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Cable Positive worked with Emmy award winning producers Joyce Mitchell and Ted Ross of Ross-Campbell, Inc., to produce the documentary through a grant from Cable Positive. AIDS in the 21st Century premiered on Discovery Health Channel on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2002 and has aired in more than 25 major cities in America through our partnerships with cable systems from multiple system operators (MSOs) Adelphia, Comcast, Cox, Insight, and Time Warner.

Awards will be handed out at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Saturday, May 22nd. For more information on the Northern California Area Emmy Awards visit www.emmysf.tv.

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.