NEW YORK, NY - May 25, 2004
Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry’s AIDS action organization, has announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual Positively Outstanding Programming (POP) Awards. Cable Positive’s POP Awards recognize and honor exceptional original HIV/AIDS-related cable television programming.
Winners will be announced at Cable Positive’s POP Awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 in New York at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel.
LIST OF NOMINEES: CABLE POSITIVE’S 3rd ANNUAL POP AWARDS
Outstanding Biographical Program
- A Walk in Your Shoes: AIDS, The N
- Biography: Elizabeth Taylor: Facets, A&E
- Mandela: Journey to Freedom, Discovery Times Channel
- The Naked Truth 2, BET
Outstanding Documentary
- Fight For Your Right, The Social History of HIV, MTV
- Gene Hunters: HIV Nairobi, Discovery Science Channel
- Pandemic: Facing AIDS, HBO
- To Live is Better Than to Die, HBO
- What’s Going On, Showtime
Outstanding News Coverage
- Southern Blues: The Truth About AIDS in the South, BET
- VH1 News Presents: AIDS A Pop Culture History, VH1
- World AIDS Day News Cast 2003, BET
Outstanding News Magazine
- High Price of Fame: Out, E!
- Reality Matter: Deadly Desires, Discovery Health Channel
- Second Look: Women That Are HIV Positive, Style
Outstanding Original Film/Movie
- Angels In America, HBO
- Behind the Red Door, Showtime
- Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, Lifetime
Outstanding Original Series
- Queer As Folk, episode 310, Showtime
- Queer As Folk, episode 311, Showtime
Outstanding Public Service Announcement
- Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself – Sexual Health, MTV
- Rap It Up, BET
- Ten Reasons to Test for HIV/AIDS, VH1
Outstanding Special Programming
- 106 & Park: World AIDS Day Special, BET
- Nelson Mandela: A Staying Alive Special, MTV
- Open Mic: HIV Testing, BET
POP Network of the Year
For the first time, Cable Positive will hand out an award for Outstanding Community Partnership. The award will recognize the partnership between a local cable outlet and a community-based AIDS service organization to provide locally focused programming in the fight against AIDS. Nominees in this category are:
- AIDS Help + Comcast (Key West, FL)
- AIDS Network + Charter (Madison, WI)
- AIDS Task Force + Comcast (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Dubuque Regional AIDS Coalition + Mediacom (Dubuque, IA)
- Northwest Connecticut AIDS Project + Cablevision + Charter (Litchfield, CT)
Nominations by Network
BET – 6
Showtime – 4
HBO – 3
MTV - 3
VH1 - 2
A&E – 1
Discovery Health Channel – 1
Discovery Science Channel - 1
Discovery Times Channel – 1
E! - 1
Lifetime - 1
Style – 1
The N – 1
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.
