CABLE TV HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING HIV/AIDS-RELATED PROGRAMMING
AT CABLE POSITIVE’S 4th ANNUAL POP AWARDS
BET is the POP Network of the Year
NEW YORK, NY -
June 21, 2005
Cable Positive, the cable industry’s national non-profit
HIV/AIDS action organization, honored cable television for outstanding
HIV/AIDS-related programming last night at their 4th Annual POP
Awards. The ceremony was held at New York’s Hudson
Theatre at the Millennium Hotel. Roma Torre of NY1 News,
Scott Lowell of Showtime’s Queer As Folk, Josh Berresford,
Charlie David and Nadine Heiman of here! TV’s Dante’s
Cove and Jacque Reid of BET Nightly News among others among others
handed out awards honoring cable television’s commitment
through outstanding programming in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
The following cable networks and programs were recognized for creating
television that carries educational value and promotes awareness/prevention
in the fight against HIV/AIDS:
Outstanding Biographical Program:
Naked Truth 3,
BET
Outstanding Documentary:
Dangerous Deception: Living on
the Down Low, Discovery Health Channel
Outstanding News Coverage:
Are You Positive?,CNN
Outstanding Original Film/Movie:
Walking on
Sunshine, BET
Outstanding Original Series:
Nip/Tuck:
episode 15/Sean McNamara, F/X
Outstanding Public Service Announcement:
Rap It Up
Campaign, BET
Outstanding Special Programming:
106 + Park: World AIDS
Day, BET
Outstanding Community Partnership (This award recognizes the partnership
between a local cable outlet and a community-based AIDS service organization
to provide locally focused programming in the fight against AIDS.):
I
Found PSA, AIDS Service Center and Time Warner
Cable of New York and New Jersey
POP Network of the Year:
BET
Cable Positive President & CEO Steve Villano noted, “Cable
Positive is committed to honoring the invaluable and growing role cable
television performs in raising HIV/AIDS awareness.”
Cable Positive is dedicated to promoting and highlighting informative
and educational HIV/AIDS-related cable television as a means of empowering
people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The POP Awards demonstrate
the important role cable television has in promoting HIV prevention, raising
AIDS awareness and reducing stigma and fear surrounding the disease.
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.
