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CABLE POSITIVE TO HONOR CABLEVISION PRESIDENT AND CEO JAMES L. DOLAN PRIMEDIA's Tom Rogers and VH1/CMT's John Sykes to Serve as Dinner Chairs of Cable Positive's Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner on May 22, 2001 NEW YORK, NY - March 26, 2001 "Jim, a proven leader in the cable and communications industry, has continued to help Cable Positive propel AIDS awareness to the forefront of society's conscience," said Steve Villano, Cable Positive's Executive Director. "Cable Positive is excited to honor him and we look forward to his continued commitment and leadership role in our organization and in the fight against HIV/AIDS." Through Dolan's leadership, Cablevision has supported many Cable Positive initiatives to communicate HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention to their community as well as their employees. Cablevision makes it mandatory for every employee to attend Cable Positive's AIDS In The Workplace seminars and Cable Positive's Employee Assistance Program is well promoted through employee communications. Cablevision continues to support Cable Positive's national HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns for National HIV Testing Day (June 27) and World AIDS Day (December 1) by telecasting public service announcements and developing partnerships with local AIDS service organizations to produce and air HIV/AIDS-related original programming to its more than 3 million subscribers. Dolan has personally worked with other leading cable CEO's to encourage their development of similar information programs within their organizations. "Cablevision is a leading corporate citizen in this industry and throughout the United States when it comes to working compassionately and effectively on behalf of people who are HIV positive," said Cable Positive Executive Director Villano. "Some 40 percent of the approximately 5,000 cable industry employees who are trained annually across the country are employees of Cablevision Systems." Villano added, "Approximately 25 percent of the industry employees who are being helped by the services of Cable Positive's Employee Assistance Fund are Cablevision employees. That speaks volumes for the leadership of a forward-thinking company, which de-stigmatizes the disease and does all it can to educate its workforce and assist its employees affected by HIV. That tone of education and compassion is set from the top, and at Cablevision it starts with Jim Dolan." Cablevision Systems-through its WIZ stores--recently donated some $20,000 of computer equipment to Cable Positive as the organization moved into new permanent offices at 250 W. 54th Street in Manhattan. In addition to supporting Cable Positive's programs and services through a liaison with Cable Positive, Cablevision has adopted SUNY Downstate's STAR Clinic HIV Center for Women and Children in Brooklyn, NY, serving a largely African American and Caribbean American community, which is at the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York and throughout the country. Cable Positive's Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner Honoring Cablevision President and CEO James L. Dolan Past Cable Positive Joel A. Berger Award recipients are Marc B. Nathanson (2000), Anne Sweeney (1999), Leo Hindery Jr. (1998), Dick Aurelio (1997), Winston H. "Tony" Cox (1996- posthumously) and Jeffrey Bewkes and Michael Fuchs (1995). The award is named for Joel A. Berger, a Cable Positive Honorary Chair and the group publisher of Multichannel News and Cablevision Magazine, who died of AIDS in 1995. Tables and individual tickets are now available and can be purchased by contacting Buckley Hall Events at 212.573.6933. For more information about Cable Positive please contact Melissa Hinnen at 212.459.1502. ABOUT JAMES L. DOLAN In the early 1990s, Dolan was chief executive officer of Rainbow Programming Holdings, Inc. (now Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc.), a subsidiary of Cablevision, where he built his reputation as a leader in the development of Rainbow's niche programming networks, which today are among cable's most popular offerings. At Rainbow, Dolan oversaw all facets of the business. Dolan began his career with Cablevision in the 1970s in the Plainview, N.Y. cable system, and managed the company's radio properties and its pioneering cable advertising sales organization before moving on to Rainbow Programming. Dolan is a member of the board of directors of Cablevision Systems Corporation and serves on its executive committee. He also sits on the board and executive committee of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA). Dolan is also a member of the board of directors of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, chairs the Capital Campaign Committee at Friends Academy and serves as an Honorary Chair of Cable Positive. ABOUT THE DINNER CHAIRS John Sykes is the President of VH1, one of the fastest growing networks in cable television. Having established VH1 as one of the strongest brands in cable, Sykes oversees day-to-day operations and programming of the channel, which reaches over 73 million US television homes. In June 2000, Sykes was also named President of CMT: Country Music Television, a diverse 24-hour country music channel that carries a mix of original programming, live concerts and events, and music videos. CMT reaches 50 million homes in the US and Canada. ABOUT CABLEVISION ABOUT CABLE POSITIVE
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