CABLE POSITIVE AWARDS $46,400 FOR LOCAL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMING IN TONY COX FUND CYCLE 11; CYCLE 12 APPLICATION DEADLINE OCTOBER 6

CONTACT: Clarice Astorga clarice@cablepositive.org (212) 459.1547 Nancy Schadoff nancy@cablepositive.org (212) 459.1505

NEW YORK, NY- September 7, 2000
Cable Positive, the cable and communications industry's AIDS action organization, awarded grants totaling $46,400 to ten AIDS service organizations partnering with their local cable systems in Cycle 11 of the Tony Cox Fund for Local HIV/AIDS Programming. The organization also announced that applications are being accepted for Cycle 12 of the Tony Cox Fund in which $50,000 in grants will be awarded.

Cycle 11 grant recipients are: AIDS Alive and Adelphia, Wayne, PA; Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) and Time Warner Cable, Queens, NY; Catskill Rural AIDS Services, Inc. and Time Warner Cable, Oneonta, NY; Callen Lorde/Health Outreach to Teens and Time Warner Cable, New York, NY; Hands United Together and Adelphia, Van Nuys, CA; Let the Healing Begin and Cablevision, Long Island, NY; Project Cope and MediaOne, Lynn, MA; Project Quest and AT&T, Portland, OR; Latino Health Institute and MediaOne, Boston, MA; and Women Alive Coalition and Media One, Hollywood, CA.

For example, Let Healing Begin, an organization focused on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, is partnering with Cablevision of Long Island to produce a program stressing the importance of getting tested for HIV and the choices involved with knowing your status. The hour program, targeted at teens, includes a dramatic performance with a panel discussion following the play.

"The cable systems and their AIDS service organization partners are planning to convey their strong HIV/AIDS message to a local audience," said Steve Villano, executive director, Cable Positive. "The Tony Cox Fund provides funding to AIDS organizations to produce HIV/AIDS-related programming and encourages cable systems to form working partnerships with their community-based AIDS organizations."

The Fund is named in memory of former chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks, Inc. and a founding honorary chair of Cable Positive, Winston "Tony" Cox. Grants are awarded for the creation of local AIDS-related programming and PSAs in three grant cycles per year. Since its inception in 1996, the Tony Cox Fund has awarded more than $600,000 to AIDS service organizations across the United States. The Cycle 12 grant application deadline is October 6. Please visit www.cablepositive.org for an application or call Clarice Astorga at (212) 459.1547.

CP AWARDS $46,400 FOR TONY COX FUND CYCLE 11

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 is dedicated to unifying the talents, resources, access and influence of the communications industry to raise AIDS awareness; to fund AIDS education, research and care; and to promote a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDS. Cable Positive has grown to include supporters from every major cable network, MSO, system, hardware manufacturer, trade association, media publication, and affiliated industry vendors and suppliers. For more information about Cable Positive, call (212) 459.1502 or visit www.cablepositive.org.