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CABLE POSITIVE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS BROADCAST IN TIMES SQUARE AS PART OF WORLD AIDS DAY CONSUMER OUTREACH

Cable Positive Hosts Reception for World AIDS Day Spokesperson Judd Winick of MTV's The Real World

NEW YORK - September 22, 2000
On September 22, 20000 from 4 - 6 pm Cable Positive, the cable and communications industry's AIDS action organization, broadcast its public service announcements and important HIV/AIDS information from the jumbotron at 43rd and Broadway in Times Square. The broadcast was part of a World AIDS Day reception and book party celebrating the release of Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick of MTV's The Real World San Francisco cast, and a Cable Positive World AIDS Day spokesperson.

Anne Sweeney, president, Disney/ABC Cable Networks and a Cable Positive Honorary Chair, generously donated the jumbotron to Cable Positive in an effort to help further the organization's reach to consumers.

Winick will be featured in a new Cable Positive PSA that will premiere for World AIDS Day on December 1 focused on youth HIV prevention and awareness. "Cable Positive is one of those extraordinary organizations that is built on the good will and hard work of people who care and are up for the fight," said Winick. "People who want to make a difference, and CAN."

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.