CONTACT: Nancy Schadoff 212.459.1505 nancy@cablepositive.org

CABLE POSITIVE, CAHNERS TELEVISION GROUP, AND CTHRA TEAM UP FOR EMPLOYEE INITITIATIVES

NEW YORK, NY - September 22, 2000
Cable Positive will participate in the Cable and Telecommunications Human Resource Association (CTHRA) 9th Annual Symposium at a breakfast at the New York Hilton and Towers on Friday, September 22, sponsored by Cahners Television Group. Cable Positive and The Actors' Fund, which administers the Employee Assistance Program, will inform human resource professionals on how Cable Positive's assistance resources can help support cable industry employees.

Cable Positive Executive Director Steve Villano, Director of Human Services for The Actors' Fund of America Barbara Davis and Cable Positive Trainer Julia Ritchie will present to cable industry human resources professionals a program outlining services available to them and their employees through Cable Positive.

"The CTHRA forum provided an excellent opportunity to present our employee initiatives to a vast audience of human resource professionals," said Villano. "Our ultimate goal is to reach every company, and then every cable industry employee to know that these programs are available to them, and Cahners' sponsorship of this important session will help us along that path."

The Employee Assistance Program is a free, confidential program that provides emergency and ongoing financial and social services assistance to current and former industry employees and their immediate family members/domestic partners who are living with HIV/AIDS. Grants are awarded for essential living expenses including medical care, utilities, and travel. To request confidential assistance, call The Actors' Fund of America at (800) 221-7303.

AIDS in the Workplace seminars are 2-hour education seminars on HIV/AIDS. Topics include transmission, prevention, testing, and work-related issues such as confidentiality, discrimination, disclosure, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Over 2,000 seminars have been given to cable and communications industry companies and are designed to encourage participant interaction and utilize dynamic learning tools including video, overheads, flipcharts, and handouts.

Cable Positive is a national non-profit organization that was founded in February 1992 by three 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/AIDS. Cable Positive has grown to include supporters from every major cable network, MSO system, hardware manufacturer, trade association, media publication, and affiliated vendors and suppliers. For more information about Cable Positive, call 212.459.1502 or log on to our website at www.cablepositive.org.