ADVISORY/NAMIC Vision Awards Honoring Diversity in Cable Television Programming Poised for March 28th Taping Featuring Star-Studded Line-Up

Business Wire, March 18, 2003

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday, March 28

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:    9th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards

         Produced annually for nearly a decade by NAMIC Southern
         California, Inc., the Vision Awards honors cable television
         entities that have demonstrated a commitment to producing
         quality, multiethnic and cross-cultural programming content.
         NAMIC, Inc. (The National Association of Minorities in
         Communications), a nonprofit professional organization
         dedicated to promoting diversity in the telecommunications
         industry, will bestow the organization's highest honors, the
         "North Star" and "Quasar Awards" to Lifetime Television and
         four of cable TV's top female executives, representing BET,
         CNBC, VH1 and National Geographic Channel USA.
         "Resurrection Blvd.," Showtime's groundbreaking drama,
         featuring a Latino cast, will be honored with the inaugural
         "Legacy Award."  Additional awards will be presented in 9
         categories, including comedy, drama, documentary, music and
         variety, news/informational, children's programming, and
         foreign language.  The 9th Annual Vision Awards will be
         taped for a pre-recorded broadcast on the Major Broadcasting
         Cable Channel (MBC), carried in more than 25 million
         households nationwide.

WHO:     Sharing the stage with 2003 NAMIC Vision Awards host Cynthia
         Garrett (TV Guide Channel's "Hollywood Insider" and HBO's
         "The Buzz") will be Bill Cobbs ("Enough"), Michael De
         Lorenzo ("Resurrection Blvd."), Kiko Ellsworth ("Port
         Charles"), Jennifer Freeman ("My Wife and Kids"), Samaria
         Graham ("Providence"), Taraji Henson ("The Division"), Dule
         Hill ("The West Wing"), Boris Kodjoe ("Soul Food"), Crystal
         Kwon ("Wasabi Tuna," "The Bold & The Beautiful"), Debra Lee
         (President and COO, BET), Dennis Leoni (Executive Producer,
         "Resurrection Blvd."), Harry Lennix (Showtime's "Keep The
         Faith, Baby"), Eddie Matos ("Port Charles"), Christina
         Norman (Executive Vice President and General Manager, VH1),
         Laureen Ong (President, National Geographic Channel USA),
         Chrystee Pharris ("Passions"), Kyla Pratt ("The Proud
         Family"), actor-writer-producer Valerie Red-Horse
         (Chairman/CEO, Red-Horse Securities Inc., and Native Nations
         Asset Management), Jacque Reid (BET Nightly News), Shaun
         Robinson ("Access Hollywood"), Antonio Sabato, Jr. ("Wasabi
         Tuna"), China Shavers ("Boston Public"), Raven Symone
         ("That's So Raven"), Karrine Steffans ("A Man Apart"),
         Mathew St. Patrick ("Six Feet Under"), Sean Patrick Thomas
         ("The District"), Pamela Thomas-Graham (President and CEO,
         CNBC), Steven Williams ("21 Jump Street"), Kenneth
         Livingston Taylor (TV Guide Channel's "The Screening Room"),
         Lisa Vidal ("The Division"), Suzanne Whang (HGTV), Tonya Lee
         Williams ("Young & The Restless"), Zachary Isaiah Williams
         ("Pieces of the Puzzle," "Honey"), Dorien Wilson ("The
         Parkers"), Camille Winbush ("The Bernie Mac Show"), comedian
         Paul Mooney, author Lolita Files, and author Victoria
         Murray.

WHEN:    Friday, March 28, 2003
         4:00 p.m. -- Crew Load-In/Press Check-In
         5:30 p.m. -- Red Carpet Arrivals
         6:30 p.m. -- VIP Reception/Informal Interviews
         7:30 p.m. -- Awards Presentation

WHERE:   Beverly Hilton Hotel (International Ballroom)
         9876 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif.