ADVISORY/Tenth Anniversary NAMIC Vision Awards -- Friday, April 16, 2004.

Photo Editors/Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (April 16)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   Tenth Anniversary NAMIC Vision Awards

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

WHEN:   5:00 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/Dinner/Taping

        Recognized for nearly twenty years as a leading advocate for
        diversity in the cable and telecommunications industry, the
        National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications
        (NAMIC) will present the 10th Anniversary NAMIC Vision Awards.
        Honors cable television networks that have demonstrated a
        commitment to producing quality, multiethnic, cross-cultural,
        original programming content.

WHO:    2004 NAMIC VISION AWARDS host Robert Townsend; legendary
        producer Suzanne de Passe, Chairman and CEO, De Passe
        Entertainment (Legacy Award); Spencer Kaitz, President and
        General Counsel, CCTA, and founding director of the Walter
        Kaitz Foundation Quasar Award; Holly Robinson-Peete ("Like
        Family"); Blair Underwood ("Sex in the City"); Dorien Wilson
        ("The Parkers"); Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth ("The
        Apprentice"); Tammy Townsend ("Rock Me Baby"); Jillian
        Barberie ("Good Day Live!"); Sandy Brown ("The Tracy Morgan
        Show"); James Curtis (Anchor, Court TV); Eric Davis (Former ML
        Baseball star); Michael De Lorenzo ("Resurrection Blvd.");
        Earthquake (Comedian); Greg Ellis ("24"); Arlen Escarpeta
        ("American Dreams"); Shon Gables (Anchor WCBS News); Rey
        Gallegos ("Bad Boys II"); Napolean Harris (former NFL Oakland
        Raiders); Khalil Hill ("San Francisco 49ers"); Gary "G-Thang"
        Johnson ("Coming to the Stage"); Masiela Lusha ("George Lopez
        Show"); Tzi Ma ("The Quiet American"); Rodney Peete; Kyla
        Pratt ("One on One"); Raven ("That's So Raven"); Heavy D;
        Stuart Scott (ESPN); Sicliy ("One on One"); Chris Spencer
        (Bravo's "Significant Others"); Terri J. Vaughn ("All Of Us");
        Michael K. Williams ("The Wire"); and the cast of the hit show
        "Half & Half": Telma Hopkins, Essence Atkins, Alec Mapa, and
        Chico Benymon; and Michael Patrick King (Executive Producer,
        "Sex in the City").