HBO to Receive Gold Nymph Award at Monte-Carlo Television Festival

LOS
ANGELES, May 16: HBO will receive a Gold Nymph Award at the opening
ceremony of the 47th annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival on
Sunday, June 10, with HBO Films president Colin Callender accepting the award
on the network’s behalf.

“We are gratified that the Festival has chosen to bestow
this prestigious honor upon us, and on the behalf of my colleagues at HBO, I am
proud to accept this award,” said Callender.

HBO is being honored with the award for its outstanding
contribution, leadership and worldwide excellence in programming and production
of movies, mini-series and series.

"We are honored to present this award to HBO,” said
David Tomatis, the CEO of the Festival. “The company has clearly emerged as one
of the world's leading programmers of quality television.”

The Festival’s opening ceremony on June 10 will also feature
the international premiere of HBO's upcoming film Bury My Heart at Wounded
Knee, which will be attended by the film’s
executive producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer, director Yves Simoneau and cast
members Adam Beach and August Schellenberg.