FREEZE FRAME -- AUG. 10, 2015

NCTA interns visited CTAM in National Harbor, Md., for a briefing on cable marketing issues (l. to r.): Angie Britt, VP, advanced products, CTAM; Todd Esenwein, senior director of business services, CTAM; Anne Cowan, SVP, communications & marketing, CTAM; and NCTA interns Michael Mitze of Pepperdine and Anita Nham of Penn State.

At Comcast’s Leaders & Achievers Scholarship event at California’s State Capitol (l. to r.): Ted Girdner, VP, business services, Comcast California; scholarship winners Yomira Abarca Radilla of Hayward and Rebekah Ferrante of Modesto; and Amy Lynch, VP, technical operations, Comcast California.

At the Council of Urban Professionals’ 5th Annual Digital Power Lunch (l. to r.): Markus Robinson, lead developer, team innovation, Interactive One; Denmark West, partner, Connectivity Capital Partners; and Ty Ahmad-Taylor, VP, SmartTV Services, Samsung.

Teaching families how to plant strawberries in a Discovery Kids-sponsored community event at Los Angeles’s Glassell Park (l. to r.): “Strawberry Shortcake,” Los Angeles city councilman Mitch O’Farrell, Los Angeles Police Capt. Jeffrey Burke and “Cherry Jam.”
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