FREEZE FRAME -- JULY 14, 2014
(From l.): Comedians Derek Waters, Jen Kirkman and Jeremy Konner were among those on hand for the premiere party for season two of Comedy Central’s Drunk History at Glendale, Calif.’s Alex Theatre.
Cox Media kicked off FXX’s launch of The Simpsons at its Annual Network Showcase at the Westin Gaslamp in San Diego (top, l. to r.): Cox Media’s Lauren Boutin, Travis Frazier, Erin Braswell, Andre Rosdahl, Grant Brostrom, Johnny Soto, Liz Ingle, and Tony Gross. (Bottom, l. to r.): Cox Media’s Jeff Schmal, Marilee Brusaschetti, Ken Grandlund and Paul Vega.
Demian Bichir (l.) and Diane Kruger of FX’s The Bridge at the season-two premiere screening and panel at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.
(From l.): Comedians Derek Waters, Jen Kirkman and Jeremy Konner were among those on hand for the premiere party for season two of Comedy Central’s Drunk History at Glendale, Calif.’s Alex Theatre.
Cox Media kicked off FXX’s launch of The Simpsons at its Annual Network Showcase at the Westin Gaslamp in San Diego (top, l. to r.): Cox Media’s Lauren Boutin, Travis Frazier, Erin Braswell, Andre Rosdahl, Grant Brostrom, Johnny Soto, Liz Ingle, and Tony Gross. (Bottom, l. to r.): Cox Media’s Jeff Schmal, Marilee Brusaschetti, Ken Grandlund and Paul Vega.
Demian Bichir (l.) and Diane Kruger of FX’s The Bridge at the season-two premiere screening and panel at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.
(From l.): Kelly Osbourne, Disney Junior EVP, original programming and GM Nancy Kanter and Leigh-Allyn Baker at the premiere screening of Disney XD’s The 7D at DisneyToon Studios in Glendale, Calif.
The Rocky Mountain Cable Association closed out the Rocky Mountain Cable Show with a panel titled “Gaining and Retaining Top Talent.” On hand (l. to r.): Mike Spaulding, Betsy Kippenhan and David Tashjian, Comcast; Megan McCourt, RMCA president; and Dr. Cynthia Fukami, Daniels College of Business.
Discovery Education’s team of experts was on hand at Prince George’s (Md.) Pubic Schools’ professional development event (l. to r.): Ken Haines, president, Prince George’s County Educators Association; Sandra Alberti, Student Achievement Partners; Dr. Segun Eubanks, chair, and Carolyn Boston, vice chair, Prince George’s County Board of Education; Dr. Monique Davis, deputy superintendent of schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools; Bill Goodwyn, CEO, Discovery Education; Matt Monjan, VP, Discovery Education; and Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, CEO, and Dr. Shawn Joseph, deputy superintendent for teaching and learning, Prince George’s County Public Schools.
Tony Ruopoli, regional director of marketing operations at Comcast Chicago, cooks up some locally harvested salmon at Sportsman Channel’s “Hunt.Fish.Feed” event at Naval Station Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Ill.
Destination America brought its “Red, White & You” July 4 event to Prescott, Ariz. (l. to r.): Abel Gonzales, judge on Deep Fried Masters; contest winner Hanna Axley; Prescott Mayor Marlin Kuykendall; and Destination America GM Marc Etkin
At Destination America’s July 5 “Red White & You” event in Hamtramck, Mich. (l. to r.): Laura Gialacone, VP, marketing, Destination America; Paul Wilk, Hamtramck fire chief; firefighter John Dropchuk, contest winner; Mayor Karen Majewski; Gerald Smith, senior manager, government and regulatory affairs, Comcast; and Abel Gonzales of Deep Fried Masters.
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