FREEZE FRAME -- MARCH 7, 2016

On Seeso’s panel at “Social Media Week” at New York’s TimesCenter (l. to r.): Kulap Vilaysack of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$; Jonah Ray of Hidden America With Jonah Ray; Dan Harmon of HarmonQuest; and Evan Shapiro, EVP of NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises.

At the New York premiere of SundanceTV’s Hap & Leonard (l. to r.): Jim Mickle, executive producer/writer/director; cast members James Purefoy, Christina Hendricks and Michael Kenneth Williams; and Charlie Collier, president and GM, AMC and SundanceTV.

(From l.): Cast members Jessica de Gouw, Amirah Vann, Alano Miller and Christopher Meloni; Valerie Jarrett, special adviser to President Obama; and cast members Aldis Hodge and Jurnee Smollett-Bell at a White House screening of WGN America’s Underground.

CTAM senior VP of communications Anne Cowan (l.), NCTA presi- dent and CEO Michael Powell and new CTAM president and CEO Vicki Lins met at NCTA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss CTAM’s objectives.
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