FREEZE FRAME 5/12/14
Michael Powell (l.), CEO, NCTA; David Porter, executive director, Walter Kaitz Foundation; and Alicin Williamson, interim president, NAMIC, at the Media and Entertainment Industry LGBT Reception in Los Angeles.
At the INSP booth at The Cable Show in Los Angeles (l. to r.): TV mom Karen Grassle (“Caroline Ingalls”) of Little House on the Prairie; Dale Ardizzone, chief operating officer and David Cerullo, chairman and CEO, INSP; and Michael Learned (“Olivia Walton”) of The Waltons.
At Ovation’s Cable Show affiliate party at Fleming’s in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Charles Segars, CEO, Chris Fenger, chief operating officer, and Pam Bertino, SVP, content distribution, Ovation; David Cohen, EVP, and Melissa Maxfield, SVP, government affairs, Comcast; and Brad Samuels, EVP, content distribution, Ovation.
Announcing that UCLA will be the featured school in 2014’s The Drive: Pac-12 Football (l. to r.): “Joe Bruin”; Mike Yam, Pac-12 Networks studio host; Jim Mora, UCLA football coach; Lydia Murphy-Stephans, president, Pac-12 Networks; and “Josephine Bruin.”
At a Cable Show reception in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Jesse Garcia of El Rey Network’s series From Dusk Till Dawn; Haim Saban, president, and Tonia O’Connor, president of content distribution and corporate business development, Univision; and Zane Holtz and Wilmer Valderrama of From Dusk Till Dawn.
At Time Warner Cable Media’s “Newfront” in New York (l. to r.): Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter, NY1 News; Joan Gillman, EVP and COO, Time Warner Cable; James Worthy, TWC SportsNet Lakers studio analyst; Annika Pergament, NY1 News; and actresses Dania Ramirez and Felicia Finley.
At the T Howard Foundation Diversity Awards dinner in New York (l. to r.): Jacqueline Hernandez, chief operating officer, Telemundo Media; Salaam Coleman Smith, president, strategic initiatives, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment; and Carlos Morcillo, marketing analyst, Telemundo Media.
Gary McCollum (l.), SVP and GM, Cox Communications Northern Virginia; and LaTanya Butler, VP, affiliate sales and marketing, TV One, at the network’s booth at The Cable Show in Los Angeles.
Matthew Morrison (l.), Emile Hirsch and John Leguizamo at MSNBC’s White House Correspondents Dinner afterparty at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Michael Powell (l.), CEO, NCTA; David Porter, executive director, Walter Kaitz Foundation; and Alicin Williamson, interim president, NAMIC, at the Media and Entertainment Industry LGBT Reception in Los Angeles.
At the INSP booth at The Cable Show in Los Angeles (l. to r.): TV mom Karen Grassle (“Caroline Ingalls”) of Little House on the Prairie; Dale Ardizzone, chief operating officer and David Cerullo, chairman and CEO, INSP; and Michael Learned (“Olivia Walton”) of The Waltons.
At Ovation’s Cable Show affiliate party at Fleming’s in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Charles Segars, CEO, Chris Fenger, chief operating officer, and Pam Bertino, SVP, content distribution, Ovation; David Cohen, EVP, and Melissa Maxfield, SVP, government affairs, Comcast; and Brad Samuels, EVP, content distribution, Ovation.
Announcing that UCLA will be the featured school in 2014’s The Drive: Pac-12 Football (l. to r.): “Joe Bruin”; Mike Yam, Pac-12 Networks studio host; Jim Mora, UCLA football coach; Lydia Murphy-Stephans, president, Pac-12 Networks; and “Josephine Bruin.”
At a Cable Show reception in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Jesse Garcia of El Rey Network’s series From Dusk Till Dawn; Haim Saban, president, and Tonia O’Connor, president of content distribution and corporate business development, Univision; and Zane Holtz and Wilmer Valderrama of From Dusk Till Dawn.
At Time Warner Cable Media’s “Newfront” in New York (l. to r.): Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter, NY1 News; Joan Gillman, EVP and COO, Time Warner Cable; James Worthy, TWC SportsNet Lakers studio analyst; Annika Pergament, NY1 News; and actresses Dania Ramirez and Felicia Finley.
At the T Howard Foundation Diversity Awards dinner in New York (l. to r.): Jacqueline Hernandez, chief operating officer, Telemundo Media; Salaam Coleman Smith, president, strategic initiatives, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment; and Carlos Morcillo, marketing analyst, Telemundo Media.
Gary McCollum (l.), SVP and GM, Cox Communications Northern Virginia; and LaTanya Butler, VP, affiliate sales and marketing, TV One, at the network’s booth at The Cable Show in Los Angeles.
Matthew Morrison (l.), Emile Hirsch and John Leguizamo at MSNBC’s White House Correspondents Dinner afterparty at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Mike Demenchuk has served as content manager of Broadcasting+Cable and Multichannel News since 2016. After stints as reporter and editor at Adweek, The Bond Buyer and local papers in New Jersey, he joined the staff of Multichannel News in 1999 as assistant managing editor and has served as the cable trade publication's managing editor since 2005. He edits copy and writes headlines for both the print magazine and website, wrangles the occasional e-newsletter and reviews TV shows from time to time. He's also the guy to bother with your guest blog, Fates & Fortunes and Freeze Frame submissions.
