FREEZE FRAME 6/2/14

At the opening of Comcast’s Xfinity Store in Modesto, Calif. (l. to r.): Jeff Brown, Sportsman Channel; Leticia Gonzalez, store manager; R. Lee Ermey, host of Sportsman Channel’s Saving Private K-9; and Rebecca Zaldivar, Jack Hall and Karina Ibarra, Comcast.

(From l.): Christie Felling, Share Our Strength; Elane Streno, Second Harvest; “Biscuit Boss” John Craig; and Lori Hicock, Scripps Networks Interactive, at the International Biscuit Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., where Food Network donated $15,000 to Second Harvest of East Tennessee and $10,000 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Initiative.

At NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s upfront in New York (l. to r.): Todd Chrisley of USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best; USA president Chris McCumber; and Chrisley Knows Best’s Julie, Chance and Savannah Crisley.

Celebrating “Team XYZ’s” victory at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Cable Association “Cable Apprentice” competition in Denver (l. to r.): Dan Hillen, Sand Cherry Associates; Megan McCourt, president, RMCA; judge David Tashjian, Comcast Mile High Region; judge Amy Bell, Starz; student winners Charles W.K. Thompson, Marylynn Snyder and Austin Mowry; judge Marti Moore, Charter; and Professor Ron Rizutto, University of Denver Daniels College of Business.

At the opening of Comcast’s Xfinity Store in Modesto, Calif. (l. to r.): Jeff Brown, Sportsman Channel; Leticia Gonzalez, store manager; R. Lee Ermey, host of Sportsman Channel’s Saving Private K-9; and Rebecca Zaldivar, Jack Hall and Karina Ibarra, Comcast.

(From l.): Christie Felling, Share Our Strength; Elane Streno, Second Harvest; “Biscuit Boss” John Craig; and Lori Hicock, Scripps Networks Interactive, at the International Biscuit Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., where Food Network donated $15,000 to Second Harvest of East Tennessee and $10,000 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Initiative.

At NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s upfront in New York (l. to r.): Todd Chrisley of USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best; USA president Chris McCumber; and Chrisley Knows Best’s Julie, Chance and Savannah Crisley.

Celebrating “Team XYZ’s” victory at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Cable Association “Cable Apprentice” competition in Denver (l. to r.): Dan Hillen, Sand Cherry Associates; Megan McCourt, president, RMCA; judge David Tashjian, Comcast Mile High Region; judge Amy Bell, Starz; student winners Charles W.K. Thompson, Marylynn Snyder and Austin Mowry; judge Marti Moore, Charter; and Professor Ron Rizutto, University of Denver Daniels College of Business.
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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.