FREEZE FRAME 6/9/14
At Warner Bros.’ May Screenings cocktail party in West Hollywood, Calif. (l. to r.): Tom Cerio, EVP, cable sales, and Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution; Francis Berwick, president, Bravo & Oxygen; and Ken Werner, president, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Launching Cartoon Network’s “Move It Movement Tour” in Atlanta (l. to r.): Brent Baldwin, Cartoon marketing manager, brand development; Danielle DeSarzant, marketing communications strategist, Comcast Spotlight; Jamelia Smith, account manager, Turner Network Sales; and Angela F. James, marketing operations manager, Comcast Cable.
(From l.): Tamron Hall, co-host of NBCs’ Today; Smokey Fontaine, chief content officer, Interactive One; Peggy Byrd, SVP, integrated marketing, One Solution; Aisha Iman, editor of Xfinity TV’s “Celebrate Black TV”wensite; and James Patterson, VP, Burrell Communications at the taping of “HelloBeautiful Interludes Live: Jennifer Hudson” at The Cutting Room in New York.
The Weather Channel and Time Warner Cable brought the “Connect With Weather” campaign to Coronado Middle School in Kansas City, Kan. On hand (l. to r.): Duane Hallock, American Red Cross; Jarad Falk, Time Warner Cable; Kathleen Wilmes, American Red Cross; Dave Borchardt and Jeff Nelson, Time Warner Cable; Kansas State Sen. David Haley; Jen Carfagno, Weather on-air meteorologist; Kansas State Rep. Valdenia Winn; Stacy Zaja, Time Warner Cable; and Lee Yi and Caroline White, The Weather Channel.
(From l.): WE tv president Marc Juris with Richard LeGravenese and Tony Goldwyn, co-creators and executive producers of WE’s upcoming series The Divide, at the Innocence Project dinner in New York.
Arts network Ovation staged an event welcoming the Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s annual awards gala to Los Angeles (l. to r.): Sonia Tower, SVP of corporate relations, Ovation and president, The Ovation Foundation; Toby Boshak, executive director, Princess Grace Foundation-USA; Princess Charlene of Monaco; and Robert O. Marx, vice chairman, Princess Grace Foundation-USA.
At the Television Academy’s panel on FX’s The Americans in North Hollywood, Calif. (l. to. r.): cast members Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich and composer Nate Barr.
Chef Robert Irvine (l.) and producer Marc Summers celebrate the 100th episode of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
At the 73rd annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony in New York (l. to r.): event emcee Ira Glass, host of public radio program This American Life, and Evan Shapiro, president,Pivot.
At Warner Bros.’ May Screenings cocktail party in West Hollywood, Calif. (l. to r.): Tom Cerio, EVP, cable sales, and Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution; Francis Berwick, president, Bravo & Oxygen; and Ken Werner, president, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Launching Cartoon Network’s “Move It Movement Tour” in Atlanta (l. to r.): Brent Baldwin, Cartoon marketing manager, brand development; Danielle DeSarzant, marketing communications strategist, Comcast Spotlight; Jamelia Smith, account manager, Turner Network Sales; and Angela F. James, marketing operations manager, Comcast Cable.
(From l.): Tamron Hall, co-host of NBCs’ Today; Smokey Fontaine, chief content officer, Interactive One; Peggy Byrd, SVP, integrated marketing, One Solution; Aisha Iman, editor of Xfinity TV’s “Celebrate Black TV”wensite; and James Patterson, VP, Burrell Communications at the taping of “HelloBeautiful Interludes Live: Jennifer Hudson” at The Cutting Room in New York.
The Weather Channel and Time Warner Cable brought the “Connect With Weather” campaign to Coronado Middle School in Kansas City, Kan. On hand (l. to r.): Duane Hallock, American Red Cross; Jarad Falk, Time Warner Cable; Kathleen Wilmes, American Red Cross; Dave Borchardt and Jeff Nelson, Time Warner Cable; Kansas State Sen. David Haley; Jen Carfagno, Weather on-air meteorologist; Kansas State Rep. Valdenia Winn; Stacy Zaja, Time Warner Cable; and Lee Yi and Caroline White, The Weather Channel.
(From l.): WE tv president Marc Juris with Richard LeGravenese and Tony Goldwyn, co-creators and executive producers of WE’s upcoming series The Divide, at the Innocence Project dinner in New York.
Arts network Ovation staged an event welcoming the Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s annual awards gala to Los Angeles (l. to r.): Sonia Tower, SVP of corporate relations, Ovation and president, The Ovation Foundation; Toby Boshak, executive director, Princess Grace Foundation-USA; Princess Charlene of Monaco; and Robert O. Marx, vice chairman, Princess Grace Foundation-USA.
At the Television Academy’s panel on FX’s The Americans in North Hollywood, Calif. (l. to. r.): cast members Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich and composer Nate Barr.
Chef Robert Irvine (l.) and producer Marc Summers celebrate the 100th episode of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
At the 73rd annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony in New York (l. to r.): event emcee Ira Glass, host of public radio program This American Life, and Evan Shapiro, president,Pivot.
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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.
