FREEZE FRAME -- APRIL 11, 2016
At Discovery’s upfront press breakfast in New York (l. to r.): David Zaslav, president and CEO, Discovery Communications; Rich Ross, group president, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel; Nancy Daniels, president, TLC & Discovery Life; and Henry Schleiff, group president, ID, Destination America & AHC.
At Crown Media Family Networks’s upfront at New York’s Rainbow Room (l. to r.): Bill Abbott, president and CEO, Crown Media Family Networks; James Denton; Michelle Vicary, EVP, programming and network publicity, Crown Media Family Networks; Jack Wagner; Candace Cameron Bure; Randy Pope, SVP, programming and development, Crown Media Family Networks; Lori Loughlin; Mary Carillo; Ed Georger, EVP, advertising sales, Crown Media Family Networks; and Susanne McAvoy, EVP, marketing, creative and communications, Crown Media Family Networks.
At Azteca America’s upfront at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): Margarita Black, VP, programming; Rafael Mercandante, host, Escape Perfecto; Vanessa Claudio, host, Venga la Alegria; Manuel Abud, president and CEO; Craig Geller, EVP, network sales & digital; and Veronica del Castillo, host, Al Extremo.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield of Freeform’s Stitchers takes a selfie with a fan and the WonderCon convention in Los Angeles.
(From l.:) Tobias Menzies and Caitriona Balfe of Starz’s Outlander; Chris Albrecht, CEO, Starz; and Sam Heughan of Outlander at the show’s “Book Two” premiere event at New York’s Museum of Natural History.
At the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Los Angeles Forum (l. to r.): Tom Poleman, president, national programming group, and John Sykes, president, entertainment enterprises, iHeartMedia; Jason Derulo, awards-show host; Sandra Dewey, president, TNT and TBS Productions and Business Affairs; and Lee Rolontz, EVP, production, iHeartMedia.
Celebrating Aspire’s launch of Soul Food in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Bernard Tyler, Time Warner Cable; Angela Cannon, Aspire and UP; Malinda Williams of Soul Food; Ken and Kara Carpenter, winners of the “Aspire Sun, Food & Soul Sweepstakes;” Vanessa Williams of Soul Food; and Tracey Tooks, Aspire and UP.
WICT Southern California board members gathered for their 2016 Kickoff Membership Mixer (bottom, l. to r.): Colleen Dillaway, Pamela Yu, Helene Juceam, Ellen Schned and Beth Bayer. Center: Jennifer Young. Back row (l. to r.): Gloria Jolley, Tina Williams, Erika Nolting, Natalie Taylor, Lizzy Paulson, Jasmine Oberman and Kat Yalung.
(From l.): St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Chris Coleman and Minnesota State Reps. Rick Hansen and David Bly were among the volunteers helping feed about 200 of the less fortunate during Outdoor Sportsman Group’s “Hunt.Fish.Feed” event, held in conjunction with Comcast Twin Cities, at the Catholic Charities Dorothy Day Center.
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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.
