FREEZE FRAME -- APRIL 25, 2016
At Azteca America’s New York upfront (l. to r.): Enrique Perez, EVP, Azteca America Station Group; Christian Martinoli, Liga MX announcer; Inés Sainz, DxTips; Manuel Abud, president and CEO; Rafael Mercandante, Escape Perfecto; Verónica del Castillo, Al Extremo; Craig Geller, EVP, network sales and digital; and Margarita Black, VP, programming.
On a Discovery Education co- sponsored “Magic of Madden Virtual Field Trip” at EA Sports’s Tiburon Studios in Orlando, Fla. (l. to r.): Daryl Holt, VP and head of operations, EA Tiburon; Stacie Kronthal, VP of corporate education partnerships, Discovery Education; Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins; Laura Reif, account director, Discovery Education; and Steve Scelbo, VP, licensing & business development, NFL Players Inc.
(From l.): Dalen Spratt of Destination America’s Ghost Brothers; Sarah Vogel, Bill Binford and Luis Navia, Verizon; Marcus Harvey of Ghost Brothers; Michael Hargreaves, Discovery; Carvel Wallace and Scott Sperol, Verizon; and Juwan Mass, Ghost Brothers, at the series’ press screening at New York’s Algonquin Hotel Times Square.
Patrick Stewart (l.) and Adrian Scarborough arrived straight from the set — and in costume — to Starz’s Blunt Talk For Your Consideration event at Hollywood’s Linwood Dunn Theater.
At the ADL Entertainment Industry Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): Eric Kingsley, ADL Regional Board chair; Martina Navratilova, Tennis Channel analyst; honoree Ken Solomon, president, Tennis Channel; Bill Macatee, Tennis Channel announcer; and Amanda Susskin, ADL regional director.
(From l.): Josh Stamberg, Ruth Wilson, Joshua Jackson and Maura Tierney at Showtime’s New York Emmy panel for The Affair.
At Comcast Spotlight Atlanta’s 2016 Unwind Event (l. to r.): Kevin Blute, NBCUniversal; Mark Altschuler, Comcast Spotlight; Tom Sandoval of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules; Jeff Stone, Comcast Spotlight Southern Division; Ariana Maddix, Vanderpump Rules; Rachel Leva, NBCUniversal; and Brad Ross, Comcast Spotlight Atlanta.
Rashida Jones (l.) and Andree Vermeulen on the red carpet for the Paley Center For Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.’s “PaleyLive LA: An Evening With Angie Tribeca” honoring the TBS series.
Sarah Paulson (l.) and Sterling K. Brown at the Emmy “For Your Consideration” event for FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story at Los Angeles’s The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
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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.
