Freeze Frame -- Feb. 13, 2017
Mark Cuban (l.) and John Stankey, CEO of AT&T Entertainment Group, take in the 2017 AT&T Presents DirecTV Now Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic in Houston.
Spectrum SportsNet basketball analyst Derek Fisher high-fives a Los Angeles elementary school kid during dribbling drills at an instructional clinic the network co-hosted with LA’s BEST After School Enrichment Program.
The members of Bell Biv DeVoe kicked off Black History Month at the Music Choice offices in New York (l. to r.): Joe Dodd, urban music programmer; Ricky Bell; Ronnie DeVoe; Damon Williams, SVP, programming strategy and partnerships; and Michael Bivins.
At Cinemoi’s CineFashion Film Awards and Marc Bouwer fashion show in New York (l. to r.): Dan Bushansky, Amazon; Rod Sherwood, chairman, and Daphna Ziman, president, Cinemoi; actor Tobias Truvillion of Empire; Mary Wilson of The Supremes; and Bridgette Jean-Jacques, Frontier.
Food Network personality Alex Guarnaschelli (l.) and Andrew Zimmern, host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, at the Super Bowl week “Taste of the NFL Party With a Purpose” event at the University of Houston.
James Burrows (l.), legendary TV director and producer, with CBS Television Distribution EVP, communications John Wentworth at Wentworth’s retirement party in Beverly Hills, Calif.
(From l.): HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke and HBO president of programming Casey Bloys at the New York premiere of season six of Girls.
Executive producer Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann at the New York premiere of season six of HBO’s Girls.
Kicking off Altice’s Optimum “Economy Internet” awareness initiative in Paterson, N.J. (l. to r.): Mark Valli, CEO, Community Charter School; Marilyn Davis, director of government affairs, Altice USA; New Jersey Assembly Members Benjie Wimberly and Shavonda Sumter; Robert Guarasci, CEO, New Jersey Community Development Corp.; Christoper Wyatt, Community Charter School; and James Cavallo, on-air talent, Altice.
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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.
