FREEZE FRAME -- FEB. 2, 2016
At WGN America’s Sundance Film Festival celebration of Underground in Park City, Utah (l. to r.): Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Harvey Weinstein and Peter Ligouri, president and CEO of Tribune Media.
(From l.): Executive producer Gene Klein; stars Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres and Megan Markle; and creator/executive producer Aaron Korsh at the Los Angeles premiere of USA Network’s Suits.
At Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s 6th Annual Shining Star Awards (rear, l. to r.): Dan Finnerty, Time Warner Cable Sports; Paul Conway, Wanamaker Ticket Office; Brayden Schenn, Flyers; Zach Pfeffer, Union; Larry Andersen, Phillies; Brian Monahan, GM, CSN Philadelphia; lifetime achievement award winner Tina Sloan Green, co-founder, Black Women in Sports Foundation; and Cody Parkey, Eagles. Front (l. to r.): Carter Powell, Kate Quirus, Anna Quirus, Hope Jacobus, John Michael Dowling and Isiah Toledo.
Comcast Spotlight Washington hosted New York-based media buyers and planners at the Press Lounge at INK 48 Hotel (l. to r.): Justin Mathess, NBCUniversal; Michael Miller, Comcast Spotlight; Kyle Richards of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; and Erin Pinckney, Comcast Spotlight.
Promoting Oxygen’s The Prancing Elites Project at a branded coffee cart in New York (l. to r.): cast members Kentrell Collins and Jerel Maddox; Ellen Stone, EVP, marketing, Bravo and Oxygen Media; cast member Adrian Clemons; Cori Abraham, SVP, development and international, Oxygen; and cast members Tim Smith and Kareem Davis.
(From l.): Kent Sevener, head of content, acquisition and business and legal affairs, Showtime Networks; Spike Lee, director; and Vinnie Malhotra, SVP, documentaries, unscripted and sports programming, Showtime Networks, at the Sundance Film Festival dinner for Showtime’s Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall.
From l.): Krista Smith, West Coast editor, Vanity Fair; Chris Albrecht, CEO, Starz; and Riley Keough, star of Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience, at the series’ post-Sundance Film Festival world premiere after-party in Park City, Utah.
NESN’s Boston Red Sox broadcast team visited Cox employees in West Warwick, R.I. (l. to r.): Dave O’Brien, play-by-play announcer; Jay Allbaugh, Cox SVP and region manager, Northeast; Jerry Remy, color analyst; and Peter Plaehn, VP, affiliate relations, NESN.
At Comcast SportsNet Bay Area’s 2016 Coaching Corps Game Changer Awards in San Francisco (l. to r.): Tom Stathakes, SVP, programming and production, NBC Sports Regional Networks; Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry; and Ted Griggs, president and GM, CSN Bay Area and CSN California.
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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.
