FREEZE FRAME -- FEB. 27, 2017
(From l.): CommScope’s Bob Melillo, Rick Wanninger of Cox Communications and Mike Kim of Ovation TV at their recent induction into the Southwest Cable Communications Association’s Pioneer Hall of Fame.
(From l.): Catherine Zeta-Jones, Susan Sarandon, Ryan Murphy and Kiernan Shipka were on hand for a “tastemaker event” for FX’s Feud at New York’s Rainbow Room.
At Crown Media Family Networks’s “Countdown to Valentine’s Day” event at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in New York (l. to r.): actor Sam Page; Margie Healy, VP, communications, Korbel California Champagne; Brett Young, country music artist; and Susanne McAvoy, EVP, marketing, creative and communications, Crown Media Family Networks.
(From l.): Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell, hip hop artist Jeezy and comedian Dave Chappelle at the Revolt-televised 5th Annual Global Spin Awards at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans.
At Smithsonian Channel’s screening of The Obama Years: The Power of Words in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Charles Poe and David Royle, Smithsonian Channel; Donna Rattley Washington, Comcast; John L. Gray, National Museum of American History; Phil Mendelson, chairman, Council of the District of Columbia; Jody Schiliro, producer/director/writer, The Obama Years; Cody Keenan, director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama; Harry Rubenstein, National Museum of American History; and Janice Janik, Smithsonian Channel.
Ivan Carter (r.) of Outdoor Channel’s Carter’s W.A.R. receives the Ox of Okavango Award for his conservation work from Charles Williams, secretary of the African Professional Hunters Association.
Seth Meyers (l.), host of NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Billy Eichner of truTV’s Funny or Die Presents: Billy on the Street, at the Human Rights Campaign’s 16th Greater New York Gala.
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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.
