FREEZE FRAME -- FEB. 29, 2016
Comedy Central chief marketing officer Walter Levitt (l.), comedian Nikki Glaser and Comedy EVP, programming and multiplatform strategy David Bernath at the West Hollywood, Calif., premiere party for Not Safe With Nikki Glaser.
At the black-tie preview for the Philadelphia Auto Show (l. to r.): Chris Manzo of Bravo’s Manzo’d With Children; Shelly Leaf and Victoria Cianciulli, Comcast Spotlight Philadelphia; Albie Manzo of Manzo’d With Children; and Charmaine Leary, NBCUniversal.
(From l.): Dave DelBeccaro, CEO, Music Choice; Kevin Liles, founder, 300 Entertainment; and Christina Tancredi, chief operating officer, and Damon Williams, SVP, programming strategy and partnerships, Music Choice, at the Music Choice annual company meeting in Philadelphia.
(From l.): Donna Rattley, Comcast Beltway Region; DJ EZ Street of WKYS; Janet Uthman, Comcast Northeast Division; LaTanya Butler, TV One; and Erin Pinckney, Comcast Sporlight, at the Comcast/TV One viewing party for the 47th NAACP Image Awards in Washington, D.C.
Grande Communications staffers celebrate winning the Large Business of the Year Award for 2015 from the Frisco (Texas) Chamber of Commerce (front, l. to r.): Lori Salisbury, Toni Hammond, Jerry Horne, Amy LeBlanc, Les Linenschmidt and Will Russell. Back row: Mark Sandifer, Kyle Hensley, Lennie Wilder and Steve Wilder.
Erin Andrews of Fox Sports enjoys the “DirecTV & Pepsi Super Thursday Night featuring Dave Matthews Band” during Super Bowl 50 week at San Francisco’s Pier 70.
Ryan Condal (l.), executive producer/creator of USA Network’s Colony, and George R.R. Martin (c.), creator of Game of Thrones, pose with the “Red Hats” at a screening of the series at Albquerque, N.M.’s Jean Cocteau Theatre.
The Southwest Cable Communications Association inducted its newest Pioneer Hall of Fame members (l. to r.): Alan Jackson of Cable America, Julie Laulis of Cable One, Gary Auvil of Cox Communications and Barbara Mick of TDS Telecom, at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Vimond Media Solutions CEO Helge Hoibraaten (l.) and chief technology officer Glenn Pederson posed in Times Square to mark the Norway-based firm’s opening of a New York office to serve its U.S. clients.
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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.
