Freeze Frame -- July 10, 2017
With the winners at the Spectrum News NY1 Scholar Athlete Luncheon in New York (l. to r.): Dan Ronayne, SVP, Spectrum News NY1; Yolanda Alford, Public Schools Athletic League; Marc Weingarten, executive sports producer, Spectrum News NY1; Jennifer Jones Austin, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and New York State Assemblyman Michael Blake.
At a New York public screening of TNT’s Will (l. to r.): cast members Max Bennett, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ewen Bremner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Oliva DeJonge and Laurie Davidson; Sarah Aubrey, EVP, original programming, TNT Originals; executive producers Shekhar Kapu and Craig Pearce; and cast members William Houston and Mattias Inwood.
(From l.): Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform; Joanna Coles, Hearst Magazines chief content officer and executive producer; and Karey Burke, EVP, programming development, Freeform; at the New York premiere of The Bold Type.
At the Los Angeles premiere event party for FX’s Snowfall (l. to r.): Eric Schrier, president, FX original programming; cast member Damson Idris; and executive producer John Singleton.
Phil Keoghan (l.) and Jane Lynch, hosts of National Geographic Channel’s Earth Live, at a summer cocktail party celebrating the show in New York.
Helping to revitalize Banana Kelly’s South Bronx, N.Y., community center and garden in concert with Rebuilding Together NYC (l. to r.): Allison Aylward, public affairs manager, Altice USA; Jeff Wilke, VP of content and distribution marketing, Scripps Networks Interactive; and DIY Network on-air personality Jason Cameron.
The Challenger Cable foursome (l. to r.) — Philip Bernard, Jeremy Zaucha, Bennett Duval and Jon-En Wang of Comcast — was the winning foursome at the SCTE’s annual Tom Polis Golf Classic in Malvern, Pa., which raised $70,000 for the SCTE Foundation.
Experts from Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science took part in a panel at Awesome Con in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Saad Sarwana, physics expert; Adam Ruben, molecular biologist; Wyatt Channell, executive producer; and Hakeem Oluseyi, astrophysicst.
At INSP and Shentel Cable’s “Movie Under the Stars” in Lynchburg, Va., at which INSP donated $1,000 to the Campbell County Youth Advisory Council (l. to r.): Bill McCall, VP, worldwide distribution, INSP; Tyler Stark, Hannah Schrock and Megan Pickett, CCYA; and Tom Whitaker, SVP, Shentel Cable.
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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.