FREEZE FRAME -- JULY 18, 2014

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Olympusat gave away an HDTV at The Independent Show in Kansas City (l. to r,): Olympusat’s Nick Febrizio, John Baghdassarian and Nani Shin; and HDTV winner Brett Bennett of Consolidated Communications.

(From l.): Jim Delany, Big Ten Conference commissioner; Archie Griffin, former Ohio State running back; Steven Bardo, Big Ten Network basketball analyst; Gerry DiNardo, BTN football analyst; Shonn Morris, BTN basketball analyst; Dave Revsine, BTN lead studio host; Mark Silverman, president, BTN; and Ron Guenther, former athletic director, Illinois, at the Big Ten Network’s Big 10K race in Chicago.

At a Burbank, Calif., screening of Disney Channel’s special Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (l. to r.): “Stormtroopers”; Eric Coleman, SVP, original series, Disney Television Animation; Dan Povenmire, co-creator/executive producer, Phineas & Ferb; Lisa Salamone, SVP, production, Disney Television Animation; Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, creator/executive producer, Phineas and Ferb; Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide; “Ferb”; and “Phineas.”

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.

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