FREEZE FRAME -- JULY 25, 2014
Launching Cartoon Network’s “Move It Movement Tour” at Legoland Florida (l. to r.): Ashley Chalk, partnerships and promotions manager, Legoland Florida; Alice Cahn, Cartoon VP, social responsibility; Aiden Coakley, a young recruit; “Buddy;” and Brent Baldwin, marketing manager, Cartoon.
The Weather Channel helped designer Elie Tahari reveal his fall collection, “The Perfect Storm,” on AMHQ With Sam Champion (l. to r.): Sam Champion; Eric Velez, FiOS TV Content Strategy & Acquisition, and Patrick Perkins, FiOS TV Programming Operations, Verizon; and Matt Anderson, director, distribution marketing, Weather.
CNBC’s Ron Insana moderated the MetroHartford Alliance and United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut’s “Rising Star Breakfast” (l. to r.): William M. Rodgers III, professor and chief economist, Heldrich Center at Rutgers University; Susan Dunn, CEO, United Way of Central and Northeast Connecticut; Insana; Kevin Blute, senior director, content sales, NBCUniversal; Mary McLaughlin, regional senior VP for Western New England, Comcast; and John Franklin, CEO, United Way of Northern New Jersey.
At the NFL Tweens/Juniors campaign “Father & Daughter Day” at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J. (l. to r.): David Diehl of the New York Giants; China Anne McClain, star of Disney Channel’s A.N.T. Farm; and Addison Diehl.
Alejandro Peñafiel Moreno (l.), programming director of Canal 22 owner AlternaTV, celebrated the channel’s 10th anniversary in the U.S. by bringing singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero (r.) to the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles for a taping of La Musica Con Manzanero.
Comedian Steve Harvey (l.) receives UP TV’s “Uplift Someone” award, in recognition of his charitable work, from Lori Hall (c.), UP VP, consumer marketing, and Shirley Strawberry, co-host of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, at the 2014 State Farm Neighborhood Awards in Atlanta.
NFL Hall of Famer and former San Francisco 49ers star Ronnie Lott (bottom row, c.) poses with Comcast employees at the grand opening of the Xfinity store in San Jose, Calif.
Honored at the San Antonio (Texas) Association of the National Hispanic Journalists’ 16th annual Scholarship and Awards Gala (l. to r.): John Quinones, correspondent, ABC News; Henry Cisneros, former U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary and San Antonio mayor; Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas); and Robert Rodriguez, founder and chairman, El Rey Network
At the New York launch of SundanceTV’s The Approval Matrix (l. to r.): Sarah Barnett, SundanceTV president; Neal Brennan, host; and Larry Burstein, publisher, and Adam Moss, editor in chief, New York magazine.
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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.
