FREEZE FRAME -- JULY 28, 2014
(From l.): Rebecca Romijn, host of Skin Wars; Amy Introcaso-Davis, EVP, programming and development, GSN; and Brooke Burns, host of The Chase, at GSN’s TCA Tour luncheon.
(From l.): Jason Isaacs, co-star of DIG; Chris McCumber, president, USA Network; and Anne Heche, co-star of DIG, at the USA TCA Tour panel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
At Pivot’s TCA Tour panel (l. to r.): Evan Shapiro, president, Pivot; Tom Szaky and Tiffany Threadgould of Human Resources; Belisa Balaban, EVP, original programming; Josh Thomas, creator and star of Please Like Me; and Jim Berk, CEO, Participant Media.
(From l.): Robert Orci, creator, Matador; cast members Alfred Molina, Nicky Whelan and Gabriel Luna; and Robert Rodriguez, founder, El Rey Network, at El Rey’s TCA Tour presentation.
Hallmark Channel marked the start of the second season of Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove with the charge of a “bike brigade” of Andie MacDowell look-alikes in New York’s Union Square. With them (l. to r.) Susanne McAvoy, EVP, marketing, creative & communications, Crown Media Family Networks; Laura Lee, EVP, distribution, CMFN; MacDowell, star of Cedar Cove; and Ed Georger, EVP, advertising sales and digital media, CVFN.
Showing off the Boston Red Sox’s 2004, 2007 and 2013 World Series trophies at the NECTA Convention in Newport, R.I. (l. to r.): Sean McGrail, CEO, New England Sports Network; Kevin Casey, president, Northeast Division, Comcast; Paul Cianelli, president and CEO, New England Cable Telecommunications Association; and John Wolfe, SVP and GM, Northeast Region, Cox.
At the NECTA Convention in Newport, R.I. (l. to r.): Kerri St. Jean, SVP, human resources, Comcast Northeast Division; Ellen Schned, president, EJS Media; and Kristen Roberts, VP, public relations and community involvement, Comcast Western New England region.
(From l.): Michael Kassan, chairman and chief operating officer, MediaLink, and Joan Gillman, EVP and COO, TWC Media, at Time Warner Cable Media’s first-ever NewFront in Los Angeles, held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
At the premiere party for CNBC’s Restaurant Startup at New York’s The Little Owl (l. to r.): Mark Hoffman, president, CNBC; Tim Love, co-host of Restaurant Startup; Paul Franklin, EVP, programming, Shine America; and Jim Ackerman, SVP, primetime alternative, CNBC.
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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.
