FREEZE FRAME -- MARCH 21, 2016
“Team Umami” is recognized as winner of the Rocky Mountain Cable Association’s 2016 “Cable Apprentice” competition (from l.): moderator Nelson Garcia of KUSA-TV News; team mentor Russ Edra of Comcast; judge Barb Hedges of Comcast; student winners Dalton Bobek, Nicholas Martin and Laura Jansen from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business; judge Jodi Robinson of Charter; judge Beth Knutson Main of HBO; and RMCA president David Rapson of Layer3TV.
Shannon Elizabeth, actress and founder of Animal Avengers, checks out an original experiences created for Discovery VR to spotlight endangered species during ]U.S. State Department’s “Voices for the Wild: From Insipiration to Action on Combatting Wildlife Tracking” World Wildlife Day event.
(From l.): Paul Robert Tiendrebeogo, permanent observer of the International Organization of la Francophonie to the United Nations; Angélique Kidjo, three-time Grammy Award-winner and activist; Cristina Gallach, U.N. Undersecretary-General for Communications and Public Information; and Yves Bigot, GM, TV5 Monde, at the new-season launch event for 21ème Siècle at the Paley Center for Media in New York.
Talking about the upcoming Rio Summer Olympics on the “NBC Sports Lawn” at SXSW in Austin, Texas (l. to r.): Tara Lipinski, NBC Sports figure-skating analyst; David Feherty, NBC Sports/Golf Channel analyst; John Miller, chief marketing officer, NBC Sports Group; and Rob Simmeljer, SVP, sports ventures, NBC Sports Group.
At Pop’s season-two screening and panel for Schitt’s Creek at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Eugene Levy, co-creator and cast member; cast members Jennifer Robertson, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara and Emily Hampshire; co-creator and cast member Daniel Levy; and panel moderator Jarett Wieselman.
At GSN’s upfronts event in New York (l. to r.): Jen Soska of Hellevator; Ben Gleib of Idiotest; RuPaul Charles of Skin Wars: Fresh Paint; Amy Introcaso-Davis, EVP, programming and development, GSN; Rebecca Romijn of Skin Wars; and Sylvia Soska of Hellevator.
Holly Taylor (l.) and Kelly AuCoin of FX’s The Americans at the show’s season four post-premiere party at Cipriani in New York.
(From l.): CBS This Morning co-anchor Gayle King, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm and ESPN tennis analyst Chris Evert at the United States Tennis Association Foundation’s annual fundraising reception for youth scholarships and grants at the Essex House in New York.
Writers George R.R. Martin (l.) and Joe Lansdale conduct a Q&A following a screening of SundanceTV’s Hap & Leonard at Martin’s Jean Cocteau Theater in Santa Fe, N.M.
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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.
