FREEZE FRAME -- MAY 2, 2016
(From l.): David Hollander, Liev Schreiber, Katie Holmes, and Showtime Networks president and CEO David Nevins at the Emmy “For Your Consideration” event for Ray Donovan in Los Angeles.
At the Crackle upfront at New York’s City Center (l. to r.): Bryan Cranston of SuperMansion; Eric Berger, EVP, digital networks, Sony Pictures Television, and GM, Crackle; and Kate Bosworth and Dennis Quaid of The Art of More.
Cobi Jones (second from l.), Time Warner Cable SportsNet analyst and former U.S. men’s soccer team star, wife Kim Reese and family at Safe Kids Day at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif.
Dash Mihok (l.) and Jon Voight at the Emmy event for Showtime’s Ray Donovan in Los Angeles.
At the Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania’s “BCAP Cable Academy” in Harrisburg, Pa. (l. to r.): Rich Fickle, president and CEO, NCTC; Michael Smith, professor of IT, Carnegie Mellon University; and Matt Polka, president and CEO, American Cable Association.
(From l.): George Strompolos, founder and CEO, Fullscreen; Bret Easton Ellis, director of Fullscreen’s The Deleted; and David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T, at Fullscreen’s SVOD launch event in New York.
BCAP president Dan Tunnell (c.) with the winners of the association’s 2016 President’s Award, Service Electric Cablevision senior VP Mark Walter (l.) and controller Bob Weiand, the former BCAP chairman, at the Pennsylvania Cable Academy event.
At TV One’s New York upfront (l. to r.): D’Angela Proctor, SVP, original programming and production and Alfred Liggins, CEO, TV One; Malika Haqq of Hollywood Divas; Gary Dourdan of Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story; and Brad Siegel, president, TV One.
Scripps Networks Interactive chairman and CEO Ken Lowe (l.) and Lex and Alana LeBlanc of HGTV’s Listed Sisters present a $10 million gift to Ken Goodwin (r.), CEO of Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., to help fund its $75 million expansion project.
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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.