FREEZE FRAME -- OCT. 31, 2016
Aldis Hodge (l.) and Amirah Vann of WGN America’s Underground chat with reporters in the New York Comic Con 2016 press room.
Hip hop artists DJ Khaled (l.) and Ja Rule perform at the Apple Yacht Party held during Revolt TV’s Revolt Music Conference in Miami Beach, Fla.
(From l.) Comedian Nick Guerra; Jason Miller, Fuse Media; Gilbert Dávila, chairman, ANA Multicultural Marketing and Diversity Committee; and Bob Liodice, CEO, ANA, at the 18th annual ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference Awards Gala in Los Angeles.
At WICT Washington/Baltimore’s Touchstone of Leadership Awards at the National Press Club (l. to r.): honorees Mary McLaughlin, Comcast, Maureen Ohlhausen, FTC commissioner, Mary Pratt-Henaghan, BBC America, Jadz Janucik, NCTA and Jennifer Hightower, Cox; welcome speaker Maria Brennan, WICT president and CEO; honorees Tina Pidgeon, GCI, LaTanya Butler, TV One, Evelyne Steward, Discovery, and Barbara York, NCTA; and Gerry Laybourne, keynote speaker.
Actress Fiona Dourif at the PaleyLive LA premiere event for BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif.
C-SPAN and Altice USA credentialed three Long Island, N.Y., students and a teacher to cover the first presidential debate at Hofstra University (l. to r.): Peter Kiley and Rachel Katz, C-SPAN; Dr. Frank Zangari, teacher, and graduates Ashley Sandoval, Natalie Azcona and Frank Manara Jr., Lawrence High School; and Allison Aylward, Altice USA.
(From l.): Keegan-Michael Key, Gary Anthony Williams, Heidi Gardner, Breckin Meyer, Zeb Wells and Matthew Senreich at the New York Comic Con 2016 panel on Crackle’s SuperMansion: War on Christmas.
At the New York Comic Con 2016 event for Destination America’s Paranormal Lockdown: The Black Monk House (l. to r.): Nick Groff, host and executive producer; Fay Yu, executive producer; Katrina Weidman, host; Matthew Butler, VP, programming and development; Rob Saffi, cameraman; and Jane Latman, GM, Destination America. At rear: panel moderator Damian Holbrook.
At the unveiling ceremony for the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University in Washington (l. to r.): Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson, Radio One; Charlie Liggins, Hughes’s grandson; and Alfred Liggins, chairman of TV One and president/CEO of Radio One.
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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.