FREEZE FRAME -- JAN. 11, 2016
Comcast helped San Francisco seniors learn about Internet Essentials at a holiday-themed party. Among them (top row, l. to r.): Aaron Low, SF Connected; Scott Adams, Comcast; Jane Kim, San Francisco city supervisor; Amy Lynch, Comcast; Shireen McSpadden, San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services; Kami Griffiths, Community Technology Network; Marie Jobling, Community Living Campaign; Sue Vaccaro, Comcast; Denise Cheung, Office on the Aging and County Veterans Service Office; and Bob Montanez, Eastern Park Apartments. Bottom (l. to r.): Ami Chung, Self Help for the Elderly; Jenny Gedron, Comcast; Lana Litvak, Eastern Park Apartments; and Paulo Salta, SF Connected.
Operator Grande Communications gave a $1,600 gift to help San Antonio’s Pay It Forward ministry, a transition program for recovering alcoholics and addicts (l. to r.): “Grande Cares” board members Wendy Fowler, Julie Dahlberg, Jessica Lackmeyer and Dana Ruff; and Joe Anthony Flores, Pay It Forward program manager.
Anthony Hopkins of upcoming Starz series The Dresser joined the network’s panel at the Television Critics Association tour in Pasadena, Calif.
Host Craig Ferguson (l.) and executive producer Brian Volk-Weiss of History’s upcoming series Join or Die With Craig Ferguson at the A+E Networks TCA presentation.
Before the TCA Tour session on A&E’s new series Damien (l. to r.): Cast members Scott Wilson, Omid Abtahi, Bradley James, Megalyn Echikunwoke and Barbara Hershey; with creator and executive producer Glen Mazzara.
Star Paul Giamatti at the New York premiere of Showtime’s original series Billions at the Museum of Modern Art.
Steven Soderbergh (l.), executive producer, and Riley Keough of Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience with CEO Chris Albrecht at the TCA Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
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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.
