Crown Media Holdings

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Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
Type Public
Traded as NASDAQ: CRWN
Founded 1994 (Hallmark Entertainment)
1995 (Crown Media)
2000 (IPO)[1]
Founder(s) Hallmark Cards
Headquarters Studio City, California, United States of America
Key people Bill Abbott (CEO, President)
Products Hallmark Channel
Revenue US$279.6 million (2009)
Operating income US$37.56 million (2009)
Net income -US$22.59 million (2009)
Total assets US$698 million (2009)
Total equity -US$698 million (2009)[2]
Employees 159 (2010)

Crown Media Holdings, Inc. is a United States media production company with corporate headquarters located in Studio City, California, and is controlled by Hallmark Cards.

Crown Media operates the Hallmark Channel and its spin-off Hallmark Movie Channel in the United States, while it licenses the brand to Universal Networks International for the British channel of the same name. In 2003, Crown Media acquired The Jim Henson Company's half of Hallmark Channel in the UK, discontinuing all syndicated programming from Jim Henson Television.

Crown Media Holdings has no connection with the UK company Crown Media LLP.

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