Crown Media Holdings

Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: CRWN
Founded 1994 (Hallmark Entertainment)
1995 (Crown Media)
2000 (IPO)[1]
Founder Hallmark Cards
Headquarters Studio City, California, United States of America
Key people
Bill Abbott (CEO, President)
Products Hallmark Channel
Revenue IncreaseUS$415.6 million (2014)
IncreaseUS$194 million (2014)
IncreaseUS$94.50 million (2014)
Total assets IncreaseUS$1.03 billion (2014)
Total equity IncreaseUS$493.64 million (2014)[2]
Owner Hallmark Cards (97%)
Liberty Media ( 3%)[3]
Number of employees
208(2014)
Website ir.crownmedia.net

Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (a.k.a. Crown Media) 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 Movies & Mysteries in the United States, while it licenses the brand to NBCUniversal International Networks 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 has no connection with the UK company Crown Media LLP.

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