Crown Media Holdings

Crown Media Holdings, Inc.

Type	Public NASDAQ: CRWN
Genre	Media Company
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. (NASDAQ: CRWN) 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 NBC Universal Global 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.

In the United Kingdom, Crown Media LLP, is a company offering media simultation, training and consultancy. [1] It works with government, blue-light emergency services and corporations, managing issues ranging from product launches to crisis management, and the protection and development of reputation through the media.

Simulation involves providing TV, radio and print news services from the inquiries and interviews, through to output of real broadcasts and other media to show the effect and contribute to a dynamic exercise or other scenario. Crown Media supports clients across Europe, Asia and North America and has won awards for its work. [2]

References

1. ^ Crown Media Holdings, Inc. - Investor Relations - Corporate History
2. ^ CRWN - Crown Media Holdings, Inc - Google Finance