Crown Media

Infobox Company
name = Crown Media Holdings, Inc

type = Public NASDAQ|CRWN
genre = Media Company
foundation = 1994 (Hallmark Entertainment)
1995 (Crown Media)
2000 (IPO) [ [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=103320&p=irol-corporatehistory Crown Media Holdings, Inc. - Investor Relations - Corporate History ] ]
founder = Hallmark Cards
location_city = Studio City, California
location_country = United States of America
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key_people = Henry Schleiff (CEO, President)
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products = Hallmark Channel
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revenue = -US$234.36 million (2007)
operating_income = -US$50.98 million (2007)
net_income = -US$159.98 million (2007)
assets = US$676.24 million (2007)
equity = -US$683.76 million (2007) [ [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ACRWN CRWN - Crown Media Holdings, Inc - Google Finance ] ]
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num_employees = 175 (2008)
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homepage = [http://crownmedia.discovery.com crownmedia.com]
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Crown Media (NASDAQ|CRWN) is a United States media production company with corporate headquarters located in Studio City, California, and controlled by Hallmark Cards. Crown Media operates the Hallmark 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 training, simulation and consultancy. [http://www.crown-media.co.uk] 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.

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