Crown Media Holdings
| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: CRWN |
| Founded |
1994 (Hallmark Entertainment) 1995 (Crown Media) 2000 (IPO)[1] |
| Founder | Hallmark Cards |
| Headquarters | Studio City, California, United States |
Key people | Bill Abbott (CEO, President) |
| Products | Hallmark Channel |
| Revenue |
 US$415.6 million (2014) |
|
US$194 million (2014) | |
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US$94.50 million (2014) | |
| Total assets |
US$1.03 billion (2014) |
| Total equity |
US$493.64 million (2014)[2] |
| Owner |
Hallmark Cards (97%) Liberty Media ( 3%)[3] |
Number of employees | 208(2014) |
| Website |
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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.
On March 9, 2016, Hallmark Cards announced it was buying the remaining 3% of Crown Media Holdings from Liberty Media and taking the company private.[4]
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