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Crown Media Holdings, owner of Hallmark Channel, narrowed its first-quarter loss despite the effects of the economy. “The first quarter of 2009 reflected our successful efforts of operating our business in an unprecedented economic environment,” said CEO Bill Abbott, who succeeded Henry Schleiff on Wednesday...
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Henry Schleiff is stepping down as president and CEO of Crown Media, effective May 31, he and the company announced Wednesday. Bill Abbott, the company’s executive VP for advertising sales, will replace Mr. Schlieff as CEO of Crown, which owns Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Mr. Schleiff...
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Hallmark Channel says its viewers may be oldies, but they’re goodies if you’re looking for households that buy consumer packaged goods. Hallmark, which aims at a baby-boomer audience, is swimming upstream with marketers and media buyers who are fixated on reaching younger consumers. The long-held belief...
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Hallmark Channel says it plans to produce 35 original movies during the 2009-10 television year, up from 30 this year. The cable network plans to continue to air the made-for-TV movies in a consistent timeslot on Sunday nights, which has helped it build a loyal audience for them. Hallmark’s original...
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Crown Media Holdings announced its fourth-quarter earnings results Wednesday after an e-mail accidentally went out that released the figures prematurely. Crown, which owns the Hallmark Channel, had been scheduled to release its earnings Thursday. For TVWeek's comprehensive coverage of how the recession...
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Hallmark Channel announced that it has become the first cable network to license the NielsenConnections Brand Target Audience Products, which track how many viewers are buying particular products. Hallmark also is the first to buy cross-platform measurement from Nielsen that includes magazines and retail...
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Hallmark Channel signed a deal with Google that allows the search giant to sell ads on the cable channel through its Google TV Ads platform. Google, which has been looking to use its targeting and analysis tools to move into the TV advertising business, previously struck deals with NBC Universal’s cable...
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Crown Media, which owns Hallmark Channel, lowered its net loss in the third quarter as revenue rose 17%. Crown’s third-quarter net loss was $17.9 million, or 17 cents a share, down from $37.9 million a year ago. Excluding interest expenses, Crown’s operations earned $7.6 million, compared with a $12...
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Crown Media Holdings has renewed its distribution agreement with Charter Communications for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Hallmark Channel, which is expected to show substantial increases in its subscription revenues, renewed nearly all of its other distribution agreements earlier this...
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Hallmark Channel, which has an upcoming movie starring Jane Seymour, and Kay Jewelers, which sells an exclusive line of Jane Seymour jewelry, are working together on a promotional partnership. Hallmark will be hosting an online sweepstakes this month in which the prizes are diamond necklaces from the...