Cox to Carry HD Hallmark Movie Channel

STUDIO CITY, June 23:
Crown Media Holdings has signed a multi-year agreement with Cox Communications
for the rights to distribute the high-definition version of Hallmark Movie
Channel.

Cox currently distributes
Hallmark Channel and the standard-definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel.

“We are pleased to
announce this new agreement with Cox, one of Crown Media’s most important
partners in supporting our efforts to provide the very best in quality,
family-friendly programming,” said Henry Schleiff, the president and CEO of
Crown Media Holdings. “Hallmark Movie Channel offers audiences the greatest
family movies of all time and we are happy to be presenting this wonderful
programming in a vivid and compelling new HD format at a time when there is a
growing demand for family-friendly programming. Most importantly, we are
excited to be able to join with our distribution partners to offer this new
opportunity to our viewers.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski