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Hallmark Channel, Schleiff Look for Distribution
Leverage at FCC

By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel News, 10/9/2007

Washington – The Hallmark Channel is turning to the Federal Communications Commission for some possible regulatory leverage in upcoming carriage renewal talks with cable and satellite TV companies.

Henry Schleiff, president and CEO of Hallmark parent Crown Media Holdings, made the rounds at the FCC last week, meeting with aides to FCC chairman Kevin Martin and FCC member Deborah Taylor Tate, according to an Oct. 4 FCC filing.

His message: Pay-TV distributors are not paying Hallmark, a top-10 rated network, what it deserves, probably because the channel is unaffiliated with a major cable company or broadcast TV network.

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