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Hallmark Renews Carriage Deal with Charter Communications

October 7, 2008

By Jennifer Hull

Charter Communications has renewed a distribution agreement with Crown Media Holdings, Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, which will enable Charter to continue to carry the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel in its channel lineup.

"We are pleased with the renewal of the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel affiliation agreements," said Maria Rothschild, senior director of video product management for Charter. "We are committed to providing choice and value in our video service, and Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel offer an excellent variety of programming for our customers."

Charter Provides Family Friendly Programming with Hallmark Channels

Henry Schleiff, president and CEO of Crown Media Holdings, Inc., said "We are delighted Charter has renewed its affiliation agreements and will continue to offer quality, family friendly programming to their valued customers. Charter has been a terrific partner in helping us grow our distribution to 85 million homes. This milestone completes the renewal of agreements with our major distributors and has resulted in multi-year deals for Hallmark Channel, a top ten network, ensuring our future distribution as a leading cable provider of family friendly programming."

Charter, a Leader in Broadband Communications

Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including Charter Digital Cable video entertainment programming, Charter High Speed Internet access, and Charter Telephone. Charter Business similarly provides broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business telephone.