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This is an archive of news about The Hallmark Channel. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

The readers' editor on ... the BBC, the filmmaker and a bogus letter
From Media Guardian. Posted December 23 2007, 12.45am
Stephen Pritchard: 'This has all the hallmarks of a hoax,' Mary Riddell wrote prophetically in her column two weeks ago on a supposed letter of rejection received from the BBC by Tony Palmer, one of Britain's foremost film-makers (more)

NBC in talks to acquire Sparrowhawk Media
From Brand Republic. Posted August 28 2007, 11.05am
LONDON - NBC Universal is poised to buy Sparrowhawk Media, which owns the international operation of the Hallmark Channel, in a move that would make the US media giant one of the largest pay-TV channel owners in the UK. (more)

NBC tunes into UK with Hallmark bid
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 26 2007, 12.01am
American media giant NBC Universal is poised to make its biggest foray yet into British TV with the £175m acquisition of Sparrowhawk Media, the private equity-backed owner of the Hallmark channel. (more)

New 24/7 international children?s TV channel planned
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 3 2007, 12.34pm
DIC Entertainment (’DIC’), a leading global brand management company, today announced its participation in the creation of ‘KidsCo,’ a new international children’s television channel. DIC’s partners in KidsCo are the Sparrowhawk Media Group, which owns the international Hallmark Channels outside of the US, and Canadian-based media group Corus Entertainment, owner of major children’s programme maker [...] (more)

Grade vows return to creative ITV
From Media Guardian. Posted January 26 2007, 12.00am
1pm: Michael Grade has pledged to rekindle the passion for programming which was the hallmark of Granada TV at its heights. By Maggie Brown. (more)

Sparrowhawk appoints Bose to Hallmark marketing role
From Brand Republic. Posted September 21 2006, 3.09pm
LONDON - Sparrowhawk Media, owner of the Hallmark network and new channel Movies 24, has appointed Maya Bhose as its new marketing director. (more)

Sparrowhawk appoints Bhose to Hallmark marketing role
From Brand Republic. Posted September 21 2006, 3.09pm
LONDON - Sparrowhawk Media, owner of the Hallmark network and new channel Movies 24, has appointed Maya Bhose as its new marketing director. (more)

Ed Pilkington: on Aaron Sorkin's blockbuster series Studio 60
From Media Guardian. Posted September 19 2006, 1.00am
First review: Last night's US TV premiere of Studio 60 bore many of the hallmarks of classic West Wing, writes Ed Pilkington. (more)

Hallmark appoints Hill-Davies as UK managing director
From Brand Republic. Posted July 7 2006, 9.07am
LONDON - Satellite channel Hallmark has appointed Rosie Hill-Davies as its new managing director to replace David Elstein, who will concentrate on his job as chairman of the channel's parent company Sparrowhawk Media. (more)

Hallmark Channel unveils US series acquisitions
From Brand Republic. Posted July 6 2006, 11.07am
LONDON - The Hallmark Channel has acquired several US TV dramas including first runs for 'Jericho', which deals with the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, and detective series 'Psych'. (more)