Henry Schleiff, President & CEO, Crown Media Holdings, Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel

Henry S. Schleiff is president and chief executive officer of Crown Media Holdings, Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel - the nation's leading networks in providing quality family friendly programming. He joined the company in October, 2006, and is based in its New York office. In this role he leads a team of seasoned industry professionals who oversee all of the networks' divisions, including: programming, distribution, advertising sales, marketing, communications, finance, legal and new media applications. Schleiff was most recently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Court TV Network, having joined the crime and justice network in October, 1998 which he helped re-launch by introducing several successful non-fiction series, documentaries, specials and original movies as well as adding popular off-network dramatic series and movies to the evening schedule. Schleiff joined Court TV as a television veteran with an extensive background in management and production. From 1996-1998, Schleiff was the Executive Vice President for Studios USA, where he was responsible for evaluating all East Coast broadcasting and cable opportunities for the TV group, developing new talent relationships with independent and niche producers and overseeing the production of various issue-related talk shows.