Exhibit 10.8

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Agreement, made this 15th day of September, 2003, between Crown Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices at 12700 Ventura
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91604 or its permitted assigns ("Employer") and Paul FitzPatrick, 55 Hillside Road Greenwich, CT 06830-4834 ("Employee").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,Employee is currently employed under an existing employment agreement with Employer's subsidiary, Crown
Media United States, LLC, dated September 19, 2000, which agreement expires on September 24, 2003; and

WHEREAS,Employer desires to continue to retain the services of Employee and Employee desires to continue to be employed by Employer,
following expiration of the existing agreement, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein:

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.Employment and Duties.



2.Term of Employment.The new term of Employee's employment ("Term") with Employer shall commence on
September 25, 2003 (the "Effective Date") and shall end on September 24, 2006, unless terminated earlier as is provided in Paragraph 8 of this Agreement or extended by mutual
agreement of the parties.

3.Compensation.



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4.Place of Employment.During the Term, Employee shall be required to perform Employee's duties at the
principal office of Employer in New York City, or at such other principal location in the New York City metropolitan area as Employer may designate from time to time, and Employee shall undertake all
travel required by Employer in connection with the performance of Employee's duties hereunder.

5.Confidentiality, Intellectual Property; Name and Likeness.



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6.Employee's Representations.Employee represents and warrants that:



7.Non-Competition; No Raid.



8.Termination.



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9.Arbitration/Specific Performance/Choice of Law.



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10.Assignment.This Agreement is a personal contract and, except as specifically set forth herein, the rights,
interests and obligations of Employee herein may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, although Employee may assign or use as security payments due hereunder from Employer. The
rights and obligations of Employer hereunder shall bind in their entirety the successors and assigns of Employer, although Employer shall remain fully liable hereunder. As used in this Agreement, the
term "successor" shall include any person, firm, corporation or other business entity which at the time, whether by merger, purchase or otherwise, acquires all or substantially all of the assets or
business of Employer.

11.Amendment; Captions.This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties. It may not be changed
orally, but only by agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought. Paragraph headings are for convenience of reference
only and shall not be considered a part of this Agreement. If any clause in this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, illegal or contrary to public policy, the parties agree that this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect except for such clause.

12.Prior Agreements.This Agreement supersedes and terminates all prior agreements between the parties relating
to the subject matter herein addressed, and sets out the full agreement between the parties concerning its subject matter. In particular, Employee's existing employment agreement of
September 19, 2000 with Crown Media United States, LLC shall expire on September 24, 2003 and shall have no further force or effect. That agreement shall be deemed fully replaced by this
Agreement, effective September 25, 2003.

13.Notices.Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed effective when delivered in person or if mailed, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, in which case the notice shall be deemed effective on the date of deposit in the
mails, postage prepaid, addressed to Employee at the address for Employee appearing in Employer's records and, in the case of Employer, addressed to its Chief Executive Officer at the address first
written above, with a copy to the General Counsel, Crown Media Holdings, Inc., 6430 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Either party may change the address to which
notices are to be addressed by notice in writing given to the other in accordance with the terms hereof.

14.Periods of Time.Whenever in this Agreement there is a period of time specified for the giving of notices or
the taking of action, the period shall be calculated excluding the day on which the giver sends notice and excluding the day on which action to be taken is actually taken.

15.Counterparts.This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,Employer has by its appropriate officer signed this Agreement and Employee has signed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.

| |  | CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.         
| |  | -----------------------------------
| |  | By                                 
| |  | Title                              
| |  | EMPLOYEE                           
| |  | /s/PAUL FITZPATRICKPaul FitzPatrick

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Schedule ABonus

Employee's bonus will be divided into two categoriesa discretionary bonus and a performance based bonus. The benchmark for the total bonus amount
will be 20% of Employee's then-current salary, as set out in Paragraph 3(a) if the Agreement.

30%
of the bonus will be discretionary, i.e., whether this portion of the bonus is awarded and the amount of the bonus will be in the sole discretion of Employer and the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. The maximum amount payable under this discretionary portion of the bonus would be 6% of current salary.

The
remaining 70% of the bonus will be awarded based on Crown Media Holdings, Inc. achievement of "Revenue" and "EBITDA" "Targets" for the year for which the bonus is
paideach will account for half of this portion of the bonus. The benchmark for each of the Revenue and EBITDA portions is 7% of salary, although a greater amount may be paid if Revenue
and/or EBITDA Targets are exceeded. The formula for payment of this bonus based on percentage achievement of Revenue and EBITDA Targets is as follows:

Percentage of Revenue or EBITDA Target Achieved

Percentage of Salary Payable as BonusBelow 85%

No bonus85% or more but less than 90%

5.6
%90% or more, but less than 95%

6.3
%95% or more, but less than 98%

6.65
%98% or more, but less than 102%

7
%102% or more, but less than 105%

7.77
%105% or more, but less than 110%

8.4
%110% or more

10.5
%


By
way of example, if 110% of the Revenue Target is achieved for the year and only 90% of the EBITDA Target is achieved, the total performance based portion of the bonus would equal
16.8% of salary (i.e. 10.5% for exceeding the Revenue Target and 6.3% for substantial achievement of the EBITDA Target.)

"Revenue"
for this purpose will be the sum of gross subscriber revenues and gross advertising sales revenues (less agency commissions) which are realized for accounting purposes by
Employer in each fiscal year. "EBITDA" will have the meaning designated by Employer's outside auditors, consistent with GAAP. The "targets" for each will be those designated in the Employer's
financial "Plan" for each fiscal year, as determined by the CEO of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. and Board of Directors of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Bonus payments shall be made on the
dates designated by Employer for payment of bonuses to Crown employees in general.

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