**Exhibit10.93**

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|   | February 9, 2007         |
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|   | As of December  31, 2006 |

PaulFitzPatrick83 Havemeyer Pl.Greenwich, CT 06830

Dear Paul:

This will confirm ouragreement regarding your departure from Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (hereafter “Crown”or “the company”) and its affiliated companies, effective December 31, 2006,and the corresponding termination, by mutual consent, of your EmploymentAgreement with Crown dated as of August 8, 2006, (the “Employment Agreement”).

In consideration for yourperformance of the obligations described below, Crown agrees to pay you aPerformance Bonus for calendar 2006, calculated in accordance with Paragraph3(c) of your Employment Agreement. As Paragraph 3(c) of the EmploymentAgreement provides, this bonus will be paid on the date in 2007 that Crowndesignates for payment of bonuses to its employees in general.

This bonus will besubject to any payroll deductions required by law and shall not be included incalculating any benefits under the Crown benefit plans.

In return for the abovepayment, you agree:

(i) To sign and return acopy of this letter. You acknowledge that you have been given a minimum of 21days from the date you first received this letter in which to consult anattorney and consider whether you want to accept and sign this Agreement. TheAgreement will become effective on the eighth day after you sign it and youhave therightto revoke the Agreement during the seven day period after you sign it. Youagree that any changes to this Agreement, whether material or immaterial, willnot restart the running of the 21-dayperiod.

(ii) To be reasonablyavailable, through February 28, 2007, for phone consultation on HallmarkChannel affiliation issues and questions relating to other areas for which you were responsible at Crown. Inaddition, you will submit such letters of resignation from any Crown subsidiaryof which you were an officer, as Crown may reasonably require.

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(iii) You, on behalf of yourself and your heirs,representatives and assigns, hereby release and discharge Crown, its parentcompanies, their predecessors, subsidiaries and divisions, and all of theirrespective current and former directors, officers, shareholders, successors,agents, representatives and employees of each, from any and all claims you everhad, now have, or may in the future assert regarding any matter occurring priorto December 31, 2006, including, without limitation, all claims, demands,damages costs and expenses regarding your employment or the resignation of youremployment with Crown (including any rights and claims under the AgeDiscrimination in Employment Act and any other employment discriminationclaims), any contract claim (express or implied), any tort, any claim for wagesor benefits, any claim for breach of a fair employment practice law or anybreach of any other local, stale or federal law, statute, ordinance, regulationor provision.

(iv) It is understood andagreed that this is a full and final release covering all known or unknown,undisclosed and unanticipated losses, wrongs, injuries, debts, claims ordamages to you which may have arisen, or may arise from any act or omissionprior to the date of execution of this Agreement arising out of or related,directly or indirectly, to your employment, or separation from employment withCrown, as well as any alleged losses, wrongs, injuries, debts, claims ordamages now known or disclosed which have arisen, or may arise as a result ofany act or omission.

(iv) Except as providedherein, you acknowledge that you are owed no additional compensation inconnection with your resignation and that Crown will have no obligation toprovide you at any time in the future any payments or benefits, other thanthose provided for in this Agreement and vested benefits under Crown’s benefitplans, pursuant to the terms of the plans. You acknowledge and agree that thepayments and benefits you receive under this Agreement supersede and replaceany rights you may have had or could have under any severance pay plan inexistence now or in the future at Crown.

(v) You agree that anyconfidential information which you acquired during your employment with Crownor any predecessor or parent companies shall not be disclosed, either directlyor indirectly, to any other person or used in a manner detrimental to theinterests of Crown, its parent companies, predecessors or other relatedentities. You further agree not retain any business records or documentsrelating to any activity of Crown or any of its parents, predecessor,subsidiary or affiliated companies, and to return and not retain any propertybelonging to any of these entities.

(vi) Neither you noranyone acting on your behalf shall publicize, disseminate or otherwise makeknown the monetary terms of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, to anyother person, except for those rendering professional financial or legaladvice, to

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your immediate family, orunless required to do so by court order or other compulsory process of law.Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may disclose any aspects of the agreementwhich become public as a result of required SEC filings by Crown.

(vii) You agree to cooperate with Crown in the defense of any legalmatter, in the preparation and production of evidence and in providingtestimony in any judicial or administrative proceeding pending now or in thefuture that involves allegations arising during the period of your employmentprovided that Crown will reimburse you pursuant to its business travel expensepolicy for your reasonable business travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurredin providing such cooperation and assistance.

(viii) The language of all parts of this Agreement shall in all casesbe construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for oragainst any party. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed inaccordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflictsof law rules.

(ix) You recognize that your complete and total release and dischargeof Crown as provided herein is an indispensable part of Crown’s agreement topay you the amounts set forth above and which you would otherwise not beentitled to, and it is understood that if you hereafter institute any claim,arbitration, lawsuit, action, investigation, grievance, complaint, charge,demand or other proceeding of the kind described in the paragraphs above, orbreach the additional obligations set forth in this Agreement, Crown maydiscontinue or demand repayment of the compensation and benefits paid underthis Agreement.

(x) In the event that you ever contest the enforceability of thisAgreement, in whole or in part, the entire amounts paid or payable by Crownunder this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable to Crown and anyfurther such payments shall cease. In the event you ever make such challenge,Crown will have and may pursue its legal remedies for such prior payments.

(xi) This Agreement does not constitute an admission by Crown of anyviolation of any law, whether federal, state, local or administrative statute,ordinance, regulation or provision.

(xii) The terms and provisions of this Agreement are severable and ifany term or provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall notaffect the validity or enforceability of any other term or provision.

(xiii) This letter sets forth the entire agreement between you andCrown and supersedes any and all prior oral or written agreements orunderstandings between you and Crown, including, but not limited to theEmployment Agreement and the letter

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agreement with Crowndated June 8, 2006 relating to your services as interim CEO. This Agreementcannot be modified except by a further writing signed by you and an authorizedrepresentative of Crown.

Youalso acknowledge that you have received the additional amount of $93,835.20 for38 days accrued but unused vacation and personal time and that this pay iscompensation for all accrued vacation and personal time that may be due to younow or in the future.

Crown, on behalf of itself, its parent companies, subsidiaries anddivisions hereby releases and discharges you from any and all claims any ofthem ever bad, now has, or may in the future assert regarding your employmentby Crown or your departure from Crown, which are based on facts orcircumstances which Crown or its executive officers knew prior to December 31,2006 or should have reasonably known.

If the foregoing correctlyand fully reflects our Agreement, please confirm your agreement by signingduplicate originals in the space designated below.

 
|   |   | Very truly yours,                 |
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|        |   |  Crown Media Holdings,  Inc. |
|   |   |                              | By: | C. Stanford |
|   |   |                              | Name: | Charles Stanford |
|   |   |                              | Title:  | EVP, General Counsel |
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Iam fully aware of and understand this Agreement’s contents and I am enteringinto this Agreement knowingly, voluntarily, willfully and free form anycoercion or duress.

ACCEPTED & AGREED:

 
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| By:  | /s/ Paul FitzPatrick |   | Date:  | February 9, 2007 |
|      | Paul FitzPatrick     |   |   |   |

 

 

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