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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.    

        (a)   Employer
hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby agrees to serve during the Term (as defined below) as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Employer, reporting directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Employer. Employee agrees to perform such services, as requested by Employer, as are consistent with Employee's position.
Employee shall use Employee's best efforts to promote the interests of Employer and shall devote Employee's full business time, energy and skill exclusively to the business and affairs of Employer
during the Term. 

        (b)   During
the course of Employee's employment hereunder, Employer may create or utilize subsidiary companies for the production and distribution of programming or to
conduct the other activities and businesses of Employer. Employer shall have the right, without additional compensation to Employee, to loan or make Employee available to any subsidiary of Employer or
company in common ownership with Employer to perform services for any programming, property or project owned or controlled by Employer or any such entity, provided that Employee's services for any
such entity shall be consistent with Employee's duties hereunder. Employee further agrees that all the terms of this Employment Agreement shall be applicable to Employee's services for each such
entity. 

        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.    

        (a)    Salary.    As compensation for Employee's services hereunder, Employer shall pay to Employee a salary at the
rate of $590,000 per year during the first year of the Term. Commencing on September 25, 2004 and annually thereafter during the Term, Employee's salary shall be increased over the salary in
effect during the prior twelve month period by the greater of (i) five per cent (5%) or (ii) the increase, if any, of the Consumer Price Index calculated by the Department of Labor for
the region including the greater New York City metropolitan area (the 

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"CPI")
as of January 1 of the relevant year as compared to the CPI as of the January 1 of the prior year. Such salary shall be paid biweekly, in arrears. 

        (b)    Bonuses.    Following the end of each calendar year during the Term, Employee will be paid a bonus in an amount
based on achievement of the financial goals set out in Schedule A attached hereto. Such bonus will be paid to Employee on the date following the applicable calendar year which Employer
designates for payment of bonuses to its employees in general. 

        (c)    Withholding.    All payments of salary shall be made in appropriate installments to conform with the regular
payroll dates for salaried personnel of Employer. Employer shall be entitled to deduct from each payment of compensation to Employee such items as federal, state and local income taxes, FICA,
unemployment insurance and disability contributions, and such other deductions as may be required by law. 

        (d)    Expenses.    During the Term, Employer shall pay or reimburse Employee on an accountable basis for all
reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses for entertainment, travel, meals, hotel accommodations and other expenditures incurred by Employee in connection with Employee's
services to Employer in accordance with Employer's expense account policies. When Employee is required by Employer to travel by air for business reasons, Company shall provide business class air
accommodations, or if business class is not available within the United States, then first class. 

        (e)    Fringe Benefits.    During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to receive group medical, dental, life and
disability insurance as per Employer policy, and any other fringe benefits, on terms that are or may become available generally to comparable employees of Employer. Employee shall also be entitled to
five weeks' paid vacation for each year of the Term in accordance with Employer's vacation policy. 

        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.    

        (a)   Employee
agrees that Employee will not during the Term or thereafter divulge to anyone (other than Employer and its executives, representatives and employees who need to
know such information or any persons designated by Employer) any knowledge or information of any type whatsoever designated or treated as confidential by Employer relating to the business of Employer
or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, all types of trade secrets, business strategies, marketing and distribution plans as well as concrete proposals, plans,
scripts, treatments and formats described in subparagraph (b) below. Employee further agrees that Employee will not disclose, publish or make use of any such knowledge or information of a
confidential nature (other than in the performance of Employee's duties hereunder) without the prior written consent of Employer. This provision does not apply to information which becomes available
publicly without the fault of Employee or information which Employee discloses in confidence to Employee's own privileged representatives or is required to disclose in legal proceedings, provided
Employee gives advance notice to the General Counsel of Employer and an opportunity to Employer to resist such disclosure in legal proceedings. 

        (b)   During
the Term, Employee will disclose to Employer all concrete proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats invented or developed by Employee during the Term
which relate directly or indirectly to the business of Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates including, without limitation, any proposals and plans which may be copyrightable,
trademarkable, patentable 

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or
otherwise exploitable. Employee agrees that all such proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats are and will be the property of Employer. Employee further agrees, at Employer's request, to
do whatever is necessary or desirable to secure for the Employer the rights to said proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats, whether by copyright, trademark, patent or otherwise and to
assign, transfer and convey the rights thereto to Employer at Employer's expense. 

        (c)   Employer
shall have the right in perpetuity to use Employee's name in connection with credits for programming, properties and projects for which Employee performs any
services pursuant to this Agreement. 

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

        (a)   Employee
has the right to enter into this Agreement and is not subject to any contract, commitment, agreement, arrangement or restriction of any kind which would prevent
Employee from performing Employee's duties and obligations hereunder; 

        (b)   To
the best of Employee's knowledge, Employee is not subject to any undisclosed medical condition which might have a material effect on Employee's ability to perform
satisfactorily Employee's services hereunder. 

        7.    Non-Competition; No Raid.    

        (a)   During
the Term, Employee shall not engage directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, partner, shareholder or otherwise, in a
business or other endeavor which materially interferes with any of Employee's duties or obligations hereunder or which is directly competitive with the business of the Employer or its subsidiaries,
including but not limited to the production, distribution or any other exploitation of audiovisual television material. 

        (b)   Employee
further agrees that during the Term and for a period of one year thereafter, Employee will not employ, or attempt to employ or assist anyone else to employ, any
person who is, at the date of termination of Employee's employment, working as an officer, policymaker or in
high-level creative development or distribution (including without limitation executive employees) for or rendering substantially full-time services as such to Employer. 

        8.    Termination.    

        (a)   This
Agreement may be terminated and the Term ended on five (5) business days' written notice for any one of the following reasons (except (i) in which
case termination shall occur on the date of death): 

          (i)  The
death of Employee; 

         (ii)  The
physical or mental disability of Employee to such an extent that Employee is unable to render services to Employer for a period exceeding thirty
(30) consecutive days or sixty (60) days in the aggregate during any twelve (12) month period of the Term. For purposes of determining the foregoing, days properly designated by
Employee as vacation days shall not be counted; 

        (iii)  For
"cause," which for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined as: 

        (A)  the
use of drugs and/or alcohol which interfere materially with Employee's performance of Employee's services under this Agreement; 

        (B)  Employee's
conviction of any act which constitutes a felony under federal, state or local laws or the law of any foreign country; 

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        (C)  Employee's
persistent failure after written notice to perform, or Employee's persistent refusal to perform after written notice, any of Employee's duties and
responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement; or 

        (D)  Employee's
dishonesty in financial dealings with or on behalf of Employer, its subsidiaries, affiliates and parent corporation or in connection with performance of
Employee's duties hereunder. 

        (b)   Employer
shall also have the right to terminate Employee at any time prior to the expiration of the Term, in addition to pursuant to Paragraph 8(a) above, by
providing Employee with written notice. In the event of a termination pursuant to this Paragraph 8(b), Employer shall pay to the Employee the remaining amounts described in
Paragraph 3(a) above for the balance of the Term at such time or times such payments would otherwise be due; provided,  however, that Employee shall
have a duty to mitigate damages by pursuing reasonably comparable alternative employment. Employer acknowledges that
Employee's previous employment agreement with Employer contained a provision guaranteeing payment of at least one year's salary if the agreement was terminated "without cause" at any time during the
Term. Although Employer does not currently have that obligation under this new Agreement, Employer agrees that if any other senior executive of Employer or its subsidiaries is guaranteed payment of
salary in the event of a "termination without cause" for a period longer than the unexpired term of their employment agreement, the period during which Employee is entitled to continued
Paragraph 3(a) payments pursuant to this subparagraph will be similarly extended. If Employee is employed in any capacity following termination pursuant to this Paragraph 8(b), any sums
earned by Employee pursuant to such subsequent employment during the balance of the time that constituted the Term hereunder, shall be offset against any remaining obligation Employer may have to
Employee hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, Employer shall not be liable for any consequential or punitive damages claimed as a result of any such termination. Employer shall have no further
obligations to Employee hereunder. If Employer terminates Employee under this Paragraph 8(b), Paragraph 7(a) shall not apply from the date of termination. 

        (c)   In
the event that Employer terminates this Agreement due to any of the reasons set forth in Paragraphs 8(a)(i), 8(a)(ii) or 8(a)(iii)(A-D) above,
Employee shall be paid Employee's salary through the later of the expiration of the five (5) business days period referred to in Paragraph 8(a) or the end of the month in which the
termination event occurs, after which Employer's obligation to pay salary to Employee shall terminate. After making the payments provided for in this sub-paragraph (c), Employer
shall have no further obligations to Employee pursuant to this Agreement. 

        (d)   Upon
termination of this Agreement, Employee shall promptly return all of Employer's property to Employer. 

        (e)   Upon
termination of Employee's employment for any reason, Employee shall tender Employee's resignation from the Board of Directors of any of Employer's subsidiaries or
affiliates on which Employee is serving, and Employer shall accept such resignation forthwith. 

        9.    Arbitration/Specific Performance/Choice of Law.    

        (a)    Arbitration.    Any dispute between the Employee and Employer involving any provision of this Agreement other
than Paragraph 5(a) and 7 or Employer's exclusive rights to Employee's services, shall be resolved by arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and in accordance with
applicable law, subject to the provisions of this paragraph. Such arbitration shall be conducted in New York, before a panel of three neutral arbitrators, experienced in the broadcast and
entertainment business. Employer shall pay the expenses of the arbitration, other than Employee's legal fees and expenses which shall be paid for by Employee, except as otherwise 

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provided
by law. The arbitrators shall provide a reasoned opinion supporting their conclusion, including detailed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Such findings of fact shall be final and
binding on the parties, but such conclusions of law shall be subject to appeal in any court of competent jurisdiction. 

        (b)    Specific Performance.    Employer shall be entitled, if it so elects, to institute and prosecute proceedings in
any court of competent jurisdiction, either in law or in equity, to obtain damages for any breach of Paragraphs 5(a) or 7 of this Agreement, and to seek to enforce the specific performance thereof by
Employee, and/or to seek to enjoin Employee from performing services for any other person, firm or corporation. 

        (c)    Applicable Law.    The parties further stipulate that the law of the State of New York shall apply to any
dispute of action regarding this Agreement. 

        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	
 	

/s/  DAVID J. EVANS      
 David J. Evans
	

 	
 	

Title	
 	
PRESIDENT CEO

	

 	
 	
EMPLOYEE
	

 	
 	

/s/  PAUL FITZPATRICK      
 Paul 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 Bonus
	 
	Below 85%	 	No bonus	 
	85% 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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Exhibit 10.9    
    

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  

        Agreement, made as of this 20th day of June, 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 Chris Moseley ("Employee"). 

WITNESSETH: 

        WHEREAS,
Employer desires to continue to employ Employee as provided herein and Employee desires to be employed by Employer upon the terms and conditions set forth: 

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

        1.    Employment and Duties.    

        (a)   Effective
July 16, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), Employer hereby extends Employee's employment and Employee hereby agrees to continue to serve as Executive Vice
President—Worldwide Marketing and Brand Strategy of Employer. Additionally, Employee agrees to serve in such other capacities as shall be designated from time to time by Employer, which
are consistent with her position and responsibilities. Employee shall report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Employer. Employee shall use her best efforts to promote the interests of
Employer and shall devote her full business time, energy and skill exclusively to the business and affairs of Employer during the "Term" (as "Term" is defined in Paragraph 2 below). 

        (b)   Employee's
specific duties and authority will be as follows: 

          (i)  Employee's
primary duties shall be to oversee the development and implementation of the overall brand and marketing strategy for all networks owned and operated by the
Employer worldwide, including the Hallmark Channel (collectively, the "Networks"). In this capacity, the senior marketing personnel at the domestic Networks will report directly and in a solid line
manner to the Employee. Employee will also be kept informed about Network marketing activities outside the United States and senior marketing personnel in the regional offices will consult with
Employee on a regular basis. 

         (ii)  Employee
shall be responsible for worldwide brand management, building the Hallmark Channel brand globally and enhancing the company's brand assimilation, structure and
philosophy and shall be the primary liaison with Hallmark Cards Inc. for the Hallmark Channel licensee brand strategy. 

        2.    Term of Employment.    The term of Employee's employment ("Term") with Employer shall commence on the Effective
Date and shall end on July 15, 2006 unless terminated earlier as is provided in Paragraph 8 of this Agreement or extended by mutual agreement of the parties. Employer shall inform
Employee in writing at least six (6) months prior to the end of the Term if Employer wishes to extend the Term and if so upon what terms. If Employee wishes to extend the Term the parties shall
negotiate such extension in good faith, such negotiations to be completed at least three (3) months prior to the end of the Term. 

        3.    Compensation.    

        (a)    Salary.    As compensation for Employee's services hereunder, Employer shall pay to Employee a salary at the
rate of $660,000 per year during the first year of the Term, $693,000 per year during the second year of the Term and $727,650 per year during the third year of the Term. Such salary shall be paid
biweekly, in arrears. 

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        (b)    Yearly Bonuses.    At the end of each calendar year during the Term and upon completion of the Term, Employee
will be paid such bonus as Employer in its discretion determines, provided that Employer shall pay Employee an annual bonus of no less than 15%, of
Employee's then annual salary rate for such year (pro rated for partial years). The minimum bonus for calendar year 2003 will consist of 20% of the salary paid Employee for the period
January 1, 2003 through July 15, 2003 and 15% of the salary paid Employee for the period July 16, 2003 through December 31, 2003. A maximum bonus of 50% may be paid, in
Employer's discretion, for superior performance by Employee and the operations for which she is responsible. Bonus payments shall be made no later than the date, after end of each calendar
year and end of the Term, on which bonuses are paid to other senior executives of Employer. Employer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, pay Executive additional bonuses. 

        (c)    Withholding.    All payments of salary shall be made in appropriate installments to conform with the regular
payroll dates for salaried personnel of Employer. Employer shall be entitled to deduct from each payment of compensation (including salary and bonus) to Employee such items as are required under
applicable law. 

        (d)    Expenses.    During the Term, Employer shall pay or reimburse Employee on an accountable basis for all
reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses for entertainment, travel (including first class commercial air travel, or if first class air travel is not available, on a best
available commercial basis), meals, hotel accommodations and other expenditures incurred by Employee in connection with Employee's services to Employer in accordance with Employer's expense account
policies for its senior executive personnel or with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer of Employer. 

        Fringe Benefits.    During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to receive the following fringe benefits: (i) group medical, dental,
life and
disability insurance as per Employer policy from time to time for comparable executives of Employer, (ii) an allowance of $950.00 per month for an automobile and (iii) any other fringe
benefits on terms that are or may become available generally to comparable executives of Employer, including five weeks paid vacation. Employee's level of participation in any Employee plan will be
subject to Employer's discretion, but at least at a level consistent with other comparable executives of Employer. 

        4.    Place of Employment; Personal Assistant.    During the Term, Employee shall be required to perform Employee's
duties at the offices of Employer in the Los Angeles area (or such other location as may be mutually agreeable to Employer and Employee), and Employee shall undertake all reasonable travel required by
Employer in connection with the performance of Employee's duties hereunder. Employee will be provided with the services of an administrative assistant 

        5.    Confidentiality, Intellectual Property; Name and Likeness.    

        (a)   Employee
agrees that Employee will not during the Term or thereafter divulge to anyone (other than Employer (and its executives, representatives and employees who need
to know such information) or any persons designated by Employer) any knowledge or information of any type whatsoever designated or treated as confidential by Employer relating to the business of
Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including, without limitation, all types of trade secrets, business strategies, marketing and distribution plans as well as concrete proposals,
plans, scripts, treatments and formats described in subparagraph (b) below. Employee further agrees that Employee will not disclose, publish or make use of any such knowledge or information of
a confidential nature (other than in the performance of Employee's duties hereunder) without the prior written consent of Employer. This provision does not apply to information which becomes available
publicly without the fault of Employee or information which Employee discloses in confidence to her own privileged representatives or is required to disclose in legal proceedings, 

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provided
Employee gives advance notice to the Chief Executive Officer of Employer and an opportunity to Employer to resist such disclosure in legal proceedings. 

        (b)   During
the Term, Employee will disclose to Employer all concrete proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats invented or developed by Employee during the Term
which relate directly or indirectly to the business of Employer or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates including, without limitation, any proposals and plans which may be copyrightable,
trademarkable, patentable or otherwise exploitable. Employee agrees that all such proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats are and will be the property of Employer. Employee further agrees,
at Employer's request, to do whatever is necessary or desirable to secure for the Employer the rights to said proposals, plans, scripts, treatments, and formats, whether by copyright, trademark,
patent or otherwise and to assign, transfer and convey the rights thereto to Employer at Employer's expense. 

        (c)   Employer
shall have the right in perpetuity to use Employee's name reasonably in connection with credits for programming, properties and projects for which Employee
performs any services. 

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

        (a)   Employee
has the right to enter into this Agreement and is not subject to any contract, commitment, agreement, arrangement or restriction of any kind which would prevent
Employee from performing Employee's duties and obligations hereunder; 

        (b)   To
the best of Employee's knowledge. Employee is not subject to any undisclosed medical condition which might have a material effect on Employee's ability to perform
satisfactorily Employee's services hereunder. 

        7.    Non-Competition; No Raid.    

        (a)   During
the Term, Employee shall not engage directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, partner, shareholder or otherwise, in a
business or other endeavor which interferes with any of her duties or obligations hereunder or which is directly competitive with the business of the Employer or its subsidiaries, including but not
limited to the production, distribution or any other exploitation of audiovisual television material (the "Other Business"). 

        (b)   Employee
further agrees that during the Term and for a period of one year thereafter, Employee will not employ, or knowingly attempt to employ or assist anyone else to
employ, any person who Employee knows or reasonably should know is, at the date of termination of Employee's employment, working as an officer, policymaker or in high-level creative
development or distribution (including without limitation executive employees) for or rendering substantially full-time services as such to Employer or its affiliates. 

        8.    Termination.    

        (a)   This
Agreement may be terminated and the Term ended on five (5) business days' written notice for any one of the following reasons (except (i) in which
case termination shall occur on the date of death): 

          (i)  The
death of Employee; 

         (ii)  The
physical or mental disability of Employee to such an extent that Employee is unable to render services to Employer for a period exceeding an aggregate of ninety
(90) business days during any twelve month period of the Term. For purposes of counting the aggregate of ninety (90) business days, days properly designated by Employee as vacation days
shall not be counted; 

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        (iii)  For
"cause," which for purposes of this Agreement shall be defined as: 

        (A)  the
continuing use, after Employer's warnings, of drugs and/or alcohol which interfere materially with Employee's performance of Employee's services under this
Agreement; 

        (B)  Employee's
conviction of any act which constitutes a felony under federal, state or local laws or the law of any foreign country; 

        (C)  Employee's
persistent failure after written notice to perform, or Employee's persistent refusal to perform after written notice, any of Employee's duties and
responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement; or 

        (D)  Employee's
dishonesty in non-trivial financial dealings with or on behalf of Employer, its subsidiaries, affiliates and parent corporation or in connection
with performance of her duties hereunder. 

        (b)   Employer
shall also have the right to terminate Employee prior to the expiration of the Term in addition to pursuant to Paragraph 8(a) above by providing Employee
with not less than ninety (90) days' advance notice in writing. In the event of a termination pursuant to this Paragraph 8(b), the Employer shall pay to the Employee in a lump sum (but
subject to Paragraph 3(c)), the remaining salary described in Paragraph 3 (a) above for the balance of the Term (as though no termination had occurred), discounted at "prime"
rates to present value at the time of payment. In addition, in the event of termination pursuant to this subparagraph (b) and upon presentation of documentation of the expenses, Employer will
reimburse Employee for her expenses, up to an amount of $35,000, to move Employee, her family, her household goods and personal effects from the Los Angeles area to another location in the United
States. Such move must take place within 6 month of the effective date of termination to qualify for reimbursement. If Employer terminates Employee under this Paragraph 8(b),
Paragraph 7 shall not apply from the date of termination. Employee shall have no obligation for "mitigation" of or offset against the amounts payable under this Paragraph 8(b). 

        (c)   In
the event that Employer terminates this Agreement due to any of the reasons set forth in Paragraphs 8(a)(i), 8(a)(ii) or 8(a)(iii)(A-D) above,
Employee shall be paid Employee's salary through the later of the expiration of the five (5) business days period referred to in Paragraph 8(a) or the end of the month in which the
termination event occurs, after which Employer's obligation to pay salary to Employee shall terminate. After making the payments provided for in this sub-paragraph (c), Employer
shall have no further obligations to Employee pursuant to this Agreement. 

        (d)   Upon
termination of this Agreement, Employee shall promptly return all of Employer's property to Employer. 

        (e)   Upon
termination of Employee's employment for any reason, Employee shall tender Employee's resignation from the Board of Directors of any of Employer's subsidiaries or
affiliates on which Employee is serving, and Employer shall accept such resignation forthwith. 

        9.    Breach; Remedies.    Both parties recognize that the services to be rendered under this Agreement by Employee
are special, unique and extraordinary in character, and that in the event of the breach by Employee of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Employer shall be entitled,  inter alia, if it so elects,
 to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction, either in law or in equity, to obtain
damages for any breach of this Agreement, and to seek to enforce the specific performance thereof by Employee, and/or to seek to enjoin Employee from performing services for any other person, firm or
corporation. The parties further stipulate that the law of California shall apply to any dispute of action regarding this Agreement. 

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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 he 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, provided however that the employment agreement between the parties dated
July 5, 2000 shall remain in effect through the expiration of its Term. 

        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, with a copy to Gavin McElroy, Esq., Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, 488 Madison
Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Notices to Employer shall be addressed to its Chief Executive Officer at the address first written above, with a copy to the Executive Vice
President of Legal and Business Affairs, Crown Media Holdings, Inc., 12700 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604. 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	
 	

/s/  DAVID J. EVANS      
 David J. Evans
	

 	
 	

Title	
 	
PRESIDENT CEO

	

 	
 	

EMPLOYEE
	

 	
 	

/s/  CHRIS MOSELEY      
 Chris Moseley

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