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Henry Schleiff 58 is President and CEO of the Company and is a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Schleiff joined Crown Media in October 2006. He was most recently the Chairman of Court TV Network having been promoted to that position in December 1999. After joining the crime and justice network in October 1998 as President and CEO Under Mr. Schlieff's stewardship Court TV became one of the most successful basic cable networks in the industry having grown from 30 million subscribers to its current status with over 85 milllion subscribers and as a leader among all cable netowrks in pirme time ratings. 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. From 1992 to 1996 Mr. Schleiff was Executive Producer for Viacom International Inc. where his production credits included a variety of original television movies dramatic series and specials for such networks as HBO Showtime USA Lifetime and AMC. From 1987to 1992 hef was Senior Vice President of Viacom International Inc. and Chairman and CEO of Viacom’s Broadcast and Entertainment Groups where he was responsible for overseeing the production of all prime time network and first-run programming all domestic and foreign syndication the company’s five TV and fourteen radio stations as well as its licensing merchandising and new media operations. From 1981to1987 Mr. Schleiff was Senior Vice President Business Affairs and Administration for HBO and head of HBO Enterprises. He began his career as a law clerk for United States District Court Judge M. Gurfein S.D.N.Y. and became a corporate associate with the Wall Street law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. Mr. Schleiff is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Radio & Television Society Foundation Inc. (IRTS) and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The International Council; The Creative Coalition; Help USA; Theatreworks USA; Guild Hall of East Hampton; The American Museum of the Moving Image; The Cable Center; the Board of Governors of the Museum of Television and Radio Media Center; the Dean’s Council of the Tisch School of the Arts New York University; the Executive Leadership Cabinet of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Foundation; and the We Are Family Foundation. Schleiff received a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he was an Editor of the Law Review. | 