Networks

Revenue in the first quarter at Crown Media, parent of the Hallmark Channel, was up 2% to $85.6 million, as strong broadcast ad sales drove results.

Overall advertising revenue increased 2% to $65.2 million from $63.9 million in the 2012. Subscriber fee revenue increased 2% to $20.1 million from $19.8 million last year due to contractual rate increases.

Nancy Dubuc, whose programming boosted History and Lifetime, has been appointed president and CEO of A+E Networks, succeeding Abbe Raven, who is being elevated to chairman.

As chairman, effective June 1, Raven will be responsible for A+E Networks’ long-term business and revenue opportunities and public policy initiatives. Dubuc, as the third CEO in A+E’s 30-year history, will oversee the day to day operations of the company, with the brand groups and business divisions reporting to her.

A+E Networks is a joint venture of The Walt Disney Co. and Hearst.

AMC Networks received about $175 million from the settlement of its Voom litigation with Dish Network last year, with former parent Cablevision receiving the lion’s share, or about $525 million, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A Federal Communications Commission hearing in the years-long carriage dispute between Cablevision Systems and GSN has been pushed back until mid-July after the FCC administrative law judge and parties involved agreed to the delay in hopes of getting some guidance from the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Tennis Channel/Comcast suit.

Multichannel News has announced the members of the 2013 class of "40 Under 40."

A list of the 40 executives, listed alphabetically in PDF form, is behind this link. The PDF also contains more information about the upcoming April 22 report in the magazine, in which the class members will be profiled.