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There were two rounds of bidding, with media giants such as News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. weighing in. But Crown ultimately took the network off the block. "There was enough interest evident from the major players," Granath said. "I mean, everybody was interested, and everybody had kind of a deal they wanted to do. But it wasn't writing a $2 billion check." Cable networks have traditionally been priced based on cash flow, and Hallmark Channel is only on the brink of turning cash-flow positive, according to Derek Baine, senior vice president for Kagan Research. "At the end of the day, networks are going to be [valued] on what the cash flow is going to be," Baine said. "It's going to take them five to 10 years to get up to the range where they're going to have cash flow to justify [a premium sale price]." As he sees it, Hallmark Channel has "a tough seat to sit in" because "the question is all about that license fee and how do you get that up to a dime, or something more normalized, so they really would be getting more significant cash flow." Since it pulled Hallmark Channel off the block, Crown has made good on its promise to trim costs, to the tune of $14 million to $15 million, in part by making cuts in marketing spending, laying off 25 of its 175 employees in April, and improving ad sales, trafficking and information-technology systems.
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