Lifetime Entertainment Services

News and overview for Lifetime Entertainment Services

A&E Television Networks to acquire Lifetime channels
CTAM SmartBrief | 87 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
...Hearst Corp. and NBC Universal -- will acquire the assets of Lifetime Entertainment Services for an undisclosed sum. The deal, expected to close later...will consolidate cable networks such as A&E, History, Lifetime and Bio.

Cable Groups In Network Tie-up
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 87 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
In this story on the announced consolidation of A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services, the Financial Times talks about other potential mergers and acquisitions in the cable industry. Among them, the auction of...

Deal For Lifetime Boosts Disney, Hearst Stake In A&E Network
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 87 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
...with the merger of A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services, reports The Wall Street Journal. Disney, Hearst...networks, while Disney and Hearst own half of Lifetime, the new home of the popular "Project Runway...

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Company Overview

Company:	Lifetime Entertainment Services
Industry:	Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks
Website:	http://www.lifetimetv.com

Lifetime Entertainment Services hopes viewers make a long-term commitment to its television programs. The company operates three cable-TV networks (Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women) focused on serving female viewers with original movies, talk shows, and syndicated shows. Its Lifetime network, #1 among women's channels, reaches more than 95 million US households. Lifetime Entertainment also offers lifestyle and entertainment content online. Formed through the merger of channels Daytime and Cable Health Network in 1984, the company is jointly owned by Walt Disney (through Disney ABC Cable) and publishing giant Hearst. Lifetime has agreed to be acquired by A&E Television Networks (AETN).

Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.)	998 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Sales	8.0 (2007)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.)	0 ()
One-year % Growth in Net Income	0.0 ()
Number of Employees	0 (0)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees	0.0 (0)
Fiscal Year-End	December