LIBRARY SERVICE AGREEMENT EXTENSION

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Exhibit 10.81

LIBRARY SERVICE AGREEMENT EXTENSION

        This Extension Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004 is by and between Hallmark Entertainment, Inc. ("HEI") and Crown Media Distribution, LLC ("CMD").

        WHEREAS, Crown Media Holdings, Inc. ("Crown") and HEI previously entered into an agreement, dated September 28, 2001 (the "Library Service Agreement"), for HEI's services as administrator and sales representative for the film library owned by Crown (the "Crown Library); and

        WHEREAS, THE Library Services Agreement was subsequently