RHI Entertainment is an American producer of television movies and miniseries, founded in the 1980s by Robert Halmi Jr. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes and Robert Halmi Sr.
Hallmark Cards originally purchased the company from the Halmis in 1994. Hallmark Cards is a privately owned American company based in Kansas City Missouri. Under Hallmark, the company was known as Hallmark Entertainment until 2006, when the Halmis, along with affiliates of Kelso & Company, reacquired the company, renaming it "RHI", after the founders' names. [1]
Also in 2006, ION Media Networks, the parent company of ION Television, announced "an exclusive programming alliance" with RHI. ION Media Networks (formerly known as Paxson Communications) is an American Television Broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 Under this agreement, RHI will program the 7-11 p. m. ET/PT time periods on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights for two years starting July 1, 2007, under the umbrella title The RHI Movie Weekend. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The agreement also makes way for the U.S. broadcast premieres of at least six RHI productions each year. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [2]
In 2007, RHI began offering premieres of its films to digital cable customers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Cox Cable and Comcast, via the video on demand service. Time Warner Cable ( (formerly Warner Cable Communications) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions Bright House Networks is a Cable television company and the sixth largest MSO in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company Cox Communications, also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Video on demand ( VOD) or Audio video on demand ( AVOD) systems allow users to select and watch/listen Also that year, RHI licensed a number of its new movies, miniseries and back catalog titles to global subscribers of Apple's iTunes service. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc
Productions
Television miniseries
Made-for-television movies
- The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
- Annabelle's Wish (1997)
- Black Swarm
- Cleopatra (1999)
- Dreamkeeper (2003)
- Killer Wave
- Moby Dick
- Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
- Noah's Ark
- P. Alice in Wonderland was a Television movie first broadcast in 1999 on NBC. This is about the TV series for alternate uses see Arabian Nights (disambiguation Arabian Nights is a three-hour two-part Dinotopia is a six hour (three episode TV miniseries co-produced by Disney Television and Hallmark Entertainment. Gulliver's Travels is a TV Miniseries based on Jonathan Swift 's novel of the same name, produced by Jim Henson Productions and Jason and the Argonauts, aka Jason and the Golden Fleece is a 2-part TV movie, directed by Nick Willing and produced by Hallmark Legend of Earthsea is a miniseries (later shortened to Earthsea) adapted quite loosely from the award-winning Earthsea novels by Ursula The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns is a 1999 Hallmark Entertainment made-for-TV Fantasy movie. Merlin is a 3 hour made-for-television movie released in 1998 that retells the famous legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin's Apprentice is a 2006 sequel to the hit television film Merlin ( 1998) featuring Miranda Richardson Snow Queen is a 2002 made-for-television Hallmark Entertainment film directed by David Wu and based on the story The Snow Queen by Tin Man is a three-part Television miniseries reimagined continuation of L The Monkey King, also known as The Lost Empire, is a 2001 four hour television mini-series produced by NBC and the SciFi Channel The Odyssey is an Emmy award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated Miniseries on NBC from 1997, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky The Night They Saved Christmas is a 1984 RHI Entertainment Christmas film executive produced by Robert Halmi Senior and Junior and originally developed Annabelle's Wish is a 1997 Animated Christmas Film that revolves around a young Calf who aspires to learn to fly and become one of Cleopatra, the 1999 film is a fictional portrayal of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, produced by Hallmark Entertainment, starring For the Charlie Haden jazz album see Dream Keeper. Dreamkeeper is a 2003 made-for-television film by Steve Mrs Santa Claus is a 1996 television musical starring Angela Lansbury as the wife of Santa Claus. T. Barnum
- Something Beneath
- Swampdevil
- Black Widow
- Maneater Film Series
References
External links
This article about a media company is a stub. Overview Black Widow is a 2007 Made-for-television movie produced by RHI Entertainment and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Croc is a 2007 horror made-for-tv movie staring Michael Madsen set and filmed in Thailand. Grizzly Rage (aka Off Road) is a 2007 horror movie filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Maneater a 2007 Made-for-television Sci Fi Pictures original film starring Gary Busey and Ty Wood. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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