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Mark Grenside is a media executive who has been involved in the media industry for over 30 years.

Career in Media
Mark Grenside moved into Television in 1980 and became one of the original team of HIT Entertainment, founded as (Jim) Henson International Television Company.

At Henson International Television, Grenside was involved in the creation of popular TV shows such as The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and Dark Crystal. He later formed Crossbow Films, where he acted as producer or executive producer for the TV series William Tell, originally titled Crossbow (1987) and the thriller series Mistress of Suspense (1990).

In the 1990s, he founded Homescreen Entertainment, which produced the TV series Dracula: The Series (1990).

He was an original member of the Hallmark Channel, and later formed Sparrowhawk Media, which raised US $250 million to buy Hallmark International and the Hallmark Channel Library (ex-USA), which was later sold to NBC.

MNG Films
In 2010, Grenside started MNG Films, which has a slate of nearly US $80 million of television production for SKY, NBC Universal, and The Hallmark Channel. This includes the miniseries Treasure Island (2012), starring Eddie Izzard and Neverland (2011), starring Kiera Knightly.

Other Ventures
Grenside's first book, Fall Out, was published in 2020 and set in the world of Hollywood and the film business.

He has equity investments in digital media, writes a monthly blog, and currently lives with his wife in Malta.