The Janson Media Pressroom

Janson Media’s DVD The Silent Wrecks of Kwajalein Atoll garnered two excellent reviews recently, one from Video Librarian and the other from Educational Media Reviews Online. Said EMRO, “The Silent Wrecks of Kwajalein Atoll introduces the viewer to an undersea world of ships and aircraft slowly corroding in the lagoon where they were sunk nearly 60 years before. [Read more →]

Janson Media has signed a license agreement with the Moscow-based broadcaster Red Media Group for an extensive package of over 100 hours of content for the Russian media company’s various new television channels, including “HD Life,” the first HDTV channel to launch in Russia. [Read more →]

The popular website DVDVerdict.com has recommended Janson Media’s new DVD, Riviera Cocktail. Wrote James A. Stewart, “[Riviera Cocktail] does the work of introducing viewers to Edward Quinn’s career quite well. It does even better at simply showing a lot of memorable photos. If you’re interested in photography or 1950s celebrities, you’ll probably find Riviera Cocktail a headier mix than it sounds.” [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to international television, VOD, and DVD/video markets of Quest for Kaitiakitanga, the second episode in the series Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose. This time Richard Bangs is near the southernmost reaches of civilization, in a down under world with an upright world-view — New Zealand. [Read more →]

DTV Production of the Republic of Serbia acquired seven hours of Janson Media’s natural disaster series, When Nature Strikes Back, to be aired in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia. This documentary series focuses on the incredible human-interest stories of survivors along with amazing and spectacular footage of such catastrophes as earthquakes, mudslides and freak waves. [Read more →]

Janson Media has inked an agreement with All-Time Television Entertainment for its four-hour HDTV series GlobeRiders Silkroad Adventures: A Motorcycle Journey to be aired in the Arab-speaking Middle East.  The amazing adventure follows a group of motorcyclists who ride from Istanbul, Turkey to Xian, China, along the historic and fabled Silk Road. [Read more →]

Janson Media’s new DVD Kid Guides: Aquariums received a rave review from School Library Journal in its July 2008 issue. The entire review follows: [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to international television, VOD, and DVD/video markets of the second and third seasons of Ancient Secrets of the Bible. The 26 new episodes of this celebrated television show were produced in 2008. The first season of Ancient Secrets was produced in the 1990s and was broadcast in over 200 territories around the world. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced that The Magical Country of Wales, an episode of its Passport to Adventure series, received the 2007 VisitBritain Travel Journalism Broadcast Award. This episode introduces viewers to the rolling pastures, flower-filled fields and hedge lined country roads of Wales, where the pristine countryside is ideal for cycling through quaint hamlets and snuggling up to a fire in one of many lovely B & Bs. [Read more →]

Educational Media Reviews Online recently honored Janson Media’s Seapower to Superpower DVD with a “Highly Recommended” review. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets of Ice Island, a one-hour HDTV documentary special about a daring, high-tech adventure beneath an Antarctic iceberg. [Read more →]

Television specials depict stars Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and many others…

Rochester, NY and Harrington Park, NJ — George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film has acquired a rich collection of television documentary films, which profile many of Hollywood’s most beloved and respected stars. These films are the legacy of Gene Feldman (1921–2006), a director, writer, and producer. In partnership with his wife, Suzette Winter, their company Wombat Productions created 34 insightful and entertaining biographies for television broadcast. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets in the United States, Canada, China and India of Secret World of Wellness, a three-hour series that investigates the health and wellness secrets of some of the world’s most ancient cultures — China, India and Rome. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the U.S. broadcast premiere of Timeless: A National Parks Odyssey, on PBS stations nationwide. The one-hour special is initially airing as a pledge special during the months of June and August. Markets premiering the special this month include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, and St. Louis. [Read more →]

Janson Media announced that cooking series, Chefs A’ Field: Kids on the Farm has been nominated by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award. The awards recognize outstanding achievement in television production broadcast in the 2007 calendar year. The series was nominated in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Photography. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release of the DVD, Gregory Peck: His Own Man. The title is the 10th to be released on DVD from the company’s Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. [Read more →]

Janson Media’s DVD The Gateway Arch was recommended by Martin Filler in his article Flying High with Eero Saarinen, in the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York Review of Books. “An excellent new documentary file, The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America directed by Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano, and narrated by Kevin Kline provides an engaging account of the scheme’s genesis and realization,” said Filler.

The popular website DVDVerdict.com has recommended the Janson Media DVD, Drive-In Movie Memories. Wrote reviewer Tom Becker, “Drive-in Movie Memories is a loving, if brief, look at the story of this American institution.”

“The film mixes archival footage with interviews from people like critic Leonard Maltin, B-movie actresses Beverly Garland (It Conquered the World) and Celeste Yarnall (The Mechanic), producer Samuel Z. Arkoff, Joe Bob Briggs, and a host of others—some famous, some not—to give us the history of the drive-in, from its dawn in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1930s, to its twilight (as VCRs became popular, multiplexes proliferated, and the value of land boomed), to its small but steady renaissance in the past few years. Along the way, we are treated to facts and figures, tidbits and trivia, and anecdotes and (of course) memories.”

Read the full review here.

Janson Media today announced the release of the DVD, Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough. The title is the ninth to be released on DVD from the company’s Hollywood Collection, an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets of Water’s Journey, a four-episode series that reveals the nature, and mechanics of our most important water resources: Groundwater, Rivers, Lakes, Springs, Wetlands, Estuaries, and Ocean environments. The series follows a team of scientists and adventurers as they explore the water systems, revealing how each system works, its natural history, and mankind’s relationship with these systems. [Read more →]