The Janson Media Pressroom

Janson Media today announced the release to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets of the new travel series, Indique: Untold Stories of Contemporary India, a series that explores a myriad of social and cultural developments in the country of India. The series is the first production from Blood Orange Media to be released by Janson Media. [Read more →]

Janson Media announced today that it has licensed the program, Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels to the Swedish national broadcaster SVT (Sveriges Television). Part of the company’s Hollywood Collection, the program offers a timeless profile of Academy Award winning film and theater actress, Shirley MacLaine. [Read more →]

Janson Media’s DVD biography of St. Francis Xavier, Xavier: Missionary and Saint, earned a rave review from Educational Media Reviews Online. An excerpt follows… [Read more →]

Janson Media announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Simple Living, LLC, of Mount Airy, North Carolina to release its successful “simplicity movement” series, Simple Living With Wanda Urbanska (39 x 30′) to worldwide television, DVD, VOD, and New Media markets. The series, which originally debuted on public television in 2004, inspires viewers to replace time-starved, possession-cluttered, high carbon-footprint lives with a more meaningful approach. [Read more →]

The Janson Media DVD Grace Kelly: The American Princess was “highly recommended” in a recent review by Educational Media Reviews Online. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release of the 3-DVD Set, The Secret World of Wellness. The 3-disc set explores the quest for harmony between body and soul has been the hallmark of humanity from the earliest days of consciousness. The desire to live forever. The dream of eternal beauty. The search for perfect health. In three episodes, filmed in widescreen 16:9, The Secret World of Wellness brings the timeless wisdom of some of the world’s most advanced early cultures back to life: ancient Rome, China and India. [Read more →]

Discovery Communications Europe has picked up two of Janson Media’s military history documentaries — B-17: Flying Legend, produced by Fortress Films, and The Last Ridge: The Uphill Battles of the 10th Mountain Division, produced by Abbie Kealy. [Read more →]

Janson Media celebrates Halloween with its DVD, Dracula: The True Story, an entertaining biography of the world’s most famous vampire, which travels to the heart of Transsylvania, in today’s Romania, to uncover the historical truths behind the legend of Dracula. Today, vampire tourism in Romania is booming. [Read more →]

Janson Media’s DVD, Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge was “highly recommended” by Educational Media Reviews Online, in a recent review. EMRO called the biography/retrospective, “…a three-dimensional Steve McQueen with alluring sex appeal, acknowledged super star, and a subdued defiant man was looking for approval but never finding it. Highly Recommended.” [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the addition of several exciting new properties to its already impressive slate of MIPCOM 2008 Releases. The company’s newest acquisitions include:

ELVIS LIVES! THE 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (1 x 60′) Through the magic of modern technology, Elvis Presley is reunited with his original TCB band and back-up singers 25 years after his death, for a unique concert special, [Read more →]

Jason Media’s new DVD, The Last Ridge: The Uphill Battles of the 10th Mountain Division, was called a “remarkable story” in a “highly recommended, three-and-a-half-star” review by Video Librarian Magazine. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced the release to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and new media markets of the six-hour adventure travel series, GlobeRiders Indochina Expedition. This is the second in the GlobeRiders television series, following on the success of Globeriders Silk Road Adventure. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced that its consumer finance series Moneytrack (28 x 30′) will be taking to the air on Singapore Airlines next month.  Moneytrack, which educates and inspires viewers to make wiser, more informed investment decisions, features stories about investing, personal finances and tips for avoiding common investment scams. [Read more →]

Janson Media pays tribute to legendary actor Paul Newman who died Friday, September 26th, at the age of 83, at his Westport, Connecticut home.  Obituaries described Newman as an actor, director, race car driver, political activist and philanthropist. For broadcasters and media companies seeking ways to memorialize Newman in the weeks ahead, Janson Media makes available the documentary film, The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, [Read more →]

Janson Media today marks the 4oth anniversary of the passing of the Catholic saint known as Padre Pio, the Italian Capuchin priest who is now venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was given the name Pio when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. He became famous for his stigmata. Canonized as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, he left this world on September 23rd, 1968. [Read more →]

Janson Media’ new DVD America’s Team: Being a U.S. Air Force Thunderbird has been getting the attention of trade reviewers in recent weeks. “America’s Team offers a respectful look at the legendary six-pilot precision flying team who continue to take their 45-minute awe-inspiring show around the world,” said Video Librarian. [Read more →]

Janson Media today announced its slate of programming for MIPCOM 2008 to be held in Cannes, October 13th through 17th. The company is at MIPCOM for the 19th consecutive year, exhibiting at Stand #R30.18, in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals. Company executives in attendance at the market will be Stephen Janson, Zara Janson, Lynne Warshavsky, and Betsy Van Ost. [Read more →]

Janson Media’s Kid Guides: Museums DVD was reviewed favorably by the important trade publication, School Library Journal. The title is the third in a collection of four Kid Guides DVDs. [Read more →]

Janson Media announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Palio News Agency of Rome, and will handle worldwide distribution of the weekly news show, ROMEreports: The World Seen from the Vatican.

The Vatican is the home of the world’s largest international organization. The policies made in this small state –  just one-fifth of a square mile –  affect the more than 1-billion Catholics worldwide. ROMEreports: The World Seen from the Vatican is a weekly half-hour news-magazine program that provides comprehensive coverage of the most important news worldwide, from the point of view of the Church. [Read more →]

Janson Media announced today that it has entered into an airline distribution agreement with Skeye Inflight Entertainment. The successful Montreal-based inflight specialist distributor will present Janson Media’s catalog at the annual Conference & Exhibition of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA), scheduled for September 8th through 11th, in Long Beach, California. [Read more →]