Dinosaurs Come Alive in New Deal with ARTE France

Janson Media announced today that it has licensed the larger than life film Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (1 x 40') from the company's Giant Screen Films Collection to ARTE France. Originally filmed for release in IMAX® theaters, the Janson Media Giant Screen Films Collection includes other super-sized titles such as Vikings: Journey to the New World and Ocean men all of which have been down-converted to HDTV.

Hosted by Donald Sutherland, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia concentrates on the remarkable discoveries made in Patagonia, in the South of Argentina, by world-renowned paleontologist Rodolfo Coria. As director of a dinosaur museum in the city of Plaza Huincul, Coria was responsible for discovering some of the largest dinosaurs ever found. Argentinosaurus, a giant herbivore that could reach 100 tons and 120 feet in length, making it the biggest animal to ever walk the earth, and Gigantosaurus, a 15 meter long meat-eating predator that was even bigger than the famous T-Rex. is a global adventure of science and discovery - featuring the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous &'reincarnated&' life-sized for the giant IMAX ® screen. Audiences will journey with some of the world"s preeminent paleontologists as they uncover evidence that the descendants of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us.

ARTE France is a European culture channel that aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts. Explore, reveal, unravel and why not entertain? These are just a few key words that lead towards our ambitious and exciting goal: &'To transmit knowledge and understanding to the general public reaching out to people of all ages and all levels&'.

Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content distribution company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and emerging new media platforms. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include nearly every major broadcaster or media company, as well as a wide range of DVD labels and distributors. Janson Media is also a publisher/ manufacturer of award-winning DVDs.