Janson Takes on Bigger Role with Travel with Kids Franchise

Janson Media announced today that it has signed a longterm executive production and distribution deal with Equator Creative Media for the popular travel brand and media franchise Travel with Kids. Janson Media is the worldwide distributor for the Travel with Kids television series, and also publishes and manufactures DVDs derived from the series. The new agreement calls for Janson Media to expand its role beyond television and DVD distribution, to include executive production and brand management. Janson will also be involved in raising financing for the production and syndication of new episodes of the series. Initial plans call for a nationwide release on public television (PBS) stations of the first season of Travel with Kids, in February 2011, concurrent with the nationwide launch of a DVD gift box featuring 26 episodes from the series, to be sold in Costco, Sam's Club, Walmart and Target stores across the country. A Travel with Kids companion e-book will also be available. Travel with Kids is an award-winning family travel guide show - the first and only show of its kind, designed for families who love to travel together. Both educational and entertaining, Travel With Kids presents the history and culture of a destination in an innovative format that is fun and informative for the entire family. Viewers join the Roberts family as they journey to exotic places around the globe, meet the locals, try new foods, discover history and nature, and have genuine adventures. Find out what it's really like to travel with young children -- from temper tantrums to sibling rivalry to honest-to-goodness family bonding.'When we first discovered Travel with Kids, it was a small collection of 'made-for-video' DVDs introducing the Roberts Family and their two young boys at several destinations in Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean,' said Stephen Janson, president of Janson Media. 'We immediately saw its potential as a television series, introduced it to our international broadcast clients, and we have been happy to see its success continue over the years, enabling the Roberts' family to continue doing what they love -- traveling the world as a family -- and making great television while they're at it!' Effective with the fourth season of the popular series, Stephen Janson has become its Executive Producer, and the series is now produced in association with Janson Media. The company has successfully distributed Travel with Kids to a host of international territories, including Italy, Finland, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Canada, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, and the entire continent of Latin America. Hawaiian Airlines has licensed content from the series, and it is being launched as a format for foreign language broadcasters at MIPTV in Cannes, in April 2011. Travel with Kids airs 24/7/365 on YouTube, on the jansonmedia channel. Fans can also follow the comings and goings of the Roberts Family as they travel the world, on Facebook, or at their blog. Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content production, distribution and management 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.