Mar Jennings’ home and garden design expertise make him unique in the television arena — both as an on-camera personality and real-world, hands-on designer. The series highlights Jennings’ own ingenious design guidelines within the renovation. “I’m excited to share my six Casual Luxury design principles with a national audience,” says Jennings. Each episode features new rooms and outdoor spaces of the home. Viewers become acquainted with the home’s history, get to know the homeowners and follow off-site trips for inspiration. Episodes include Jennings divulging details of the completed transformations and end with a final reveal. Watch the trailer here.

Directed by Emmy®-winning director Christopher Panton, and created by Mar Jennings, the show first aired on ABC’s WTNH receiving positive response from viewers and critical acclaim, earning two Emmy® nominations. The series is produced by S&J Multimedia LCC of Westport, CT, and is currently in production on Season 2; focused around a new group of homes, it is set to air this fall.

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Today Cohen is regarded in Israel as a legend and national hero.  John Shea (Missing, Baby M, Ladykiller, The New Adventures of Superman) delivers a riveting performance as the daring double-agent whose mission took him from Argentina, where he established a new identity as a wealthy Syrian businessman, to Damascus. Risking his life at every turn, Cohen’s guile and fluency in Arabic enabled him to climb to the upper echelons of the Syrian government and gain access to the most vital secrets of their military machine. Incredibly successful, he was nominated to be the Defense Minister of Syria. Eli Wallach (Baby Doll, The Magnificent Seven, Tough Guys) co-stars as the head of the Mossad in this explosive account of intrigue and espionage in the volatile Middle East.

The Impossible Spy was a co-production of HBO in the USA and the BBC in the United Kingdom, and was first broadcast in 1987. The movie was recognized with five ACE Award nominations. The film was produced by Graham Massey and David Goldstein, and directed by Jim Goddard, with a screenplay written by Marty Ross.  Harvey Chertok was the film’s executive producer.

Today’s announcement also marks the new discovery and internet release by Syrian rebels of never-before-seen film footage of  the execution of Eli Cohen. Cohen’s body has been sought by the government of Israel for over five decades. The story made headlines in Israel, where Cohen is revered as a national hero, and often referred to as “our man in Damascus.” The footage had been filmed by official Syrian government television in 1965.  The government of Syrian today continues to keep Cohen’s burial site a state secret.

“The Impossible Spy is a first-rate film that is genuinely based on truth,” wrote film reviewer Leonard Maltin. “It’s a story that no one could make up. John Shea stars as Eli Cohen, Israel’s real-life James Bond who had amazing success spying in Syria in the 1960s which helped Israel win the June 1967 Six-Day War. And, Eli Wallach co-stars as the Head of Israel’s intelligence agency. This is a suspense-filled drama that figures so importantly in the history of Israel.”

“A marvelous film told in the grand tradition of a John Le Carre novel. Shea is simply terrific in the role of Eli Cohen. This is a top-notch thriller made all the more so by its factual basis,” said the Chicago Sun-Times  The New York Times called it “a portrait of spies and spying that is as chilling as it is compelling.”  The Wall Street Journal said “not every true story makes a movie as riveting as this one.”

The Impossible Spy is available on DVD, and can now be streamed and downloaded from Amazon Video platforms in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany. Janson Media is in discussions with the BBC, several American pay-cable networks and television channels in Israel about a 50th anniversary broadcast of the film in June of 2017.

Janson Media today announced it has licensed the documentary When Elephants Fight, narrated and executive produced by Golden Globe winner Robin Wright (House of Cards), to the U.S. cable network Pivot.  This eye-opening film spotlights the illicit mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo and shows how global tech corporations’ complicity has affected the continued conflict in the region.  The award-winning documentary makes its U.S. premiere on Pivot, March 16th at 7 pm ET.

“We are proud that this film shines a light on the illegal and illicit mining practices in the Congo,” states Ms. Wright.

“We couldn’t be happier that the film and the #StandWithCongo campaign is reaching a broad and socially conscious and active audience at Pivot.”

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to some of the world’s richest seams of copper, coltan and other minerals increasingly sought after by global electronics manufacturers for use in smartphones and computers. However, like other resource rich countries in Africa, rather than improving life for the Congolese’s poorest people, billions of dollars are redirected to tax havens and to local militias. This illegal trade has fueled a war that has taken nearly five million lives since 1996.

The film is an extension of the #StandwithCongo campaign which mobilizes students and consumer activists to pressure policy makers, stakeholders, and investors for greater transparency and accountability in the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo. To take action, viewers can follow #StandwithCongo on social media and text CONGO to 77177.  The campaign is led by actress Robin Wright, activist JD Stier of Stier Forward, and director Mike Ramsdell.

When Elephants Fight is directed by Ramsdell and executive produced by Wright. Janson Media handles worldwide distribution to all television, VOD and digital markets.

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TM Books & Video has been producing film and videos for almost 50 years. They are licensed by such iconic American manufacturing brands as Caterpillar, Ford, John Deere, Boeing, Case IH, and Lionel Trains to produce educational shows that can be enjoyed by the entire family. TM shows have been on network television, PBS, and cable stations around the country. The RFD cable network currently airs a weekly TM show on the model train hobby. TM’s 16-part flagship series, I Love Toy Trains, has sold over three million home-video copies. Last year, TM produced Ford’s commemorative show on Mustang’s 50th Anniversary and is currently working on the story of Ford trucks.

“Each show is different,” says TM producer Tom McComas. “You have to combine picture, script, interviews, music and effects in a way people will want to buy. That’s a big challenge and we love it. “We spent a year trying to decide which aggregator to sign with. Many were pursuing us. Then Jesse from Janson Media called. He explained how things would work and for the first time, I understood and believed. So we signed with Janson Media. That was a year ago and it has turned out to be an excellent decision. Communication and advice have been excellent and returns are increasing as we send more titles. Signing with Janson is the key to our future in this new, murky world of downloading, streaming, and working with various platforms. Janson has been superb in every facet. I highly recommend them to any producer wanting to expand his or her reach.”

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The series was produced for Ramadan 2014. Voiceovers are performed by well-known Arabic actors, including Yehya el Fakharany. Scripts were certified by the Azhar Islamic Upper-Chair Committee in Egypt, and are targeted to children six years of age and older.

Judge Safieddine was a wise, thoughtful man, and wise is called the man who has a good heart and a kind soul. When his daughter Salma became the mother of two, Safa and Safaa, he opted to leave her the freedom to raise her children as she saw fit, assuming she would instill the same values and principles he had nurtured in her, but still, he was watching closely…

A few years passed by, and then one day he realized that the children had been spoiled. They seemed arrogant, conceited and undisciplined. He knew then that the time had come. It was the right moment for him to interfere, to tell them the great stories that would fill their souls and open their young hearts.

“Today I will tell you a story, a Marvelous Story from the Qur’an,” the Judge told Salma and his two grandchildren. “Just as I did with Salma when she was a young girl, every day I will tell you both a new story, a piece of wisdom to instill ethical behavior and good manners.”

Marvelous Stories from the Qur’an was produced by Cedars Art Production of Lebanon, part of the Sabbah Media Group. Established in the 1950s, Sabbah Media Group is a leading company widely recognized by a dynamic track-record in film distribution and production, television, VOD and inflight rights, throughout the Middle East, the Gulf and all Arab countries.

Read more about Sabbah Media Group here.

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The Irish Pub, produced by Dublin-based Atom Films, is a celebration of one of the greatest institutions in Irish society. More specifically, it is a celebration of the traditional Irish publicans who own and run these centers of Irish life.  Their stories tell of days gone by.  Stories of The Famine, of religious persecution, and of cultural enrichment — stories that all seem to have started… and ended… in the pub. The characters in this exceptionally endearing film all run and own pubs that have been in their families for generations. It is through their warmth, wit and wisdom that we gain an insight into the heart and soul of the Irish people themselves.

Janson Media has acquired digital platform rights to The Irish Pub, for the United States and all English-speaking markets worldwide.

“The Irish Pub, a lovingly laid-back documentary about the charms, liquid and otherwise, of the traditional Irish watering hole.” – The Washington Post

“Alex Fegan’s film The Irish Pub is an atmospheric, almost elegiac homage to traditional bars from Dingle to Donegal.” – Irish Times

“If you love Ireland or if you love pubs, and I’m guessing that covers just about everyone, you’re going to want to see Alex Fegan’s disarmingly modest documentary, The Irish Pub.  – The Boston Herald

“The Irish Pub plays like a portfolio of lovely postcards, with splendidly photographed pictures of quaint buildings, cobbled streets, breathtaking landscapes, and smiling faces as hollowed and worn as the centuries-old stone floors of the title taverns.” – The Boston Globe

Read more about The Irish Pub on the film’s official website, where fans can also check the schedule for screenings in theaters around the country.

Visit the film’s official facebook page, or watch the trailer on Youtube.  Janson Media clients may watch The Irish Pub in its entirety in our online screening room.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to some of the world’s richest seams of copper, coltan and other minerals increasingly sought after by global electronics manufacturers for use in smartphones and computers. In sub-Saharan Africa however, it’s the same old story. Rather than improving life for the world’s poorest people, however, billions of dollars have been redirected to tax havens and to local militias, fueling a war that has cost five million lives… and counting… since 1996, an endless war that may one day rank among the worst atrocities in modern history. Can it be stopped?

When Elephants Fight is available as a feature length film (1 x 79′) and an edited version (1 x 52′) is also available for broadcasters. The film is narrated by actress Robin Wright (co-star of the Netflix original series, House of Cards), who is also the film’s executive producer. It was written and directed by Mike Ramsdell, and features a music score by Steve Jablonsky.

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When Elephants Fight is the centerpiece of an activist campaign with the mission to “mobilize students and consumer activists to pressure policy makers, stakeholders, and investors for greater transparency and accountability in the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo.”  Viewers and global citizens can join the campaign by following the hashtag #StandwithCongo on twitter and other social media sites. The campaign, led by Robin Wright, activist JD Stier of Stier Forward, and producer Mike Ramsdell, is set to officially launch in 2016, will include a tour featuring screenings at universities and public forums across the United States and Canada, as well as special events for policy makers and stakeholders in the private sector.

Read more on the film’s official website, and track the film on its festival circuit by following its official facebook page.

Red Dot on the Ocean is full of surprises. It is beyond inspiring, a film that makes us all feel we can do and endure more than we imagine.

“An inspiring tale,” wrote Frank Scheck for the Hollywood Reporter.

Ben Kenigsberg of the New York Times said that it “plays like an upbeat, real-life “All Is Lost.””

To read more about Matt Rutherford’s story and to learn more about the film, or to track it on the festival circuit, visit the film’s official website.

To watch Red Dot on the Ocean in its entirety in the Janson Media Screening Room, login or register here.