At the moment we are looking for feature docs, movies, specials, and series to release during the Winter/Spring 2012 market cycle, including NATPE and the Realscreen Summit in Miami (January), the World Content Market in Prague (February), DISCOP EAST in Budapest (June), and primarily MIPTV 2012 in Cannes (April).

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you are have something great and unique in any genre, but we are especially looking the following:

Current affairs and social issues specials and series, including feature-length documentaries on a wide range of subjects… specific issues and stories we are looking for:

• Exploitation of natural resources, eco-warriors, environmental pollution, eco-disasters
• Natural foods and farming vs. corporate “frankenfoods”
• Human rights
• Media manipulation of public opinion/ government or corporate censorship
• War crimes
• CIA, NSA, spying, assassinations, conspiracy theories, computer hacking, coup d’etats
• Illegal immigration
• Sex trafficking
• Death penalty stories (innocent convicts)
• Xenophobia, extremism
• Gun-control, weapons, crime
• Manhunt for Nazi war criminals
• World food and water crises

We are also looking to expand our collection of feature films for families and kids — they don’t need recognizable stars (although that always helps) but they do need M&E tracks, and should tell classic stories that will appeal to families and children.  We are also looking for feature films based on true stories, including dramatized biographies of famous people. And we are always in the market for natural history and wildlife, and travel, and lifestyle content.

Finally, we are acquiring quality 3D films, documentaries and television series.

To submit a program or project for consideration, please visit our submissions page.

MIPTV 2012 is right around the corner — April 1st through 4th, in Cannes. 11,500 participants… 4,000 buyers… 1,550 exhibitors… 100 countries…

As MIPTV’s website says…

“MIPTV is the greatest gathering in TV & Media. It’s where the industry makes deals that will shape the future, from inspiring new projects to buying next season’s hits. Together, the entertainment community creates bridges across the diverse and expanding industry, united by a passion for TV, making new connections and unlocking new business opportunities.”

Janson Media will be there, as always. Our Stand is #R34.03 in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals.  Our appointment book is now open. Let’s plan to get together!

Happy Holidays, Peace & Joy on Christmas, and all the best in 2012!

Download a PDF of our MIPCOM 2011 Catalog (72dpi… screen-quality).

MIPCOM 2011 is right around the corner — October 3rd – 6th, in Cannes.  Our Stand is #R34.03 in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals.  Our appointment book is open. Here is an excellent short promotional video about why MIPCOM (and MIPTV in April) are the essential nexus points for our business.

At the moment we are looking for documentary films, feature films, and television specials and series to release during the Fall 2011 market cycle, primarily MIPCOM 2011, in early October in Cannes.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you are have something terrific in any genre, but we are especially looking for the following:

• Current affairs and social issues feature-length documentaries and television specials.
• Feature films for families and kids — they don’t need recognizable stars (although that always helps) but they do need M&E tracks, and should tell classic stories that will appeal to families and children.
• Feature films based on true stories, including dramatized biographies of famous people.
• Lifestyle series
• World War I and World War II history specials
• Health and Wellness specials and series
• Biographies
• Travel series (18-35 demo)

Our deadlines:

• August 5th: to be included in MIPCOM trade magazine marketing and promotion
• September 9th: to be included in our MIPCOM Catalog

To submit a program or project for consideration, please visit our submissions page.

Here in New Jersey it has been a rough winter, all about snow and ice and freezing temperatures. So isn’t it nice to think about doing business in Cannes, where the sun will be shining and we can drink some local Provencal wine in an outdoor cafe with a warm Mediterranean breeze?

The sun will be shining in early April, won’t it? It will be warm, right? So, yes, our MIPTV 2011 appointment book is now officially open.  Please visit this page to suggest several days and times for meetings at our “office” in Cannes: Stand #R34.03, in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals. Or just email if that’s easier. We look forward to seeing all of our good friends and colleagues once again.

PBS Audience Demographics

• 63% of total adult viewers are between 18-54 years of age
• 37% of total adult viewers are 55+
• 58% of viewers are married
• 51% of audience is male; 49% is female
• 11% of viewers are of Spanish/Hispanic origin
• 12% of viewers are African-American
• 63% of audience use the Internet
• 37% of total adult viewers have one or more college degrees
• 15% of total adult viewers hold graduate degrees
• 68% of audience votes regularly

Financial Characteristics

• 36% have a household income of $75,000+
• 29% have a household income of $125,000+
• 8% have a household income of $200,000+
• 75% of viewing households have an ATM card
• 49% have an IRA/Keogh account
• 73% are homeowners
• 31% have auto loans
• 28% have liquid assets in excess of $100,000

And a strong majority of Public Television viewers:

• Feel that companies that support public television have a commitment to quality and excellence.
• Believe underwriters are usually industry leaders.
• Would choose to buy a product from a company that supports public television, all other things being equal.

Sources: 2009 GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media survey comparing public service institutions; and Nielsen Media Research.

Underwriting credits, or spots, are intended as a way of thanking and identifying the sponsors of public television programming.  In general, credits on public television are designed to maintain a noncommercial look and feel, in keeping with the noncommercial nature of public broadcasting in America.  Many existing image or business brand advertising spots are ideally suited for public television’s unique low-clutter, highly credible environment.  Advertising spots that do not initially meet FCC standards for public television can often become acceptable with minor changes.

Typically, underwriting spots are 15 seconds in length, and there are no more than four 15-second spots in each underwriting “pod,” at the beginning and end of a program. Underwriters have repeatedly asked to use 30-second spots in recent years, and PBS has created exceptions to the 15-second rule for those situations in which a major underwriter has contributed over $500,000 to a project. Major underwriters at this level or above are now permitted 30-second spots.

Keep in mind that PBS allows more flexibility in on-air creative messaging than ever before.

Sponsor messages may:

• Identify and depict sponsor’s products or services
• Show a logo
• Use a well-established slogan or corporate positioning statement
• Show a telephone number
• Show a web site address
• Use music or sound effects identifying the company, people, and other voice-overs (rights to music must be cleared)
• Make an association between sponsor and program

Sponsor messages may not:

• Use comparative or superlative language
• Offer price, discount or financing information (including “free”)
• Use calls to action which direct the viewer to call, visit, try, or compare
• Use inducement to buy statements that direct the viewer to purchase the product (e.g. free trial period, 2 for 1, etc.)
• Include endorsements

Janson Media’s MIPCOM 2010 Catalog is now available.
Download the screen quality version of the catalog here. (1.7 mb)

Producers who are in the development stage on new documentary and factual entertainment projects can now engage Janson Media to raise finance via both pre-sales and co-production investments.  Please read about our Executive Production agreement.  We are currently accepting a limited number of new projects to pitch at MIPTV 2012 in Cannes, France, in April. Please contact us.

Why not?

It’s a new year, and here in New Jersey it’s all about snow and ice and freezing temperatures. So isn’t it nice to think about doing business in Cannes, where the sun will be shining and we can drink some local Provencal wine in an outdoor cafe with a warm Mediterranean breeze?

The sun will be shining, won’t it? It will be warm, right?

So, yes, our MIPTV 2011 appointment book is now officially open.  Please visit this page to suggest several days and times for meetings at our “office” in Cannes: Stand #R34.03, in the Riviera Hall of the Palais des Festivals. Or just email if that’s easier. We look forward to seeing all of our good friends and colleagues once again.

The Janson Media MIPTV 2010 Catalog is now available for download, at “screen” (72dpi) quality.

Our Corporate Profile is available as a PDF file.

Download the 72dpi screen version or the 300dpi print version.

Our MIPCOM 2009 Catalog is now available.

Download the 72dpi screen version here or the 300dpi print version here.

Besides being a Tai Chi Master, a professional magician, a published author and musician, the host of the PBS television series Tai Chi Innerwave, and the founder of eight Tai Chi Innerwave schools in Canada and Florida, Joey Bond is just an incredibly nice guy, one of the most balanced and centered people we know, and has been a favorite here at Janson Media ever since we first discovered him about 14 years ago.  In a recent phone conversation, Joey had some really positive things to say about Janson Media and how it had grown through the years, so we asked him to put his thoughts to paper.  Here is what he wrote…

“The Janson Media profile moves beyond the quotable “professional” model.  Janson Media reveals itself as a finely tuned, high profile organization that offers premium programming available to the film-buff enthusiast and motion picture aficionado.

“A hand-picked lineup of superior content takes the viewer into the multifarious and exciting world of the motion picture industry, running its excellent course of superlative content from the cultural to the documentary, moving substantially from the political to the historical, and includes probing social issues which concern all of us.

“It’s all here, comprehensively prepared for your viewing pleasure.”

Our YouTube channel has over 4,600 subscribers and over 16 million video views. Trailers and segments of most of our programs are available on the channel. Often, so are the full programs themselves. Some of our producers wonder why we are showing our full programs. Their logic seems to be that if a full program is available on the web, then no one will buy the DVD.  We disagree. When programs air on traditional linear television channels (cable, satellite or broadcast), DVD sales only increase.  Why would the same not be true of programs “airing” on the web?

The next technology format, or platform, always causes fear and trepidation among content owners. When VCRs first appeared, the initial theory was that since consumers could tape programs “off the air,” they would never again need to buy them on VHS. This may have been the case for some Disney movies, but it was never the case for documentaries or special-interest content.  In fact, the opposite was true, because the television broadcasts quickly became a promotional platform for the packaged, pre-recorded content. Whether the television network or channel paid to license a program or acquired it for free, the effect was the same — additional publicity and awareness for the program. The same is true of the internet.

Viewers of online streaming (not downloadable) content are very different from traditional linear television viewers. And neither lean-back linear TV viewers or lean-forward web viewers watch what they watch instead of buying DVDs. If the consumer who watches internet video is not a DVD consumer, the program has attracted another view, just as if it had aired on a linear TV channel. If that web viewer is also DVD consumer, he or she now knows about the program and they can surf over to our website or to amazon.com to buy it.

Like anything in life, you get what you pay for.

One of the truest aphorisms around, but a lot of folks go through life thinking otherwise.

International program distribution is no different.

A lot of producers think they can do it all themselves. They think the distribution game is easy. How hard can it be compared to producing? It’s just sales, right?

So our story begins with that guy, a talented and enterprising Producer with a really terrific new [special/series/documentary]. We would like to handle the distribution for him and make some money for us both, but he decides he can do it all by himself.  So he spends a few hundred dollars to design and print a snazzy flyer, buys a round-trip plane ticket to Nice, France, and registers as a Participant for MIPTV or MIPCOM. He shows up with a Participant’s Badge and an iPad and a shoulder bag full of four-color flyers and DVD screeners, ready to set the world on fire.  He schedules a few meetings in the Participants’ Club or the Buyer’s Lounge and hey, what do you know, our Producer is doing business in Cannes!  On the Riviera!  How cool is this!

Our Producer scatters his flyers around the Palais des Festivals in all the right places and hopes they’re seen by the executives who have budgets to spend. He even spends a few hours putting the flyers in all the buyers’ mailboxes in the Buyer’s Lounge (not realizing that the buyers don’t even know they have mailboxes in the Buyer’s Lounge and wouldn’t go there to check them if they did know).  Because maybe by now our Producer realizes that Sellers at MIPTV and MIPCOM need a Stand to sell from (complete with tables to sit at and a chairs to sit on).  That the Buyers roam the hallways of the Palais and cannot be found at their own network’s stands (because that is where their own network’s Sellers spend their days). Maybe our Producer even realizes by now that the Buyers don’t really want to meet with Producers… in fact, nobody does. The Buyers want to meet with Distributors they know and trust, and the Distributors want to meet with the Buyers they know have budgets and checkbooks, so as to make their obscenely expensive investment in renting a Stand at MIPTV or MIPCOM pay off.

So perhaps by now, five thousand Euros later, our enterprising Producer with the really terrific new [series/special/documentary] has it figured out.  It wasn’t so easy after all… but no, wait, our Producer returns home to find a few emails in his inbox requesting screeners of his [series/special/documentary], and even an actual offer, from a Pay-TV channel in Belarus (for $400)!  (“I can do it all by myself!”)

Well… in order to close that deal, our Producer realizes soon enough that he will need to spend $500 to talk to a professional consultant on the phone who will tell him if he is getting treated fairly or not (or he’ll spend hours on the web trying to figure it out on his own). He realizes he needs a lawyer at $750 an hour to evaluate the 20-page contract (but he’ll try to do this himself too).  Then he realizes that he needs to spend a few thousand dollars to get music cue sheets and transcripts done (he’ll try to hire unpaid interns to do this too). Finally he realizes that he needs to bring back the editor and use the editing room again to get the textless material placed properly at the end of his texted masters, and maybe his audio tracks aren’t configured the right way, and oh yeah, he need to spend thousands more to get his master videotape(s) or file(s) converted to PAL.  And what’s this about E&O insurance?

Our story ends here…

And so, this is why we do business the way we do.

This is why our fees are what they are, and why our contracts and our promotional and marketing expenses are structured the way they are. Because we have been doing this for two decades, and we know how to do it.

You can try the distribution game yourself.  Or you can probably find other distributors who will pay a higher royalty than we do.  Some won’t even recoup promotion and marketing expenses.  Many will never even ask you if you have all the deliverables they will need to service a deal.  Just remember…

You get what you pay for.

But if you don’t want to be that guy, and you believe your content deserves to be handled by a professional worldwide program distributor with two decades of experience, and one of the best in the business, please give us a call.

Elena Mora and Anna Carugati have written a terrific report on the history of the Italian television market, published by Worldscreen, June 8, 2009. Well worth reading for producers and distributors doing business in Italy, or hoping to…

Our MIPTV 2009 Catalog is now available. You may download the 72dpi screen version here or the 300dpi print version here.

Giant Screen Film Collection > Rights Availabilities for U.S. Television

This is a marvelous collection of big-budget Giant Screen Films originally produced for IMAX™ theaters. Please contact our office for information about licensing opportunities.

3D Sun
From Earth we cannot look at the Sun with our human eyes. This 3D Sun odyssey gives audiences a chance to see the Sun up close in startling 3D; stand above the arctic circle and witness the most brilliant auroras on Earth; take a ride on a solar blast from Sun’s surface to Earth’s magnetosphere and come to a deeper understanding of what this vast sea of fire means to life here on Earth.

Year: 2007
Produced By: Melrae Pictures
Director: Melissa Butts, Barry Kim
Formats: 2K Digital
Executive Producer: K2 Communications

Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
A journey into the multidimensional world of risk from the soaring and breathtaking cliffs of Norway to the calm and inspiring immensity of the Mojave Desert. Starring world champion skydiver Adrian Nicholas.

Year: 2002
Produced By: Sky High Entertainment / Carl Samson
Director: Marc Fafard
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Adventures in Wild California
Join some of California’s most unique residents, and experience the wonders of this amazing state’s farthest edges as few ever have. From sky surfing over San Diego, to snowboarding in Tahoe, to excavating the heart of a 30-story tall giant sequoia tree, saving stranded baby sea otters, and surfing giant waves at “Mavericks” in Half Moon Bay there’s something for everyone. Music from Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac.

Year: 2000
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray and Mark Krenzien
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Jimmy Smits

Africa: The Serengeti
Chronicles a spectacle that few humans have ever witnessed, the Great Migration, taking viewers on a journey with over 1.5 million animals as they travel more than 500 miles across the Serengeti plains in Tanzania and Kenya.

Year: 1994
Produced By: Graphic Films / George Casey and Paul Novros
Director: George Casey
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: Over $90 million
Narrated By: James Earl Jones

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Academy Award nominee
Witness a poetic story of survival in the harsh conditions of Alaska.

Year: 1997
Produced By: Graphic Films / Paul Novros and George Casey
Director: George Casey
Length: 39 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: Over $57 million
Narrated By: Charlton Heston

Alien Adventure
An alien spacecraft lands in the middle of “Adventure Planet,” a hi-tech amusement park that is not yet open to the public. To determine if they should establish a permanent base on this newfound planet, the aliens sample a few of the attractions from underwater and underground rides to fast paced rollercoasters.

Year: 1999
Produced By: nWave Pictures / Charlotte Huggins and Caroline Van Iseghem
Director: Ben Stassen
Length: 37 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Amazing Journeys
Experience the world’s greatest animal migrations from zebras in East Africa, to millions of red crabs on Christmas Island, to gray whales in Mexico’s beautiful lagoons and monarch butterflies in the Mexican highlands. Travel back in time among exotic tribes of Africa to explore the roots of human migration.

Year: 1999
Produced By: Graphic Films / George Casey and Paul Novros
Director: George Casey
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Amazon
Academy Award Nominee
Follow the breathtaking Amazon River from its source in the high Andes through the dense rain forest, and journey with two “medicine men” on a quest for new miracles.

Year: 1997
Produced By: Ogden Entertainment / Jonathan Stern and Kieth Merrill
Director: Kieth Merrill
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Linda Hunt

Antarctica
For the first time in history the mysterious icy expanse of the highest, driest and coldest continent has been captured in the giant screen format. Experience the life and drama of Antarctica like never before.

Year: 1992
Produced By: John Weiley and David Flatman
Director: John Weiley
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $75 million

Australia: Land Beyond Time
Stunning inside look at a land more like another planet than another country. Includes a rare natural event that happens only once every hundred years: the formation of a giant inland ocean out of nowhere in the middle of the harshest desert outback.

Year: 2002
Produced By: David Flatman
Director: David Flatman
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Baraka
Enter a world beyond words, where riveting, crystal clear images transcend language — and provide an unparalleled window into the human soul. The acclaimed Ron Fricke classic examines human life on earth through stunning cinematography.

Year: 1992
Produced By: Mark Magidson
Director: Ron Fricke
Length: 96 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Bears
From black bears in Montana to polar bears in the arctic, Bears features a fresh view of these powerful, majestic and often misunderstood animals in the full glory of their natural habitat, and highlights the universal threats to bear populations.

Year: 2001
Produced By: Goulam Amarsy and James Marchbank
Director: David Lickley
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Tyrone Benskin

Beavers
An acclaimed, intimate look at one beaver family and their aquatic habitat, which puts a remarkably human face on these amazing creatures’ emotions.

Year: 1988
Produced By: Stephen Low Productions
Director: Stephen Low
Length: 30 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $70 million

Bugs!
See the miniscule world of insects magnified and explore the miracle of their success. From metamorphosis to master, predator to prey, and community to concealment, Bugs! brings audiences face-to-face with this amazing universe of creatures.

Year: 2003
Produced By: Phil Streather and Alexandra Ferguson
Director: Mike Slee
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $25,000,000
Narrated By: Judi Dench

Chronos
The ground-breaking celebration of nature and art featuring time-lapse photography of locations around the world. A stunning visual odyssey that brought a new aesthetic dimension to the large-format genre. From Ron Fricke, the acclaimed director of Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi.

Year: 1985
Produced By: Jeffrey Kirsch and Mark Magidson
Director: Ron Fricke
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Cosmic Voyage
Academy Award Nominee
Cosmic Voyage mixes ground-breaking computer animation with cutting-edge science to give us a sweeping view of the universe. The film explores some of the greatest scientific theories, many of which have never before been visualized on film.

Year: 1996
Produced By: Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck
Director: Bayley Silleck
Length: 35 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Morgan Freeman

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
If it weren’t for a series of cataclysmic events; a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could still be the domain of dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs fascinate us so much, that many people wish they were among us. Fortunately, Dinosaurs 3D will be the closest thing to actually being in the presence of these extraordinary creatures. Deeply rooted in science, the film carries the audience back in time to witness these amazing beasts come to life.

Meet the largest living animals to have ever walked the Earth: the titanesque plant-eating Argentinosaur, and its nemesis, the Giganotosaur, a bipedal carnivore, that could easily challenge the famous T-Rex!

Year: 2007
Produced By: Carl Samson
Director: Marc Fafard
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
Trailer – QuickTime Hi

Dolphins
Academy Award Nominee
Examines the lives of dolphins in beautiful tropical locales, their remarkable intelligence, and their relationships with some unique humans who are close to them. Music by Sting.

Year: 2000
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $69.6 million
Narrated By: Pierce Brosnan

Encounter in the Third Dimension
Encounter in the Third Dimension is a groundbreaking venture into the realm of 3D filmmaking. Using CGI technology to its maximum potential, 3D sight gags abound in this thrilling presentation that integrates computer generated imagery and live action to explore the history of 3D photography and 3D motion pictures.

Year: 1999
Produced By: nWave Pictures / Charlotte Huggins and Ben Stassen
Director: Ben Stassen
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: Over $37 million

Extreme
Extreme combines incredible extreme sport action with narration by the athletes and an eclectic, contemporary soundtrack. Extreme features 6 nature based sports; Big Wave Surfing, Ice Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Windsurfing and Rock Climbing.

Year: 1999
Produced By: Neils de Jong Franken
Director: Jon Long
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Voted “Best of Festival” at the 2005 Large Format Cinema Association’s Conference
Climb into the cockpit with the world’s best pilots and reach speeds of 800 mph in the world’s most intense air war training exercise. Originally released in IMAX and other giant-screen theaters, this award-winning film follows a young American pilot as he makes his way through Red Flag air war training. Experience the intensity as U.S. and international pilots, ground crews, mechanics and rescue personnel are taken to the limits of their endurance.

Year: 2004
Director: Stephen Low
Length: 35 minutes
Formats: SD; HD

Flight of the Aquanaut
Flight of the Aquanaut is set against startling undersea vistas and tells a gripping tale of a diver’s voyage into danger. Equipped with a self-propelled, one-atmosphere “hard suit,” the aquanaut sweeps viewers along on a dramatic science adventure.

Year: 1992
Produced By: Pietro Serapiglia
Director: Stephen Low
Length: 35 minutes
Formats: SD; HD soon

Great North
The film reveals the Far North as you have never experienced it: the stories and music of the people, the Inuit and the Saami, who live on the roof of the world in Canada and Sweden. At the heart of their lives are the caribou and the reindeer whose remarkable journey reveals the majestic Arctic landscape.

Year: 2000
Produced By: Martin Dignard
Director: Martin Dignard and Bill Reeve
Length: 41 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Haunted Castle
Here you will join a young musician named Johnny as he takes possession of his mysterious new home — recently bequeathed to him by his deceased mother. Once inside, however, Johnny will quickly learn that all is not as it appears …

Year: 2001
Produced By: nWave Pictures / Charlotte Huggins and Ben Stassen
Director: Ben Stassen
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: Over $21 million

India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Follow in the footsteps of Jim Corbett, the famed English hunter-naturalist, as he races to save an Indian village from the terror of a man-eating tiger. Along his journey he expresses his passion for tigers and explores the issues of tiger conservation. The film is also a historical epic depicting India from 1910 to the modern era. Starring critically acclaimed Indian actress Smriti Mishra and Christopher Heyerdahi.

Year: 2002
Produced By: Afsana Amarsy and Goulam Amarsy
Director: Bruce Neibaur
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Journey Into Amazing Caves
Still in theaters

Follow two accomplished female cavers as they descend deep inside treacherous and beautiful ice caves in Greenland, underwater labyrinths in Mexico’s steamy Yucutan Peninsula and twisted caverns within the walls of the Grand Canyon. Music by Moody Blues.

Year: 2001
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray and Stephen Judson
Director: Stephen Judson
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $30 million
Narrated By: Liam Neeson

Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa
Join a band of trekkers as they journey through rugged terrain and extreme conditions to look out from Africa’s highest point in David Breashears’ mountain adventure, Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa.

Year: 2002
Produced By: David Breashears and Arabella Cecil
Director: David Breashears
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Legend of Loch Lomond
Set on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond in breathtaking Scotland, Legend of Loch Lomond is the dramatic ghost story of 18th century lovers cruelly separated by war, but reunited in the present day by a beautiful young singer who inadvertently becomes entangled in their tale.

Year: 2000
Produced By: Phil Streather and Alexandra Ferguson
Director: Mike Slee
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Lizard Kings
An educational, entertaining and fun program about how the documentary Dinosaurs 3D: Giants of Patagonia came to happen. The host guides you through the different stages of production that lead the film crew to bring Rodolfo Coria’s vision to life. Instructive but still full of the unbelievable images of dinosaurs, marine and flying reptiles that make Giants of Patagonia such a thrilling movie. Discover and enjoy at the same time!

Year: 2007
Produced By: Michel Beaudet
Director: Jack Hackel
Length: 43:22
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated by: Graham Cuthbertson

Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance
Lost Worlds takes viewers on a global exploration of the fascinating interconnectedness of all living things. Leap off the top of Angels Falls; the highest waterfall in the world, dive into active volcanoes and climb to the top of tropical rain forest to participate in the epic story of biodiversity and its profound importance to human life.

Year: 2001
Produced By: Goulam Amarsy and Jeffrey Marvin
Director: Bayley Silleck
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated by: Harrison Ford

Majestic White Horses
Using as its centerpiece both the world’s most famous horses, the Lippizans of Austria, and their home, the internationally famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Majestic White Horses will capture the heart and mystique of this great animal from the time of its youth to the crowning achievement of its entrance into the School. Music performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Year: 2001
Produced By: Andreas Kamm
Director: Kurt J. Mrkwicka
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Stacy Keach

Mexico
Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, Mexico leads viewers on a visual journey through this country’s rich and varied past and present. Stunning images and a dramatic musical score by Daniel Valdez create a vivid, insightful portrait of the Mexican people and their culture.

Year: 1997
Produced By: Lorena Parlee
Director: Lorena Parlee
Length: 43 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Martin Sheen (Eng), Enrique Rocha (Span)

Momentum
A sweeping, moving tribute to Canada’s stunning geography and rich cultural heritage, Momentum leaps off your screen as you go head-to-head with an icebreaker, plunge down a twisting mountain gorge, and soar through the clouds in the nosecome of a jet.

Year: 1992
Produced By: Colin Neale and Mark Zannis
Director: Tony Ianzelo and Colin Low
Length: 19 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Mystery of the Maya
Told through a modern-day archaeologist and a young Mayan descendant who explore ruins and legends to unlock the secrets of the past, the film takes the audience through a breathtaking trip on Mayan culture and history.

Year: 1995
Produced By: Barrie Howells
Director: Barrie Howells and Roberto Rochin
Length: 37 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Mystic India
Home to the oldest civilization, India is our world’s largest democracy. For millenia, many have left their homes and set off across this spiritual land in search of its secrets, to share the meaning of life that would elevate the rest of humanity. Of all such journeys, none is greater than the true story of an 11-year-old child yogi, Neelkanth, who left his home on June 29, 1792, on a journey of awakening.

Year: 2005
Produced By: BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha / Kalpesh Bhatt and Brain Rogers
Director: Keith Melton
Length: 45 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Peter O’Toole

Ocean Men: Extreme Dive
Follow world champions of freediving, Pipin Ferreras and Umberto Pelizzari as they attempt to do the impossible — descend to a depth of over 162 meters (531 feet) and return to the surface on just one breath of air.

Year: 2001
Produced By: Almut Saygin
Director: Bob Talbot
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
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Ocean Oasis
Plunge into the wildly spectacular Sea of Cortes and join beautiful naturalist Iliana Ortega to swim with whales, dolphins, sharks and giant manta rays. Then venture into the boiling hot desert to see Baja’s drier side, and up snow capped mountains as you explore the peninsula’s wonderful balance of life. Winner of Best Theatrical Program at Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Inspired Mexican President Vicente Fox to declare a new nature preserve.

Year: 2000
Produced By: Soames Summerhays and Don Steele
Director: Soames Summerhays
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Ocean Origins
(Formerly Origins of Life) 4 billion years in the ocean, from the very beginning of life up to the incredible moment when the first vertebrate emerged onto dry land and opened a path to the conquest of the continents, Origins of Life examines the fascinating sea-creatures that are still alive today.

Year: 2001
Produced By: Francoise Bellanger and Christian Oddos
Director: Gerald Calderon
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Ocean Wonderland
Shot on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and in the Bahamas, Ocean Wonderland 3D brings to you the amazing beauty of the many varieties of coral and the immense diversity of the marine life thriving there.

Year: 2003
Produced By: Francois Mantello
Director: Jean-Jacques Mantello
Length: 44 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Ring of Fire
Explore the great volcanoes that ring the Pacific Ocean and the cultures that coexist with them, including spectacular footage from Mt. St. Helens, Navidad in Chile, Sakurajima in Japan, and Mt. Merapi, Indonesia.

Year: 1991
Produced By: Graphic Films / George Casey and Paul Novros
Director: George Casey
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Search for the Great Sharks
From the coast of California to the remote reaches of South and Western Australia, this film pursues blue sharks, whale sharks, and the notorious great white to allow viewers an up-close experience.

Year: 1992
Produced By: Graphic Films / George Casey and Paul Novros
Director: George Casey
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Sedona: Spirit of Wonder
Viewers will travel back eons in time as the earth transformed into this fascinating region. See how the diverse cultures helped shape it and discover the historical magic of Sedona through vast, brilliant images.

Year: 1998
Produced By: Dave Swartwout
Director: Frances Grumman
Length: 34 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Sharks 3D
Presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sharks 3D brings audiences face-to-face with a multitude of shark species, including the Great White, Hammerhead, and Whale Shark. Witness them as they really are: not wicked man-eating creatures, but wild, fascinating and endangered animals that have been in existence a million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Year: 2005
Produced By: 3D Entertainment & Gavin McKinney Productions
Director: Jean-Jacques Mantello
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Ski to the Max
Ski to the Max features powder skiing in the Himalayas, extreme skiing in Alaska, slope style in Aspen, Colorado, and paragliding in the Swiss Engadin. Pop star Pink and Canadian actor/extreme skier John Eaves lead audiences on a hair-raising adventure as creative geniuses on skis, snowboards, and high in the sky push the limits of their sports.

Year: 2000
Produced By: Willy Bogner
Director: Willy Bogner
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Skydance
Follow Laura, a young journalist, and Alec, an ex-fighter pilot, as they journey the final leg of a prestigious aerial race across France. Go on a dizzying journey across France — over Normandy, Brittany, the river Loire, Dordogne, Burgundy, Provence — and it all begins and ends in Paris.

Year: 2002
Produced By: Marie-Christine Montbrial and Michel Frichet
Director: Eric Magnan
Length: 42 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Solarmax
Experience humankind’s struggle to understand the sun and the sun-earth relationship from the earliest times to the present day with visits to amazing locations around the earth, and the most incredible visuals of the sun ever captured, culminating in the violent solar maximum event of the year 2000/2001.

Year: 2000
Produced By: John Weiley and Robert Eather
Director: John Weiley
Length: 37 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

SOS Planet
Combining live-action footage, digital effects, and computer-generated sequences, SOS Planet raises some of the crucial environmental issues of our time while taking a serious look at the role of the mass media in the campaign to protect our planet from a slow but seemingly unavoidable destruction.

Year: 2002
Produced By: Charlotte Huggins
Director: Ben Stassen
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Walter Cronkite

Speed
From the dawn of time to the farthest reaches of the conceivable future, get close to people who live and breathe speed. We are introduced to daredevils, racers, test pilots, and astronauts in pursuit of ever-faster velocities.

Year: 1984
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 30 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $47 million

Stormchasers
Takes audiences on a journey around the planet to experience the most extreme storms — monsoons, hurricanes and tornadoes — and to witness the dramatic efforts of scientists in pursuit of understanding and predicting these weather events.

Year: 1996
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Super Speedway
Catapults audiences into the heart of world championship auto racing action at mind-bending speeds in excess of 230 miles per hour. An inside look through the eyes of real-life racing legends Mario & Michael Andretti.

Year: 1997
Produced By: Pietro Serapiglia
Director: Stephen Low
Length: 48 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $40 million
Narrated By: Paul Newman

The Discoverers
From the earliest voyages that mapped the Earth to today’s launches into space, The Discoverers reverberates with the passion to explore our universe. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin.

Year: 1993
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray and Adam Moos
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

The First Emperor of China
The film tells the story of Ying Zheng, ruler of Qin, who conquered neighboring states and declared himself “Qin Shihuang,” First Emperor of China. Qin’s battles, achievements and tyranny are recounted with a cast of thousands in epic style, with historically accurate costumes and meticulous attention to detail.

Year: 1989
Produced By: Barrie Howells and Pan Han Ci
Director: Tony Ianzelo and Liu Hao Xue
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Christopher Plummer

The Great American West
The story of the Settlement of the United States’ western frontier is told using the stories and words (from diaries and letters) of real life people while showing this astonishingly beautiful territory. The film chronicles the major events that contributed to the settlement of the western frontier beginning with the Louisiana purchase and ending when in 1890 the U.S. Census Bureau declared that there was no more frontier; it had been settled.

Year: 1995
Produced By: Reed Smoot and Scott Swofford
Director: Reed Smoot
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Jason Robards

The Great Barrier Reef
Remastered in 1998, The Great Barrier Reef follows underwater adventurers as they explore the Reef, its awe-inspiring ecosystems, and the effect of people on this once perfectly pristine environment.

Year: 1981
Produced By: George Casey
Director: George Casey
Length: 37 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

The Greatest Places
Visit the most stunning and breathtaking locations on Earth, including Greenland, Madagascar, Namib, Okavango, Tibet, Iguazu and the Amazon.

Year: 1998
Produced By: Michael Cook
Director: Mal Wolfe
Length: 45 minutes
Formats: HD only

The Living Sea
Academy Award Nominee
From the tropical waters of Palau in the South Pacific, to the barreling waves of Oahu’s North Shore and Nova Scotia’s major tidal swings, The Living Sea celebrates the beauty, power and importance of the ocean. Music by Sting.

Year: 1995
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 35 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $87.6 million
Narrated By: Meryl Streep
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The Magic of Flight
Experience the thrill of flying and soar through the history of flight, from the Wright brothers to the dramatic high-speed aerobatics of the world-renowned Blue Angels.

Year: 1996
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 39 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

To The Limit
Follow the spectacular feats performed by world class athletes including a rock climber, an Olympic skier and a prima ballerina from a unique IMAX perspective — and witness what happens when the human body is pushed to the limit.

Year: 1989
Produced By: MacGillivray Freeman Films / Greg MacGillivray
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
U.S. Box Office: $69 million

Tropical Rainforest
Explores the evolution, biology and recent destruction of the rain forest of Australia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, and Malaysia. Music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Year: 1992
Produced By: Ben Shedd and Marian White
Director: Ben Shedd
Length: 39 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Ultimate G’s: Zac’s Flying Dream
A boy who dreams of flying grows up to make those dreams real, and tries to impress his childhood sweetheart by competing with a rival in an breathtaking aerial dogfight shot in the Grand Canyon. Pilots from the Air Combat Canada airshow team, and the world aerobatic champion enabled the filming of amazing aerial sequences. Year: 2000
Produced By: Sky High Entertainment / Carl Samson
Director: Keith Melton
Length: 37 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Vikings: Journey to New Worlds
They came from the North and soon the legend would say that they didn’t know fear. For hundreds of years, they were another name for “terror.” They were warriors, slavers, traders, explorers but also farmers, settlers, poets, loyal family members and skilled craftsmen. Vikings tells their story.

Year: 2004
Produced By: Sky High Entertainment / Carl Samson
Director: Marc Fafard
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: SD only

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
Plunge into the ocean 12,000 feet deep for an unprecedented experience of this vast and little-explored dimension of our planet. The film follows a team of scientists as they dive to research mysterious hydrothermal vents on the mid-ocean ridge.

Year: 2003
Produced By: Pietro Serapiglia
Director: Stephen Low
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Ed Harris

Wild Australia: The Edge
Rappel into a world of exotic creatures, beautiful and treacherous waterfalls, canyons, and underground rivers carved by streams as our modern bushwackers explore a natural wonderland as it was ninety million years ago.

Year: 1997
Produced By: John Weiley
Director: John Weiley
Length: 38 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

Wolves
Wolves tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s most tenacious species and our closest fellow predator. The film follows these elusive subjects across remote landscapes in an effort to catch glimpses of a way of life known only to a handful of scientists.

Year: 1999
Produced By: Goulam Amarsy
Director: David Douglas
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD
Narrated By: Robbie Robertson

Zion Canyon: Treasure of the Gods
Zion Canyon: Treasure of the Gods makes it possible for viewers to explore the hidden recesses and dizzying heights of the canyon in breathtaking detail. The immense panoramas filling the screen make viewers part of the journey to discover the real Zion Canyon and its treasures, as well as the treasures of other beautiful canyons of the Southwest.

Year: 1996
Produced By: Scott Memmott and Kieth Merrill
Director: Kieth Merrill
Length: 40 minutes
Formats: HD and SD

A list of state film commissions in the United States with contact information and websites.

ALABAMA FILM OFFICE
401 Adams Avenue, Suite 616
Montgomery, AL 36104
Main Phone: (334) 242-4195
Fax: (334) 242-2077
www.alabamafilm.org

ALASKA FILM PROGRAM
PO Box 110804
Juneau, AK 99811
(907) 269-8190
www.alaskafilm.org

ARIZONA FILM COMMISSION
1700 W Washington St #600
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-771-1100800-528-8421
www.azcommerce.com/film

ARKANSAS FILM OFFICE
1 Capitol Mall – Room 2C-200
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-7676
(501) 682-3456 Fax
www.arkansasedc.com

CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISSION
7080 Hollywood Blvd. #900
Hollywood, CA 90028
(800) 858-4749
(323) 860-2960
(323) 860-2972 Fax
www.film.ca.gov

COLORADO FILM COMMISSION
241 S. Cherokee St., Suite E
Denver, Colorado 80223
Phone: 303.592.4065
Fax: 303.722.1158
www.coloradofilm.org

CONNECTICUT FILM, VIDEO & MEDIA OFFICE
One Constitution Plaza, 2nd Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
860-256-2800
860-256-2811 (fax)
www.ctfilm.com

DELAWARE FILM OFFICE
99 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(800) 441-8846
(302) 739-4271
(302) 739-5749 Fax
www.dedo.de.gov

WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF MOTION PICTURE & TV DEVELOPMENT
441 4th Street NW #760
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-6608

http://film.dc.gov

FLORIDA FILM COMMISSION
Governor’s Office of Film and Entertainment
Executive Office of the Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
Phone: (850) 410-4765
Toll Free: (877) FLA-FILM
Fax: (850) 410-4770
www.filminflorida.com

GEORGIA FILM & VIDEO TAPE OFFICE
75 Fifth Street NW, Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 962-4052
(404) 962-4053 Fax
www.georgia.org

HAWAII FILM OFFICE
1 Capital District Bldg
250 S Hotel St 5th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 586-2570
(808) 586-2572 Fax
www.hawaiifilmoffice.com

IDAHO FILM BUREAU
700 W. State Street
Boise, ID 83720
(800) 942-8338
(208) 334-2470
(208) 334-2631 Fax
www.filmidaho.com

ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE
100 W. Randolph St. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 814-3600
(312) 814-8874 Fax

http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/film/index.html

INDIANA FILM COMMISSION
One North Capitol Ave #700
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2288
(317)-232-8888
(317)-232-4146 Fax
www.filmindiana.com

IOWA FILM OFFICE
200 East Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 242-4726
(515) 242-4795 Fax
www.filmiowa.com

KANSAS FILM COMMISSION
1000 S.W. Jackson Street Suite 100
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1354
Phone: (785) 296-2178
Fax: (785) 296-3490
www.filmkansas.com

KENTUCKY FILM OFFICE
500 Metro St.
2200 Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601
(800) 345-6591
(502) 564-3456
(502) 564-7588 Fax
www.kyfilmoffice.com

LOUISIANA FILM AND TELEVISION DEVELOPMENT
1051 N. 3rd St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(888) 665-0447
(225) 342-8150
(225) 342-5389 Fax
www.lafilm.org

MAINE FILM OFFICE
59 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 624-7631
www.filminmaine.com

MARYLAND FILM OFFICE
217 E. Redwood St., 9th floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
(800) 333-6632
(410) 767-6340
(410) 333-0044 Fax
www.marylandfilm.org

MASSACHUSETTS FILM OFFICE
31 St. James Avenue, Suite 260
Boston, Massachusetts, 02116
617.423.1155
617.423.1158 (fax)
www.massfilmbureau.com

MICHIGAN FILM OFFICE
300 N. Washington Sq., 4th Fl.
Lansing, MI 48913
(800) 477-3456
(517) 335-2693
(517) 241-0867 Fax
www.michigan.gov/filmoffice

MINNESOTA FILM and TV BOARD
401 N. 3rd St., Suite 440
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(651) 645-3600
(651) 645-7373 Fax
www.mnfilmtv.org

MISSISSIPPI FILM OFFICE
501 North West St 5th Floor
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-3297
(601) 359-5048 Fax
www.filmmississippi.org

MISSOURI FILM OFFICE
301 West High Street, Suite 720
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-522-1288
www.mofilm.org

MONTANA FILM OFFICE
301 S. Park Ave.
Helena, MT 59620
(800) 553-4563
(406) 841-2876
(406) 841-2877 Fax
www.montanafilm.com

NEBRASKA FILM OFFICE
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
(402) 471-3746
(402) 471-3238 Fax
www.filmnebraska.org

NEVADA FILM OFFICE
555 E. Washington Ave. #5400
Las Vegas, NV 89101
(877) 638-3456
(702) 486-2711
(702) 486-2712 Fax
www.nevadafilm.com

NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM OFFICE
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2220
(603) 271-3163 Fax
www.nh.gov/film

NEW JERSEY MOTION PICTURES & FILM OFFICE
PO Box 47023
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 648-6279
(973) 648-7350 Fax
www.njfilm.org

NEW MEXICO FILM OFFICE
418 Montezuma Ave.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(800) 545-9871
(505) 476-5600
(505) 476-5601 Fax
www.nmfilm.com

NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR’S FILM OFFICE
633 Third Ave. 33rd Fl
New York, NY 10017
(212) 803-2330
(212) 803-2339 Fax
www.nylovesfilm.com

THE NORTH CAROLINA FILM OFFICE
301 N. Wilmington St
Raleigh, NC 27601
(866) 468-2273
(919) 733-9900
(919) 715-0151 Fax
www.ncfilm.com

NORTH DAKOTA FILM COMMISSION
1600 E. Century Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 328-2525
(701) 328-4878 Fax
www.ndtourism.com

OHIO FILM COMMISSION
77 South High Street 29th Floor
Columbus, Oh 42316
(800) 230-3523
(614) 644-5156
(614) 466-6744 Fax
www.discoverohiofilm.com

OKLAHOMA FILM and MUSIC OFFICE
120 N Robinson Ave Suite 600
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(800) 766-3456
(405) 230-8440
(405) 230-8640 Fax
www.oklahomafilm.org

OREGON FILM & VIDEO OFFICE
121 SW Salmon St. #1205
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 229-5832
(503) 229-6869 Fax
www.oregonfilm.org

PENNSYLVANIA FILM OFFICE
Commonwealth Keystone Bldg
400 North St 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-3456
(717) 787-0687 Fax
www.filminpa.com

PUERTO RICO FILM COMMISSION
355 F.D. Roosevelt Ave. #106
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918
(787) 758-4747
(787) 756-5706 Fax
www.puertoricofilm.com

RHODE ISLAND FILM & TV OFFICE
One Capital Hill
Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-3456
(401) 222-3018 Fax
www.film.ri.gov

SOUTH CAROLINA FILM OFFICE
1205 Pendleton St., Rm. 529
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 737-0490
(803) 737-3104 Fax
www.scfilmoffice.com

SOUTH DAKOTA FILM COMMISSION
711 East Wells Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
(800) 952-3625
(605) 773-3301
(605) 773-3256 Fax
www.filmsd.com

TENNESSEE FILM COMMISSION
312 8th Ave. North, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
(877) 818-3456
(615) 741-3456
(615) 741-5554 Fax

http://www.state.tn.us/film/

TEXAS FILM COMMISSION
PO Box 13246
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-9200
(512) 463-4114 Fax
www.governor.state.tx.us/film/

UTAH FILM COMMISSION
300 N. State St.
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
(800) 453-8824
(801) 538-8740
(801) 538-1397 Fax
www.film.utah.gov

VERMONT FILM COMMISSION
10 Baldwin Street
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 828-3618
(802) 828-0607 Fax
www.vermontfilm.com

VIRGINIA FILM OFFICE
901 East Byrd Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 545-5530 Phone
(800) 854-6233 Toll Free
(804) 545-5531 Fax
www.film.virginia.org

WASHINGTON STATE FILM OFFICE
2001 6th Ave. #2600
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 256-6151
(206) 256-6154 Fax
www.filmwashington.com

WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF MOTION PICTURE & TV DEVELOPMENT
441 4th Street NW #760
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-6608

http://film.dc.gov

WEST VIRGINIA FILM OFFICE
90 MacCorkle Ave. SW – #143
S. Charleston, WV 26303
(800) CALLWVA
(304) 558-2200
(304) 558-1662 Fax
www.wvfilm.com

WISCONSIN FILM OFFICE
648 N Plankinton #425
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 287-6235
www.filmwisconsin.org

WYOMING FILM OFFICE
1520 Etchetape Cir.
Cheyenne, WY 82007
(800) 458-6657
(307) 777-3400
(307) 777-2877 Fax
www.filmwyoming.com

Janson Media DVDs and digital files are distributed into a wide range of markets, both traditional and non-traditional. The following list is by no means all-inclusive.

Digital Retailers

Amazon VOD
Amazon Prime
iTunes (Apple)
Netflix
Hulu
Vudu
EZTakes.com

Retail Chains

Barnes & Noble
Best Buy
Borders
Costco
Mediaplay
Target
Walmart

Wholesalers

Alliance Entertainment (AEC)
Ambassador Book Services
Andersen Merchandisers
Baker & Taylor
Beyda & Associates
The Book House
Book Wholesalers
Brodart Company
Clearvue Media
Crystal Productions
Edge Entertainment Distribution
Filmic Archives
Follett Library Resources
Four Winds Trading Co.
Good Music Record Company
Library Bound
Library Video Company
Mackin Library Media
Midwest Tape
Nimco, Inc.
Quality Books
Waxworks

Internet Retailers

amazon.com
barnesandnoble.com
bestbuy.com
blockbuster.com
borders.com
buyindies.com
cduniverse.com
moviesunlimited.com
netflix.com
pbs.org
travelvideostore.com
walmart.com
wgbh.org

Mail Order Catalogs

Acorn Media
American Public Media Group
The AV Cafe
Catholic Video Catalog
EWTN Catalog
Facets Multimedia
Historic Sales
Ignatius Press
Leaflet Missal Company
Monastery Greetings
Movies Unlimited
PBS HomeVideo
Reader’s Digest Canada
Vision Video
WGBH Enterprises

Educational Distributors

Education 2000
Discovery Communications
Instructional Video
Learn360
Overdrive
Robert Hale & Company
School Specialties
Social Studies School Services
Teachers’ Video
Visual Education Centre Ltd.

A Sampling of Direct Museum Accounts

Air Museum
American Airpower Museum
American Museum of Natural History
BDJ Ventures
Evergreen Aviation Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum
International Spy Museum
Kon-Tiki Museum
Queens Museum of Art
Museum of Flight
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plimouth Plantation Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Tubman African American Museum

There are, inevitably, some costs associated with the servicing of license agreements in the global content distribution business. Such as…

Videotape Master Duplication
Producers/suppliers must provide us with either NTSC or PAL masters for our Videotape Master Archive (see our Videotape Masters post). We always ask our clients  to pay for videotape dubs/clones, but we don’t always win the negotiation on this point. Sometimes they will contribute to the cost but not pay all of it. Therefore, when we must pay for dubs/clones, these costs are then deducted from royalties.

Document Processing
More often than not, there are a variety of  international governmental withholding tax forms, consulate certifications, notarized copyright applications, and so on, which we need to complete when shipping masters into another country. We deduct $50 per hour plus fees paid, if any.

Shipping & Customs
Pricing for the international shipping of videotape masters varies depending on destination, weight, shipping method, delivery time, etc. In some cases, clients will now accept quicktime files on small portable hard drives. Fortunately, transcripts, press kits, and music cues sheets are now usually delivered digitally via the internet.

Producers and content suppliers entering into distribution agreement with Janson Media must deliver the following videotape masters to us at the commencement of the term of the agreement. Along with the other deliverables, this is an investment that professional producers will make in their content if they expect to maximize their royalties, just as we will invest in the promotion and marketing of their content under the terms of a distribution agreement.

1. Apple Pro Res files (HD: 1980 x 1080 and downconverted SD anamorphic) of the program (all available episodes, if a series) on firewire hard drives. or
2. First-generation protection videotape masters of the program (or of every episode of the series) recorded on new HDCAM and Digibetacam videotape stock, properly labeled, and meeting the following specifications:

• The master must be seamless (no commercials or commercial blacks).
• The master should be texted (including any “lower-third” text/graphics) and should include, at the end of the tape after ten seconds of black, textless cover shots of any texted material.
• [Factual programs and documentaries] If the program has a scripted, off-camera narration that was recorded in a studio, the masters should have international audio tracks with audio track assignments as follows:

1. Channel 1: Full audio mix (full mix stereo left)
2. Channel 2: Full audio mix (full mix stereo right)
3. Channel 3: Full Mix Minus Narration (all music, natural sound and sound effects including synch-sound on-camera dialogue/interviews. This track lacks only the off-camera scripted, studio-recorded narration).
4. Channel 4: Music & Effects Only (Clean M&E or True M&E). This track includes only music, natural sound, and sound effects. (synchronous natural sound; nonsynchronous ambient audio recorded separately from video; and any other nonsynchronous contrived audio, either prerecorded, studio, or post sound effects, that is incorporated within the final full-mix track. M&E should be at Full Mix Levels (not Dip Mix Levels).

• [Feature films and dramas]: masters should have international audio tracks with audio track assignments as follows:

1. Channel 1: Full audio mix (full mix stereo left)
2. Channel 2: Full audio mix (full mix stereo right)
3. Channel 3: M&E Track (stereo left)
4. Channel 4: M&E Track (stereo right)

Many factual and documentary programs today lack scripted narrations entirely, and English-language programming often airs as is — subtitled or voice-overed in the language of the territory — so although they are preferred, we don’t always need M&E tracks. And, there are many variations of audio track assignments, especially on documentaries, so we always review the audio track availabilities with the producer/supplier prior to offering a distribution agreement.

Masters and hard drives remain in our facility during the term of the distribution agreement, and will be used for duplication and conversion. They remain the property of the producer/supplier, and are returned at the termination of the agreement.

An excellent music cue sheet template can be found here, on the PBS website. For more information about music cue sheets and reporting requirements, please visit the ASCAP or BMI websites. The ASCAP website has an excellent FAQ on the subject, called Cue & A.

Here are some important media industry websites…

• NATPE — National Association of Television Program Executives www.natpe.org
• NAB, National Association of Broadcasters www.nab.org
• IFTA — Independent Film & Television Alliance www.ifta-online.org
• IDA International Documentary Association www.documentary.org
• Center for Independent Documentary www.documentaries.org
• FACT, the UK’s leading organisation for the development, support and exhibition of film, video and new and emerging media. www.fact.co.uk
• The D-word, a worldwide community of documentary professionals www.d-word.com
• The Marketplace/The Media Programme www.marketplace-events.com

These are the key markets in our business…

• MIPTV, Cannes
• MIPCOM, Cannes
• MIPDOC, Cannes
• DISCOP, Budapest
• World Content Market, Prague
• NATPE, Las Vegas

A very short list of some of the most important film festivals…

• Cannes Film Festival
• Banff World Television Festival
• Tribeca Film Festival
• Sundance Film Festival
• New York Film/Video Festival
• South by Southwest Film Festival

You can find more at FilmFestivals.com

Here are some trade magazines worth reading on a regular basis…

• World Screen
• Realscreen
• Variety
• Hollywood Reporter
• The Telco Report
• C21

Some useful U.S. public television websites…

• PBS, Public Broadcasting Service >> www.pbs.org
• CPB, Corporation for Public Broadcasting >> www.cpb.org
• Producing for PBS Website >> www.pbs.org/producers
• National Center for Outreach >> www.nationaloutreach.org
• Current, the Newspaper about Public Broadcasting in the USA >> www.current.org

Visit the TVB website for an up-to-date list of the DMA rankings of American television markets.

Here is a useful list of PBS station telephone numbers. It’s organized alphabetically by state…

AK Anchorage KAKM 907-563-7070
AK Fairbanks KUAC 907-474-7491
AK Juneau KTOO 907-474-7491
AL Birmingham WBIQ 205-328-8756
AL Huntsville WHIQ 205-328-8756
AL Mobile WEIQ 217-581-5956
AL Montgomery WAIQ 205-328-8756
AR Fayetteville KAFT 501-682-2386
AR Jonesboro KTEJ 501-682-2386
AR Little Rock KETS 501-682-2386
AZ Tempe KAET 480-965-2308 / Dennis Poe
AZ Tucson KUAT 520-621-5828
CA Eureka KEET 707-445-0813
CA Fresno KVPT 559-266-1800
CA Los Angeles KCET 323-666-6500
CA Los Angeles KLCS 213-625-6958
CA Monterey / Carmel KTEH 408-795-5400
CA Orange County KOCE 714-895-5623
CA Palm Springs KOCE 714-895-5623
CA Redding KIXE 530-243-5493
CA Sacramento KVIE 916-641-3500
CA San Bernardino KVCR 909-384-4444 / Lillian Basquez
CA San Diego KPBS 619-594-1515
CA San Francisco KQED 415-864-2000
CA San Francisco KCSM
CA San Jose KTEH 408-795-5400
CA San Mateo KCSM 650-574-6586 options 3 / 1
CA Sonoma / Santa Rosa KRCB 707-585-8522
CO Broomfield KBDI 303-296-1272
CO Colorado Spr. / Pueblo KTSC 719-630-8800
CO Denver KRMA 303-892-6666
CO Grand Junction KRMJ 303-892-6666
CT Fairfield WEDW 860-278-5310
CT Hartford WEDH 860-278-5310
CT New Haven CPTV2 860-278-5310
CT New Haven WEDY 860-278-5310
CT Norwich WEDN 860-278-5310
DC Washington WETA 703-998-2724
DC Washington WHUT 202-806-3200
FL Daytona Beach WCEU 386-254-4415
FL Ft. Myers / Naples WGCU 941-590-2300
FL Jacksonville WJCT 904-353-7770
FL Miami WPBT 305-949-8321
FL Miami WLRN 305-995-2258
FL Orlando WMFE 407-273-2300
FL Panama City WFSG 813-233-2240
FL Pensacola WSRE 850-484-1200
FL Tallahassee WFSU 813-233-2240
FL Tampa WUSF 813-974-4000 / Jeff Allen
FL West Palm Beach WXEL 561-737-8000
GA Albany WABW / WACS 404-685-2400
GA Atlanta WPBA 678-686-0321
GA Atlanta / Athens WGTV 404-685-4788
GA Columbus WJSP 404-685-4788
GA Macon / Cochran WDCO 404-685-4788
GA Savannah WVAN 404-685-4788
GA Waycross WXGA 404-685-4788
GA Wrens WCES 404-685-4788
HI Honolulu KHET 808-973-1000
HI Maui KMEB 808-973-1000
IA Des Moines KDIN 515-242-3100
IA Iowa City / Cedar Rapids KIIN 515-242-3100
IA Sioux City KSIN 515-242-3100
ID Boise KAID 208-373-7220
ID Coeur d’Alene KCDT 208-373-7220
IL Carbondale WSIU 503-244-9900
IL Chicago WTTW 773-509-4100
IL Chicago WYCC 773-838-7878
IL Jacksonville WSEC 309-677-3298
IL Macomb WMEC 309-677-3298
IL Moline / Davenport WQPT 309-796-2424
IL Peoria WTVP 309-677-4747
IL Quincey WQEC 309-677-3298
IL Springfield WEIU 217-581-5956
IL Terrehaute WUSI 503-244-9900
IL Urbana WILL 217-333-1070
IN Bloomington WTIU 812-855-5900
IN Evansville WNIN 812-423-2973
IN Fort Wayne WFWA 810-762-3028
IN Indianapolis WFYI 317-636-2020
IN Indianapolis WTBU 317-636-2020
IN Merrillville WYIN 219-736-5656
IN Muncie WIPB 765-285-1249
IN South Bend WNIT 219-674-5961
KS Topeka KTWU 785-231-1111
KS Wichita KPTS 316-838-3090
KY Ashland WKAS 859-258-7000
KY Bowling Green WKYU 270-745-2400
KY Covington WCVN 859-258-7000
KY Lexington WKLE 859-258-7000
KY Louisville WKPC 859-258-7000
KY Owenton WKON 859-258-7000
KY Paducah / Murray WKPD / WKMU 859-258-7000
KY Pikeville WKPI 859-258-7000
LA Baton Rouge WLPB 225-767-5660
LA Lafayette KLPB 225-767-5660
LA New Orleans WYES 504-486-5511
LA New Orleans WLAE 504-866-7411
LA Shreveport KLTS 225-767-5660
MA Boston WGBH / WGBX 617-300-3300
MA Boston WGBX 617-300-3300
MA Boston / Durham WENH 603-868-1100
MA Boston / Keene WEKW 603-868-1100
MA Springfield WGBY 413-781-2801
MD Baltimore / Annapolis WMPB 410-356-5600
MD Salisbury WCPB 410-356-5600
ME Bangor WMEB 207-941-1010
ME Portland / Lewiston WCBB 207-941-1010
MI Bad Axe WDCP 877-472-7677
MI Cadillac WCMV 517-774-3105
MI Detroit WTVS 313-873-7200
MI East Lansing WKAR 517-355-2300
MI Flint WFUM 800-366-9558
MI Grand Rapids WGVU 616-771-6666
MI Kalamazoo WGVK 616-771-6666
MI Marquette WNMU 906-227-1300
MI University Center WDCQ 877-472-7677
MN Austin KSMQ 507-433-0678
MN Brainerd / Bemidji KAWB / KAWE 218-751-3407
MN St. Paul KTCA 651-222-1330
MO Columbia / Sedalia KMOS 660-543-4155
MO Joplin KOZJ 417-865-2100
MO Kansas City KCPT 816-756-3580
MO Springfield KOZK 417-865-2100
MO St. Louis KETC 314- 512-9000
MS Biloxi WMAH 601-432-6565
MS Columbus WMAB 601-432-6565
MS Greenwood WMAO 601-432-6565
MS Jackson WMPN 601-432-6565
MS Meridian WMAW 601-432-6565
MS Oxford WMAV 601-432-6565
MT Bozeman KUSM 406-994-3437
MT Missoula KUFM 406-994-3437
NC Chapel Hill WUNC 919-549-7000
NC Charlotte WTVI 704-372-2442
NC Greenville WUNK 252-753-5541
NC Winston / Salem WUNL 803-737-3200
ND Bismarck / Minot KBME 701-241-6900
ND Dickinson KDSE 701-241-6900
ND Ellendale KJRE 701-241-6900
ND Fargo KFME 701-241-6900
ND Grand Forks KGFE 701-241-6900
ND Minot KSRE 701-241-6900
ND Willington KWSE 701-241-6900
NE Alliance KTNE 402-472-9333
NE Bassett KMNE 402-472-9333
NE Hastings KHNE 402-472-9333
NE Lexington KLNE 402-472-9333
NE Lincoln KUON 402-472-9333
NE Merriman KRNE 402-472-9333
NE Norfolk KXNE 402-472-9333
NE North Platte KPNE 402-472-9333
NE Omaha KYNE 402-472-9333
NH Durham / Boston WENH 603-868-1100
NH Keene / Boston WEKW 603-868-1100
NJ Camden WNJS 800-792-8645
NJ Montclair WNJN 800-792-8645
NJ New Brunswick WNJB 800-792-8645
NJ Trenton WNJT 800-792-8645
NM Albuquerque KNME 505-277-2122
NM Portales KENW 505-562-2112
NV Las Vegas KLVX 520-299-1866
NV Reno KNPB 775-784-4555
NY Binghamton WSKG / WSQX 607-729-0100
NY Brooklyn WNYE 718-250-5841
NY Buffalo WNED 716-845-7000
NY Long Island / NYC WLIW 516-367-2100
NY Norwood WPBS / WNPI 315-782-3142
NY Plattsburgh WCFE 518-563-9770
NY Rochester WXXI 716-325-7500
NY Schenectady WMHT 518-357-1700
NY Syracuse WCNY 315-453-2424
NY Watertown WPBS 315-782-3142
OH Alliance WNEO / WEAO 330-677-4549
OH Athens / Cambridge WOUB / WOUC 740-593-4555
OH Bowling Green WBGU 419-372-7002
OH Cincinnati WCET 513-381-4033
OH Cleveland / Akron WVIZ 216-398-2800
OH Columbus WOSU 614-292-9678
OH Dayton WPTD 937-220-1600
OH Toledo WGTE 419-243-3091
OK Cheyenne KWET 405-848-8501
OK Claremore KRSC 918-343-7772
OK Eufaula KOET 405-848-8501
OK Oklahoma City KETA 405-848-8501
OK Tulsa KOED 405-848-8501
OR Corvallis / Eugene KOAC 503-293-1982
OR Medford KSYS / KFTS 800-888-1847 / 541-779-0808
OR Portland KOPB 503-293-1982
PA Allentown WYBE 215-483-3900
PA Erie WQLN 814-864-3001
PA Harrisburg WITF 717-704-3000
PA Philadelphia WHYY / WDPB 215-351-0511
PA Philadelphia WYBE
PA Pittsburgh WQED 412-622-1300
PA Scranton / Pittston WVIA 570-602-1150
PA University Park WPSX 814-865-3333
PUERTO RICO San Juan WMTJ 787-766-2600
RI Providence WSBE 401-222-3636
SC Charleston WITV 803-737-3200
SC Columbia WRLK 803-737-3200
SC Greenville WNTV 803-737-3200
SC Myrtle Beach / Conway WHMC 803-737-3200
SC South Carolina WHMC 803-737-3200
SD Sioux Falls / Vermillion PTV
TN Chattanooga WTCI 423-629-0045
TN Knoxville WKOP 865-595-0220
TN Lexington WLJT 800-366-9558
TN Memphis WKNO 901-458-2521
TN Nashville WNPT 615-259-9325
TX Amarillo KACV 214-871-1390
TX Austin KLRU 2 512-475-9030
TX Brownsville / Harlingen KMBH 956-421-4111
TX Corpus Christi KEDT 361-855-2213
TX Dallas KERA / KDTN 214-871-1390 x477
TX El Paso KCOS 915-747-6500
TX Houston KUHT 713-743-8488
TX Killeen / Waco KNCT 254-526-1410
TX San Antonio KLRN 210-270-9000
TX Waco KWBU
UT Provo KBYU 801-378-8450
UT Salt Lake City KUED / KULC 801-581-7777
UT Salt Lake City KULC 801-581-7777
VA Charlottesville WHTJ 804-320-1301
VA Falls Church WNVC 703-770-7154
VA Harrisonburg WVPT / WVPY 540-434-5391
VA Norfolk WHRO 757-889-9400
VA Richmond WCVE / WCVW 804-320-1301
VA Roanoke WBRA 540-344-0991
VA Tri-Cities / Norton WSBN 276-679-3638
VT Burlington WETK 802-655-4800
WA Seattle / Tacoma KCTS / KYVE 800-443-9991
WA Spokane KSPS 509-354-7800
WA Yakima KYVE 206-728-6463
WI Green Bay WPNE 608-264-9614
WI La Crosse WHLA 608-264-9600
WI Milwaukee WMVT 414-271-1036
WI Wausau WHRM 608-264-9600
WV Beckley WSWP 304-254-7857
WV Huntington WPBY 304-254-7857
WV Morgantown WNPB 304-254-7857
WY Riverton KCWC 307-856-6944

Here is a useful list of PBS station websites. It’s organized alphabetically by state…

Alaska Public Broadcasting-KUAC – Fairbanks AK
KAKM – Anchorage AK
Alabama ETV – Birmingham AL
Arkansas ETV – Conway AR
KAET – Channel 8 – Tempe AZ
KUAT – Tucson AZ
KCET – Los Angeles CA
KCEX – Los Angeles CA
KCSM – San Mateo CA
KEET, Channel 13 – Eureka CA
KIXE, Channel 9 – Redding CA
KLCS – Los Angeles CA
KOCE, Channel 50 – Huntington Beach CA
KPBS – San Diego CA
KQED – San Francisco CA
KRCB – Rohnert Park CA
KTEH – San Jose CA
KVCR – San Bernardino CA
KVIE, Channel 6 – Sacramento CA
KVPT – Fresno CA
KBDI – Channel 12 – Denver CO
KRMA/Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting – Denver CO
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc. (CPBI) – Hartford CT
WHUT – Washington DC
WBCC – Cocoa FL
WCEU – Daytona Beach FL
WEDU – Tampa FL
WFSU – Tallahassee FL
WGCU – Fort Myers FL
WJCT – Jacksonville FL
WLRN – Miami FL
WMFE – Channel 24 – Orlando FL
WPBT, Channel 2 – North Miami FL
WSRE, Channel 23 – Pensacola FL
WUFT, Channel 5 – Gainesville FL
WUSF – Tampa FL
WXEL, Channel 42 – West Palm Beach FL
Georgia Public Broadcasting – Atlanta GA
WPBA, Channel 30 – Atlanta GA
KGTF – GMF GUAM
Hawaii Public Television – Honolulu HI
Iowa Public Television – Johnston IA
Idaho Public Television – Boise ID
WEIU – Charleston IL
WILL – Urbana IL
WMEC – Chatham IL
WQPT, Channel 24 – Moline IL
WSIU, Channel 8 – Carbondale IL
WTTW – Chicago IL
WTVP, Channel 47 – Peoria IL
WYCC – Chicago IL
WFWA – Fort Wayne IN
WFYI, Channel 20 – Indianapolis IN
WIPB – Muncie IN
WNIN, Channel 9 – Evansville IN
WNIT, Channel 34 – Elkhart IN
WTIU, Channel 30 – Bloomington IN
WVUT, Channel 22 – Vincennes IN
WYIN/Lakeshore PTV – Merrillville IN
KOOD/Smoky Hills PTV – Bunker Hill KS
KPTS, Channel 8 – Wichita KS
KTWU – Topeka KS
Kentucky ETV Network – Lexington KY
WKYU – Bowling Green KY
Louisiana Public Broadcasting – Baton Rouge LA
WLAE – Metairie LA
WYES, Channel 12 – Metairie LA
American Public Television – Boston MA
WGBH – Boston MA
WGBY – Springfield MA
Maryland Public Television – Owings Mills MD
Maine Public Broadcasting – Bangor ME
WCMU – Mt. Pleasant MI
WDCQ/WDCP – University Center MI
WFUM – Flint MI
WGVU – Grand Rapids MI
WKAR – East Lansing MI
WNMU Public TV 13 – Marquette MI
WTVS/Detroit Public Television – Detroit MI
KAWE/Lakeland Public Television – Bemidji MN
KSMQ – Austin MN
KTCA/Twin Cities Public Television – St. Paul MN
KWCM – Appleton MN
WDSE – Duluth MN
KCPT, Channel 19 – Kansas City MO
KETC – St. Louis MO
KMOS, Channel 6 – Warrensburg MO
KOZK/Ozarks Public Television – Springfield MO
Mississippi Public Broadcasting – Jackson MS
KUSM/Montana PBS – Bozeman MT
UNC-TV – Research Triangle Park NC
WTVI, Channel 42 – Charlotte NC
Prairie Public Television – Fargo ND
Nebraska ETV – Lincoln NE
KUON – Lincoln NE
New Hampshire Public Television – Durham NH
New Jersey Network – Trenton NJ
KENW, Channel 3 – Portales NM
KNME, Channel 5 – Albuquerque NM
KRWG – Las Cruces NM
KLVX/VegasPBS – Las Vegas NV
KNPB – Reno NV
Thirteen/WNET – New York NY
WCFE/Mountain Lake PBS – Plattsburgh NY
WCNY, Channel 24 – Syracuse NY
WLIW 21 – Plainview NY
WMHT Educational Telecommunications – Troy NY
WNED, Channel 17 – Buffalo NY
WNYE, Channel 25 – New York NY
WPBS – Watertown NY
WSKG, Channel 46 – Binghamton NY
WXXI, Channel 21 – Rochester NY
WBGU – Bowling Green OH
WCET, Channel 48 – Cincinnati OH
WGTE – Toledo OH
WNEO, Channel 45 – Kent OH
WOSU, Channel 34 – Columbus OH
WOUB, Channel 20 – Athens OH
WPTD, Channel 16 – Dayton OH
WPTO, Channel 14 – Dayton OH
WVIZ/PBS ideastream – Cleveland OH
KRSC – Claremore OK
Oklahoma ETV – Oklahoma City OK
Oregon Public Broadcasting – Portland OR
WHYY – Philadelphia PA
WITF, Channel 33 – Harrisburg PA
WLVT – Bethlehem PA
WPSU-TV – University Park PA
WQED, Channel 13 – Pittsburgh PA
WQLN, Channel 54 – Erie PA
WVIA, Channel 44 – Pittston PA
WYBE – Philadelphia PA
WIPR, Channel 6 – San Juan PR
WMTJ, Channel 40 – San Jaun PR
WSBE/Rhode Island PBS – Providence RI
South Carolina ETV – Columbia SC
South Dakota Public Broadcasting – Vermillion SD
WCTE – Cookeville TN
WETP, Channel 2 – Knoxville TN
WKNO, Channel 10 – Memphis TN
WLJT – Martin TN
WNPT/Nashville Public Television – Nashville TN
WTCI – Chattanooga TN
KACV – Channel 2 – Amarillo TX
KAMU – College Station TX
KCOS, Channel 13 – El Paso TX
KEDT, Channel 16 – Corpus Christi TX
KERA – Dallas TX
KLRN – San Antonio TX
KLRU, Channel 18 – Austin TX
KMBH, Channel 60 – Harlingen TX
KNCT, Channel 46 – Killeen TX
KPBT, Permian Basin PBS – Midland TX
KTXT, Channel 5 – Lubbock TX
KUHT/Houston Public Television – Houston TX
KWBU – Waco TX
KBYU, Channel 11 – Provo UT
KUED, Channel 7 – Salt Lake City UT
WBRA – Roanoke VA
WCVE – Richmond VA
WETA – Arlington VA
WHRO, Channel 15 – Norfolk VA
WNVC, Channel 56 – Falls Church VA
WNVT, Channel 53 – Falls Church VA
WVPT, Channel 51 – Harrisonburg VA
WTJX, Channel 12 – St. Thomas VI
Vermont Public Television – Colchester VT
KBTC – Tacoma WA
KCTS – Seattle WA
KSPS – Spokane WA
KTNW – Pullman WA
KWSU – Pullman WA
Wisconsin Public Television – Madison WI
WMVS, Channel 10/36 – Milwaukee WI
West Virginia Public Television – Beaver WV
KCWC/Wyoming PTV – Riverton WY

The U.S. television landscape as of Fall 2008…

MAJOR BROADCAST NETWORKS
ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
CW

LOW POWER BROADCAST NETWORKS
iTV (formerly PAX)
America One Network

PUBLIC TELEVISION
PBS NPS (National Program Service)
PBS Plus (fully-underwritten)
APT Premium Service
APT Syndication
APT Exchange (fully-underwritten programs)
NETA (fully-underwritten programs)
Frontline (series from WNET-TV)
Wide Angle (series from WNET-TV)
NOVA (series from WGBH-TV)
American Experience (series from WGBH-TV)
Nature (series from WNET-TV)
American Masters (series from WNET)
POV, The American Documentary (series from WNET)
Independent Lens

ENTERTAINMENT
TNT
TBS Superstation
USA Network
Sci-Fi Channel USA
Fuel
Spike TV
BET
FX Channel
E! Entertainment TV
Bravo
Comedy Central
Armed Forces Radio & Television

FAMILY
ABC Family
Hallmark Channel
AmericanLife TV (formerly GoodlifeTV)
TV Land
Animal Planet
Channel One Television
FamilyNet

CHILDREN
Nickelodeon
Noggin
Discovery Kids
Disney Channel
Cartoon Network
Encore WAM!
PBS Kids/Sprout
Boomerang

INFORMATION/EDUCATION/ARTS
National Geographic Channel
Discovery Channel
Ovation
BBC America
A&E
History Channel (A&E)
History International (HI) (A&E)
Biography Channel (A&E)
Military History Channel (A&E)
Military Channel (Discovery)
Planet Green
Science Channel (Discovery)
ID: Investigation Discovery
Documentary Channel
G4Tech TV
International Channel
CN8 (Comcast)

CRIME
Court TV
Crime & Investigation Network

HOME & LEISURE
Fine Living
Food Network
HGTV
DIY Network
TLC
Travel Channel
Style
Wealth TV

HEALTH
Discovery Health
Fit TV
Recovery Network/Wellness Channel

WOMEN
Lifetime
Lifetime Real Women
Oxygen
WE

SPORTS & RECREATION
ESPN Networks
Fox Sports Channel
YES
MSG
Versus (racing, competitive sports)
Golf Channel
Tennis Channel
Sportsman Channel
TVG (Horse Racing)
Blackbelt TV
OLN Outdoor Life Network
Outdoor Channel
College Sports Television
Fox Soccer
RRN – Recreation Resort Network

NEWS CHANNELS
Bloomberg TV
MSNBC
CNBC/CNBC International
FOX News
CNN/CNN Headline News
C-SPAN 1, 2 and 3/CNN International
Weather Channel

RELIGION
CBN Christian Broadcasting Network
CatholicTV
EWTN (Catholic)
Shalom TV
TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network)
Bridges
INSP

MUSIC CHANNELS
VH1 Channels
MTV Networks
FUSE
CMT
Great American Country
BET Jazz/ BET Gospel
Gospel Music Channel

HDTV CHANNELS
HD Net
Discovery HD Theater

SPANISH LANGUAGE
Galavision
Univision
Telemundo
Discovery en Espanol
Discovery Familia
HBO Latino

MOVIE CHANNELS
HBO / Cinemax Channel Group
Showtime/Movie Channel Group
Starz/Encore Group
Fox Movie Channel
TCM Turner Classic Movies
AMC (American Movie Classics)
Sundance Channel
IFC Independent Film Channel
Lifetime Movies

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This is our current pricing for some of the more commonly ordered videotape masters. Prices skyrocket when we get into HDCAM dubs/clones, so they are not listed here. All prices quoted in U.S. dollars. Price list as of January 1, 2009.

DUBS (NTSC > NTSC or PAL > PAL)
30′ BetaSP: 75
60′ BetaSP: 125
90′ BetaSP: 175

DIGITAL CLONES (NTSC > NTSC or PAL > PAL)
These prices are for DigiBeta or DV formats.
30′ Digibeta: 125
60′ Digibeta: 200
90′ Digibeta: 275

30′ HDCAM: 300
60′ HDCAM: 500
90′ HDCAM: 700

CONVERSIONS (NTSC > PAL or PAL > NTSC)
These prices are for Alchemist conversions. (We no longer use ADAC Conversions.)
30′ BetaSP conversion: 125
60′ BetaSP conversion: 200
90′ BetaSP conversion: 300

30′ Digibeta conversion: 150
60′ Digibeta conversion: 250
90′ Digibeta conversion: 375

DOWN-CONVERSIONS (HD > SD NTSC or PAL)
Please contact our office.

CROSS-CONVERSIONS (HDCAM/60i <> HDCAM/50i)
Please contact our office.

ASPECT RATIO CONVERSIONS (Anamorphic <> Letterbox)
Please contact our office.

We are a content company.  We do not make videotape dubs in-house.  Nor do we encode master files inhouse.  So we invariably ask that our clients purchase new videotape masters or master files at cost, because we must purchase the masters or have master files encoded or converted in order to service our deals. We will not provide masters on loan. We invoice for masters or master files separately from the negotiated license fee. We do so to be certain that we can provide the very best quality broadcast materials.

We archive our first-generation videotape masters in a temperature-controlled environment at state-of-the-art duplication and standards conversion facilities. These “archive masters” never leave our facilities.  This insures that when our facilities make clones or do conversions for us, and if they are rejected for any reason, our facilities can easily compare the rejection report with the technical report on the original “archive master.”  If the technical defect does not exist on the archive master the facility will make a new dub master or do a new conversion at no cost to us.  If the identical defect is found on the archive master, then we know that a replacement dub or conversion will not solve the problem.

In prior years we found that no matter how well handled by a client, dub or “loaner” masters would invariably fail technical acceptance, if not the first time, the second or third time, and we would be losing too much money making replacement masters — the costs of which would not be covered by our facility, as they could no longer know whether they had created the defect in their own duplication or conversion process.

Our dubbing and stock prices are competitive, but they may be higher than in-house rates at many channels and networks. Prices vary from country to country as well.

Since the masters are not “on loan,” there are no return shipping costs. Our clients can keep the masters or erase them and use the stock again, because they own them.

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