Janson Takes On Inecom Film Library

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has acquired the film library and related assets of Inecom Entertainment, which includes titles such as Silent Wings. 

Further titles include The American Glider Pilots of World War II, EXPO: Magic of the White City, The Johnstown Flood, Worldfest Houston, World War I: American Legacy, Blood and Oil and the feature-length documentary Westinghouse. The agreement also includes distribution rights to additional films such as the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Grange Fair: An American Tradition, Raise the Song: The History of Penn State and the indie feature Dr. Ravi & Mr. Hyde. 

“We knew Inecom Entertainment as a producer of big-budget, blue-chip documentary films,” said Stephen Janson, the president of Janson Media. “When we learned that the entire library was on the block we commenced serious negotiations right away.” He continued: “The synergies were apparent with our own business model, especially our DVD releasing, but we saw opportunities to better monetize the library in such markets as international television and DVD licensing, as well as on emerging new-media platforms.”

“We were pleased when Rob Child advised us of Janson Media’s interest in buying the library,” added Michael Bussler, the founder and CEO of Inecom Entertainment. “We were well aware of the company’s reputation as a respected home for top-shelf television documentaries, and their decades of experience in the business. We were pretty quickly convinced there was no one better who could keep our films in active distribution for many years to come, which was our primary goal for the sale of the library.”

“Having already worked with Stephen Janson on distribution of several of my films, I knew Inecom’s film library would benefit greatly from Janson Media’s focus on the factual market and their international reach,” said Child. “It was the perfect match of high-quality programs with top–notch distribution.”