Travel Channel in Home-Video Deal with Gaiam

NEW YORK: Gaiam has signed an exclusive home-video license agreement with Travel Channel, starting this September with the release of new installments of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Ghost Adventures.

Other DVD releases will include Man v. Food, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Samantha Brown’s Passport to Great Weekends. Under the two-year deal, Gaiam will have the opportunity to manufacture, distribute and sell DVDs at traditional retail, direct and home-shopping channels as well as on the Gaiam website.

"We are thrilled to begin working with such an innovative and forward-thinking entertainment group such as Travel Channel," said Gaiam’s president of entertainment and worldwide distribution, William S. Sondheim. "We’re confident that our expertise and established distribution relationships will continue to grow Travel Channel’s well established presence in the home entertainment market."

"Gaiam is an excellent strategic partner for Travel Channel as we look to build on our continued growth over the past several years," added Jonathan Sichel, the general manager of Travel Channel. "Gaiam is a proven leader in this space, and their innovative approach to distribution will allow us to reach a more robust group of consumers beyond traditional video and mass retail outlets."