MONTREAL, QC, April 13, 2006 -- Direct Source Special Products, Inc. has announced the April 18th retail release of the first season of the award-winning television show The Thirsty Traveler, as part of the company's licensing/distribution deal with Filmoption International. Following a recent Los Angeles publicity tour that included appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as popular radio STAR 98.7's Jamie, Jack & Stench morning show, The Thirsty Traveler and its host Kevin Brauch continue to find new fans as the show, in its fourth season, is televised weekly on FINE LIVING NETWORK, and Discovery Travel & Adventure in the US. In Canada, the show airs on Food Network, specialty channel CTV Travel, and Canal Évasion for French speaking audiences.
Shot all over the world, this unique TV series explores the history and culture of each location and the libations - wines, spirits, and beers - that make it popular. The Thirsty Traveler: The Complete First Season follows Kevin and his adventures that include making traditional rum beverages in Jamaica, a whiskey trek in Scotland, the secrets of Mexican tequila, and the cool icewine making process in Canada. Each episode couples the region's favored alcoholic beverage with popular delicacies and its history and culture.
Coming from a radio and TV production background, and a seven year stint bartending, Kevin Brauch is the ideal tour guide offering both a colorful and youth-infused take in lifestyle programming that appeals to both men for its libations and women for the romance of adventure. Each episode guarantees good cheer, funny stories, colorful characters and a culinary epiphany or two. Kevin also appears as a floor reporter on Food Network's Iron Chef America: The Series.
The show's breezy, effortless style, its humor, intelligence and useful travel tips have won it global acclaim. The Thirsty Traveler is an ideal example of TV that pushes the boundaries of genre and classification to create today's most compelling viewing.
AVAILABLE IN US
Direct Source Special Products releases The Thirsty Traveler: The Complete First Season as a 3-disc digipack in stores on April 18th.
A special premium boxset that includes a $20.00 bonus value of The Thirty Traveler: Road Recipes cookbook, is also available at select club stores.
AVAILABLE IN CANADA
Direct Source Special Products releases The Thirsty Traveler: The Complete First Season as a 3-disc digipack in English and a French packaged version for French speaking Canada in stores on April 18th.
About Direct Source Special Products, Inc.:
Direct Source Special Products Inc. is a full service, independent home entertainment company based in Montréal, Québec. As a leading supplier of premium entertainment products, Direct Source develops, produces and distributes a wide range of film, TV, audio and brand driven product lines to major retailers throughout the United States and Canada.
About Filmoption International
In business for over 20 years, Filmoption International specializes in television distribution of programs ranging from documentaries of all genres and children's fare, to music and variety programs, to primetime drama series. The company also imports all types of programs including feature films, drama series, children fare and one-offs.