LOS ANGELES, CA, November 06, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Breakdown Services, Ltd., the original in online services for talent agents, managers, casting directors and actors, has brought its breakthrough casting database management tool to the Big Apple.
CastingAbout is the actor's secret source for insider information on casting directors and their projects. Information is updated daily, including each project's complete casting staff and current mailing address. This easy-to-use website provides actors the best way to prepare mailings, research new shows, track casting director assignments, create target lists, or even just brush up on names before an audition.
CastingAbout is the brainchild of Blair Hickey. As an actor in Los Angeles he was constantly frustrated with out-of-date contact information from costly guidebooks and mailing labels. Hickey soon began to collect information about who was casting what and when on his own. The success he soon achieved from his personal database had friends and colleagues asking him to share his information. Hickey formed a partnership with Web Specialist Brian Wold to bring his information to the Internet. From those small beginnings CastingAbout was formed. In September of 2007 Breakdown Services, Ltd. purchased the company to add to its cache of actor services.
"I was a working actor in New York for a number of years before heading to Los Angeles," says co-founder Blair Hickey. "I wish there had been a resource like CastingAbout back then! I look forward to helping New York actors be more effective in furthering their careers."
To learn more about CastingAbout or to see a sample of what it can do please go to http://www.castingabout.com.
About Breakdown Services, Ltd.
Breakdown Services (www.breakdownexpress.com) was established in 1971, creating the process that is used around the world to cast feature films, television shows, commercials, theater and other projects that require actors. Since its inception it has developed many other services for the industry, including the Virtual Channel Network (www.virtualchannelnetwork.com) that uses the power of the Internet to transmit original content developed specifically for members of the entertainment community. Actors use Breakdowns' Showfax service to obtain audition material at (www.showfax.com) as well as Actors Access (www.actorsaccess.com) that allows for actors to update their pictures, resume and demo reels to submit for specific roles posted at the request of casting directors, and CastingAbout (www.castingabout.com), an up-to-date source for real-time casting and production information in Los Angeles and New York. Other Breakdown Services companies include http://www.talentproplus.com, http://www.gobetween.com, and http://www.productionreferenceservice.com.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Breakdown Services operates through a global network of services in the U.S., England and Australia. More information is available on the company's web site located at http://www.breakdownexpress.com.
Contact:
Jenna Albrecht
Breakdown Services, Ltd.
Tel: 310/276-9166 ext. 413
Email: jennaa@breakdownservices.com
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