Blog: Company and Industry News
Data Bites: Chief Technology Officer Boris Bronshteyn
The Data Bites series is a company-sponsored monthly event offering Casting Networks employees an opportunity to learn more about leaders within the company and how they got to where they are today. This month Yossi Langer, VP Product, interviewed Casting Networks’...
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Industry Takes: Same Commercials, New Tech
In 2019, digital ad spending will account for roughly half of the global ad market for the first time. Despite rapid technological development, advertisers have been slow getting to this point. Historically, brands have banked on their online audience engaging with...
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Casting Networks® Partners with UCLA and Ghetto Film School to Support Filmmaking Students
Casting Networks is committed to educating and empowering the future generation of filmmakers and performers. This summer, the Casting Networks team visited both Ghetto Film School, an award-winning film-centric nonprofit, and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and...
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Industry Takes: Boycott in the Peach State
Georgia is the third largest production hub in the U.S. But an ideological fight between conservative politics and the Hollywood machine threatens to pull the rug out from under the Peach State's production economy. In 2018, Georgia racked up $2.7 billion in revenues...
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Casting Networks® Sponsors Supply Drive for Covenant House
This month, Casting Networks is hosting a supply drive in support of Covenant House at our Los Angeles and New York offices. Employees are encouraged to donate personal hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, and body wash to the young people served by...
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Casting Networks® Launches New Headshot Service in Vancouver and Sydney
Casting Networks is proud to announce the launch of Studio Shots, a new service for talent in the Vancouver and Sydney markets. Launched last month at GO Studios in Vancouver, BC, Studio Shots offers talent subscribed to Casting Networks’ Photos Unlimited service a...
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Boris Bronshteyn Joins the Casting Networks® Team
Casting Networks, the leading provider of casting and audition management software, has hired Boris Bronshteyn as Chief Technology Officer. The announcement was made last month by co-CEOs Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin. Bronshteyn, who will report to Amin, is responsible...
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Industry Takes: Content Is King, Part 2
This is part two of "Industry Takes: Content Is King." Read part one here. While networks and tech companies race to grab a piece of the pie, audiences struggle to play catch up. With so many services vying for attention, and with so much original content available,...
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Industry Takes: Content Is King, Part 1
This is part one of the two-part series "Industry Takes: Content Is King." It’s no surprise that consumers have a lot of options when it comes to what they’re watching and more importantly how and when they’re watching it. Gone are the days when major television...
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Industry Takes: Modernizing the Commercials Contract
An Approved Agreement The National Board at SAG-AFTRA has unanimously approved the successor contracts previously agreed upon by the Union and the Joint Policy Committee earlier this month. The agreement represents a significant effort to address the changing nature...
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