Breakdown Services' President and His New Product, Eco-Cast, Help Raise the Odds on the Las Vegas Entertainment Industry

    LOS ANGELES, CA, May 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Last weekend Gary Marsh, President of Breakdown Services, addressed a meeting of the Nevada Coalition of Talent Agents (NCTA) to introduce them to the future of casting talent in Las Vegas. Marsh was armed with forty years of experience and Eco-Cast, the first virtual pre-read system as well as the company's newest breakthrough in casting technology.

Breakdown Services' Eco-Cast will be an invaluable tool for Nevada's actors and agents by bringing them to Hollywood virtually. Using Eco-Cast, agents can receive invites from casting directors anywhere in the world to forward to their clients. The actors can now audition for roles in movies, TV shows and commercials at their homes or agent's offices in Las Vegas. By not having to drive or fly to auditions, they will save gas and money. It will also mean actors in Las Vegas will be considered for many more roles that they weren't before. A casting director out of Texas can now audition possible actors in Las Vegas from their home instead of having to travel to them.

It was also announced at the NCTA meeting that as of August 1, 2010, Nevada will make a historic change to the way talent agencies operate in Nevada. The area's top agencies will be joining together to make each of their respective agencies exclusive to the actor. With this transition each actor is registered with a single agent instead of the current system where actors can be registered with a number of agents. The NCTA hopes that this change will attract more Hollywood casting directors to hire local talent. In the recent past, many casting directors have shied away from Nevada due to lack of organization and in-fighting amongst the agents.

Marsh gave an interactive computer demonstration on how Breakdown Services works in Los Angeles, and how Las Vegas will soon be accepting projects both locally and nationally. The Las Vegas Breakdowns will be offered at no cost to either the agencies or the actors, bringing the city into the 21st century of the entertainment industry.

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 www.talentproplus.com, www.gobetween.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 www.breakdownexpress.com.

Contact:

Jenna Albrecht
Breakdown Services, Ltd.
Tel: 310/276-9166 ext. 413
Email: [email protected]

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