Re: Showbiz search engine

Showbiz Information (thebaron@earthlink.net)
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 18:06:20 -0800


We have just launched a new search engine with over 50,000 entertainment
links and 3 million records, running on Allaire's Cold Fusion database
at http://www.showbizdata.com

Showbiz users are able to access and search the following:

WebIndex: More than 50,000 categorized links to entertainment related
resources on the World Wide Web. Categories include, images, video
clips, audio files, actors, web sites, production companies, composers,
reviews, film trailers etc. etc. The ShowBIZ WebINDEX is the most
comprehensive entertainment index available on the web today.

Media Publications INDEX: Searchable or browsable index of
approximately 1,200 professional publications available on the web.
This includes all major US Daily newspapers, all national newspapers as
well as popular magazines and international newspapers.

US TV Network Database: Searchable database of all national TV
networks, with contact information, coporate breakdown and credits.
Approx. 4,500 entries.

European Production Guide: HTML directory of production resources in
all major european countries, covering all areas of production from
contact information about animal trainers to equipment rental houses.
Approx. 9,000 individual pages.

Literary Index: Searchable database containing information about book
publishers, authors, book sellers, US book stores, etc. Approx. 4,500
links.

World Wide Box Office Database: Look up box office grosses of films in
the US (Weekly Top 50) and 10 countries abroad (Weekly Top 10).

Public Executive Database: Look up companies and executives in the
entertainment industry. Approx. 3,500 companies, with their corporate
breakdown and most recent credits.

Hollywood Guilds & Unions: Guide to all the unions such as IATSE,
Directors Guild, Writers Guild etc.

Full Executive Database: Contact resource for executives in the
entertainment industry, such as Producers, Directors, Studio executives,
Multimedia executives etc. Approx. 11,000 individuals to date and
counting.

Development Source: Who has what in development at what studio or
production company. 7,000 entries.

Full Box Office Database: 10 years of world-wide box office grosses.

Showbiz News: Daily Studio Briefing including 5 years of news archives
from 20 trade papers, searchable by multiple key words.

For more information please contact: info@showbizdata.com