-- An unprecedented, end-to-end, Cloud-based Production Management Platform called eTribez Production Management - developed by Israel-based eTribez Labs, Inc., - has been launched and is now available to producers of content for the entertainment, broadcasting, promo, and advertising industries, on a global basis. The benefits of the new platform offer producers of original content an easy to use, Cloud-based platform that is accessible from any device, updates in real time, and is comprised of complimentary Modules that communicate with each other. The new platform unifies and synchronizes every aspect of the production process via one centralized solution - historically, these production processes have never before been inter-connected. Designed to perform on a studio level, the eTribez Production Management Platform is highly secure, has been ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified, and is GDPR compliant.
Since eTribez's founding in Tel Aviv in 2012, the company has earned a solid reputation from major industry producers around the world who have embraced its highly successful, online, NON-SCRIPTED CASTING AND CAST MANAGEMENT service. During the past seven years, that service has powered the casting management behind over 200 non-scripted TV series including such hit global formats as Big Brother, Idol, Got Talent, Survivor, The Voice, The Amazing Race, MasterChef, The Chase, and many others.
The new eTribez-designed Production Management Platform will be comprised of six Modules. The first, brand new platform module - PRODUCTION PLANNING - has just been launched. Benefits of this new module include building a general timeline, creating a day-to-day planning calendar, and setting up a detailed shooting plan, breakdown, stripboard, call sheets, daily reports, and time tracking.
During the course of 2019, the additional five modules comprising the new eTribez Production Management Platform will also become available. These will be: PRODUCTION FINANCE, STAFFING & CREW MANAGEMENT, SCRIPTED CASTING & CAST MANAGEMENT, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, and SCHEDULING.
Concurrently, eTribez has expanded its presence within the U.S. marketplace in efforts to secure new customers working across all media industries and platforms. In this regard, the company has named Ted Bookstaver as Vice President, Client Relations, North America. He joins Diahnna Baxter, the company's existing Director, Client Relations, North America, in spearheading the company's Los Angeles-based office. NOTE: TED BOOKSTAVER WILL BE ATTENDING NATPE 2019 IN MIAMI AND IS AVAILABLE TO MEET IN PERSON!
The announcements were made today by Eli Abayan, CEO/Co-Founder, eTribez Labs, Inc.
For the past seven years, eTribez has been offering major international TV producers a variety of innovative and unique online casting and audience engagement solutions. Major TV industry clients of eTribez are based in 19 territories, including the U.S., the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. Among these high profile clients are ITV, Fremantle Media, Endemol Shine Group, FOX, Sony Pictures Television, the BBC, Canal +, NBC, Univision, Televisa, MTV, RTL, and many others.
Mr. Abayan said, We are confident that our new eTribez Production Management Platform will revolutionize the global production industry and will be embraced by producers around the world seeking the most efficient and comprehensive means possible by which to plan, organize and implement their projects. Nothing like our platform has ever existed before! We designed our new service with a studio approach, giving everyone who uses it a cross-section view, in real-time, of every aspect of the production process, from start to end. We truly believe that once producers have had a chance to integrate this new asset into their workflow, they will quickly realize how our new platform will significantly help to streamline their process.
Adds Mr. Bookstaver, Until now, TV and film productions have been managed primarily by pen and paper, tools such as Excel and Google Docs, or other limited, unsecure desktop services. These methods usually have no connectively to each other, and cause a great deal of manual work, leading to potential delays and mistakes. The eTribez Production Management Platform dramatically simplifies the way producers can handle their productions. While existing solutions such as Movie Magic, Xytech, Scenechronize, and others do have the ability to handle some production elements, ours is a One Stop Shop.' With its various production modules all interconnected, producers can manage the entire production process from one digitally-secure environment, all on a studio level.
ABOUT THE NEW ETRIBEZ PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM:
Among the services and benefits of the Modules comprising the new eTribez Platform:
** Production Planning: The new platform's powerful planning tools help producers manage their long-term timeline and day-to-day activities. These tools include building a general timeline, creating a day-to-day planning calendar, and setting up a detailed shooting plan, breakdown, stripboard, call sheets, daily reports, and time tracking.
** Production Finance: The eTribez Production Management Platform's comprehensive Production Finance module manages and tracks all financial components of each production in real time - including budget planning, tracking and control, expense, invoice and petty cash management, revenues and cash flow. This tool automatically links costs from all production entities, including Above-the-Line, cast, crew, locations, services, post-production, fringes, and more.
** Staffing & Crew Management: This new module allows for easy organization and structure of each production's staff, and can help assign crew members to production roles. Each production structure can quic
