All Media Network (also known as the All Media Guide or Allrovi ) is an American company that owns the websites Allmusic , Allgame , Allmovie , Sidereel and Celebified. The All Media Guide was founded in 1990 by pop culture activist Michael Erlevine . His first project was a music database - All Music Guide, founded in 1991, a little later, in 1994, he created a site dedicated to cinematography - All Movie Guide. Both sites are still functioning, regularly replenishing and updating their online database. In addition, in 1998 another project was launched under the name “ Allgame ”, which could also provide users with an extensive base on the subject of computer games [1] . At the end of 2007, Macrovision (now Rovi Corporation ) acquired the company for $ 72 million [2] and in 2013 transferred access to the recently created All Media Network, LLC , while retaining ownership and maintenance of the contents of the databases [3] [4] .
| All media network | |
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| Type of | Private company |
| Base | |
| Former names | All media guide Allrovi |
| Founders | Michael Erlevine |
| Location |  USA : San Francisco , California |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Allmusic , Allmovie , Allgame , SideReel, Celebified |
| Number of employees | 11-50 |
| Parent company | |
| Site | www.allmedianetwork.com |
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History
The company was founded in Big Rapids, Michigan , in 1990. Initially, she collected information about musicians and their works for the All Music Guide website, but in 1994 the company launched a new project - an online movie database called The All Movie Guide . In 1998, an information base on computer games, called the All Game Guide , was also presented [5] . In 1999, the company moved to Ann Arbor , Michigan , where there were better conditions for finding new employees. [1] From that moment, the correspondent Mark Deming was appointed to the post of editor of All Music Guide [6] .
On November 6, 2007, California-based Macrovision (now Rovi Corporation) announced the purchase of all projects in the All Media Guide package, including AllMovie , AllMusic and AllGame [7] .
For some time from 2011 to 2013, all of the company's projects were controlled through Rovi servers, and access to infobases was provided through the AllRovi.com website, but after the purchase of the project by All Media Network, LLC, the AllRovi website ceased to work, and instead was launched a new one - AllMediaNetwork.com [3] .
Business Model
All Media Network is a large database of metadata about movies, music, video games and television shows, posted on the Internet for domestic use. Articles on the company's websites include information on ratings and ratings of works, biographies of actors and musicians, and also provide links to the purchase of media materials in popular online stores, or online viewing, if possible. The company has a close relationship with iTunes and Spotify , providing them with information to populate artist pages [8] .
Products
AllMusic
An online database that provides access to information about music genres, musicians and groups, as well as album release dates. The site provides professional reviews of discographic descriptions, biographical essays about composers and performers, brief abstract reviews of musical compositions. The authors of these reviews are professional musicologists and critics with a total number of more than 900 people. Allmusic is the owner of the largest music archive, which includes about six million songs and the largest library of music album covers with more than 500 thousand images.
AllMovie
The online database, which came into operation in 1994, provides access to information about movie stars, films and television series. The site provides professional reviews of films and television series, as well as information on the release of products on DVD and Blu-ray . The site has a dual rating system, based on the ratings of both professional critics and ordinary visitors.
AllGame
Information database about computer games for various platforms and development companies. Provides information about the release dates of the games and the features of their gameplay. The site provides professional reviews, as well as a rating of games based on ratings from the site’s editors. The resource has an updated list of "gaming innovations" from the interactive entertainment industry . On December 12, 2014, the Allgame website was closed. [9]
SideReel
The site, launched in April 2007, allows users to watch online television shows, as well as monitor the release of new episodes. The project presents the opportunity to leave feedback on television series and conduct discussions with other participants. The site regularly publishes news on a variety of television shows that interest the public. Thanks to the ability to connect to Facebook , users can “ like ” the television series they like, and also share links to them in their news feed.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Brian J. Bowe. Make it or break it . Metro Times (January 24, 2007).
- ↑ Mandasoft Entry (inaccessible link) . Mandasoft Date of treatment May 1, 2014. Archived March 13, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Rovi Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2013 Financial Performance . Rovi (July 31, 2013).
- ↑ Andy DeNardi. What's the story on Rovi? (eng.) . Get Satisfaction .
- ↑ Gary Wolf. All Music Wired (February 1994).
- ↑ Mark Deming biography (English) on the AllMusic website (verified January 3, 2017) .
- ↑ Macrovision Agrees to Acquire All Media Guide Holdings, Inc. (eng.) . Business Wire (November 6, 2007).
- ↑ Antony Bruno. AllMusic.com Folding Into AllRovi.com for One-Stop Entertainment Shop . Billboard (February 28, 2011).
- ↑ allgame unopened . AllGame. Date of treatment November 15, 2014. Archived November 15, 2014.