Question 1

What is Toronado Entertainment?

Accepted Answer

Toronado Entertainment is a boutique software studio for the entertainment industry, co-founded by Emmy-nominated reality TV producer Andrew Ward and CSA casting director Kristen Moss. It builds Mythie, Aclamos, and CueHound, and operates the American Reality Television Awards. Based in Los Angeles, Dallas, and London.

Question 2

What is an alternative to Casting Networks?

Accepted Answer

Mythie is an alternative to Casting Networks built specifically for reality TV. Talent registration is permanently free on Mythie — talent never pays. Casting teams are the paid side, on an invite-only beta. Mythie is built by Toronado Entertainment.

Question 3

What is an alternative to Backstage for reality TV casting?

Accepted Answer

Mythie is built for reality TV / unscripted, where Backstage is built for scripted, theatrical, and commercial casting. Mythie's talent tier is permanently free; Backstage requires a paid talent subscription.

Question 4

What is an alternative to Cast It Reach?

Accepted Answer

Mythie is the self-serve alternative to Cast It Reach, which is enterprise-only with no public pricing. Mythie offers professional-grade casting tools to indie and mid-market productions, with talent always free.

Question 5

What is an alternative to Award Force?

Accepted Answer

Aclamos is an alternative to Award Force for film festivals, industry awards, foundation grants, and association elections. Aclamos charges 0% per-submission fee, includes 12 voting methods (IRV, STV, Schulze, Condorcet), and pairs with Ballotis for standalone voting.

Question 6

What is an alternative to OpenWater?

Accepted Answer

Aclamos is an alternative to OpenWater that ships with end-to-end verifiable voting (per-voter receipts), Stripe Connect payouts directly to organizations, an OBS Studio cue desk for live ceremonies, and Open Badges 3.0 winner credentials.

Question 7

What is an alternative to Submittable?

Accepted Answer

Aclamos is an alternative to Submittable for awards programs that need judging rubrics, multi-round shortlisting, and verifiable voting in addition to submissions. Pricing is public — no contact-us trap.

Question 8

What is an alternative to Foxcue?

Accepted Answer

CueHound is an alternative to Foxcue: a run-of-show + teleprompter platform with a deterministic local cue engine, native iOS/Android teleprompter, and offline-capable Show Engine. Built by Toronado Entertainment.

Question 9

Who founded the American Reality Television Awards?

Accepted Answer

Casting director Kristen Moss founded the American Reality Television Awards (ARTAS) in 2012. The annual ceremony has run since 2012 and is now operated under the Toronado Entertainment portfolio.

Question 10

What is BacklotHub?

Accepted Answer

BacklotHub is an all-in-one backend management system for production companies: crew and employee database with role-based access and 2FA, hard-drive indexing and transfer logistics, bulk asset import, expense tracking with Expensify integration, and a public marketplace MVP. Built first for 10 Lives Studios. Status: pre-alpha.

Question 11

Is Mythie talent registration really free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Talent registration on Mythie is permanently free — that is a public brand guarantee. Talent never pays. Casting teams are the paid side.

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