Las Vegas, NV. -- The Nevada Film Office is pleased to announce the full activation of their redesigned website at www.nevadafilm.com. Reconfigured to provide a more user-friendly, worldwide interface to attract the global industries of film, television, music and other multimedia to the state of Nevada, the website received over 18,000 hits from around the world in the month of March. Visitors from more than 20 nations throughout the Middle and Far East, Europe, Asia, Scandinavia, South America, North America, and other continents accessed the Nevada Film Office website. A number of inquiries were received from Russia and the Slovak Republic, demonstrating remarkable reach and effectiveness of the site. Inquiries and requests for assistance and information related to a broad spectrum of projects ranging from commercials, television series and specials, to feature films, documentaries, music videos, catalog and still photography shoots.

"This website compliments our traditional advertising of the State," says Charles Geocaris, Director of the Nevada Film Office. "Nevada has worldwide appeal as a location for production, and the website for information at their convenience without concern about time differences, make their needs known to us electronically, and we respond quickly and comprehensively." By implementing extensive links and featuring images of all parts of the State, the website acts as a vehicle to both educate visitors and gather information from and about them via an interactive format.

Individuals and companies listed in the 1999 Nevada Film Office Production Directory are included automatically on the website at no additional charge. If they provided their own website information in the 1999 Directory, they are "hotlinked" to the NFO site as well, again at no charge. "Our new website will provider a communications link superior to anything we have had in the past electronically," states Robin Holabird, Deputy Director for the Nevada Film Office. "It will be updated frequently throughout the year, which means everyone in the State has the opportunity to be listed even if they missed the annual book's publication in January."

Developed and designed based on the Nevada Production Directory, the Film Office Internet presence includes features beyond the book such as links to other Nevada sites and industry sites. Future features will include photo library access, updated production news on an ongoing basis, press releases and links to media articles and coverage, and a periodic electronic newsletter.

The distribution of literally thousands of copies of the Production Directory throughout the year to key individuals and companies in film, television, music and multimedia industries is an essential method the Nevada Film Office utilizes to facilitate and promote production and locations in Nevada. Now, the added impact and influence of the NFO website will further that goal as well as make the people and businesses listed even more accessible for hire by productions from around the country and around the world. "Raising Nevada's visibility and enhancing our credibility are essential to bring an ever-increasing share of production here," says Geocaris. "The website is an important part of that strategy."