SV(M) Talent Dashboards present biographical data, credits and combined views for actors in streaming shows.

Search for talent by name or go to a Title Dashboard and scroll to Cast. 

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Find Talent

Talent Dashboards can be accessed 1) via Search or 2) from a linked Title Dashboard.

 

Search by name

Open Search and start typing a first or last name in the top search bar. Matching Talent will appear in the right column sorted by name match similarity.

Matching titles (again, based solely on name matches) will also appear at left.

To see talent results only, switch the selector to the left of the search bar from All to Talent.

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Go to Cast (Title Dashboards)

Title Dashboards for TV seasons and movies now list linked Talent. Scroll down to CAST and click a name to visit their Talent Dashboard.

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Talent snapshot

The top of a Talent Dashboard lists biographical facts, high-level career metadata and KPIs. 

Talent metadata categories

Talent Dashboards include:

Experience

Above-the-line roles held by the talent during their career. Talent refers to acting roles. But the Experience field can also list credits like Director, Writer, Producer, Documentary Producer and so on.

Country of Origin

The country where the person was born, regardless of where they currently live or work.

Gender, Ethnicity, Birthdate, Pronouns

Additional biographical data from the FTV database. 

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Click "View All ↗ " to see complete metadata in a pop-out overlay.

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Talent KPIs: Attributed Views / Credited Titles

Views and trends

Unlike Title and Streamer Dashboards, Talent Dashboards only highlight one metric: Views. All activity data on a Talent Dashboard is based on the number of views that can be attributed to the talent for their credited titles in your date range.

Activity Over Time Data

Below or beside the bar graph, an ACTIVITY OVER TIME DATA grid lists complete viewing figures with TV and movie breakouts. 

Changing the interval from DAILY to WEEKLY (top right) will also change the graph view.

Open the kebab menu  at top right to export talent view data in Excel or CSV format.

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Credits

At the bottom of a Talent Dashboard, the CREDITS grid lists all roles linked to that talent in the SV(M) database. Toggle the top right selector from ALL to TV SEASONS or MOVIES to filter credits by category.

Credits are listed in order of view count within the time frame (ATTRIBUTED VIEWS column). Click any other column header to sort by that metric instead.

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The bottom left corner of the CREDITS pane shows the total count of titles featuring the talent in SV(M).

Click VIEW ALL ↗ to open the complete list as a scrollable pop-out overlay.

Some titles might not show viewership data for your selected date range. These might include titles release after the time frame or titles that weren't added to our feed yet. We still list all credits, even the ones with zero views.

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Talent Dashboard FAQs

Where do you get talent metadata?

Talent metadata — birthdate, country, ethnicity, etc. — comes from the Luminate Film & TV (FTV) database. 

How do you determine Country of Origin? 

Country of Origin refers to the country where the person was born. 

Why do Talent Dashboards use Views instead of Minutes/Hours Watched? 

The Views metric measures the number of times a title was watched in its entirety. One View means that the title — and its cast — was seen once, regardless of how long any specific person was onscreen. 

Watching a 145-minute movie doesn’t (usually) mean watching every actor in it for 145 minutes. But it does mean seeing every cast member at least once: the lead role, the two-minute cameo and everyone in between. 

Since we cannot (yet) break down screen time per cast member, attributing the full measure of minutes watched to every actor in a title wouldn’t be an accurate way to depict activity on a Talent Dashboard. Using Views instead of Minutes/Hours Watched also helps balance the duration difference between TV seasons and movies. 

Are views weighted differently for lead roles/main cast vs. guest/supporting cast? 

Not at this time. We attribute views for movies and TV seasons to all credited cast members. We may calculate talent views differently or offer new breakouts in the future, but for now a view is a view irrespective of screen time, status or salary. 

Do TV actors get counted in every episode of a season?

For the time being, yes. Talent credits and views are attributed at the season level, not the episode level. Main cast members and key recurring cast for a season all receive season views. We may break out episode-level credits in the future. 

Do you include voice acting roles? 

We track voice roles and list them under Credits, but voice roles don’t contribute to Views on a Talent Dashboard. This is because 1) the nature of voice acting means that some actors receive hundreds of credits for children’s, animation and translated (“dubbed”) content, which would distort the overall viewership picture, and 2) actors in voice-only roles are literally not viewed.

Do you create Dashboards for directors, producers and other non-acting talent?

Not at this time. Right now, SV(M) generates Talent Dashboards for actors with credited roles in titles in our dataset. We list non-acting credits for those actors in the Experience field, but we don’t create Dashboards for people who are primarily directors, writers and producers rather than actors. 

Can I request changes or corrections to talent data? 

Yes. If you notice an error or have questions about talent metadata (biographical facts, roles, et cetera), contact Support at <support@luminatedata.com>. Paste the full Talent Dashboard URL, describe the correction and include documentation/verification.