All Media Guide (commonly known as AMG), is the A company in the broadest sense is an aggregation of people who stay together for a common purpose. Such usage includes people assembled for commercial or judicial purposes, organised as a type of business organization. See company (law). for military purposes. See company (military unit). as the officers and crew... company which maintains The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. AMG was founded in 1991 as a guide for consumers and published its first reference book the next year. AMGs database is licensed and used in tens of thousands of point... All Music Guide, All Game Guide and All Movie Guide is an online database of information about movie stars, movies and television shows. It is a subsidiary of All Media Guide: others include All Music Guide and All Game Guide. External links All Movie Guide - including terms of use Categories: Movie stubs | Film criticism | Movie websites | Online... All Movie Guide. AMG's parent company was owned by Alliance Entertainment Corporation until early 2005 when they became their own company.

AMG has created the world's largest, most comprehensive, and most accurate databases of Metadata is data about data. An example is a library catalog card, which contains data about the nature and location of a book: It is data about the data in the book referred to by the card. The content combined with its metadata is often called a content package. Uses... metadata about movies, games, and music releases. These databases are used for POS must not be confused with EFT/POS and POS Terminal used in Electronic payment POS or PoS is an acronym for point-of-sale (or point of purchase). This can mean a retail shop, a checkout counter in a shop, or a variable location where a transaction occurs. Supermarket... point of sale systems in tens of thousands of stores globally, for CD and DVD recognition in software media players such as Windows Media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox, and for providing content for a variety of websites.

In addition to selling computerized access to its databases, AMG sells several dozen print compilations of its information.

In late 2004, AMG launched a new product called LASSO. AMG LASSO is a a media recognition service launched by the All Media Guide in 2004. The LASSO service automatically recognizes CDs, DVDs, and digital audio files in formats such as MP3, WMA, and others. The service uses CD TOC, DVD TOC, and acoustic fingerprint based recognition technologies to recognize... AMG LASSO is a media recognition service that automatically recognizes CDs, DVDs, and digital audio files such as MP3, OGG, AAC, and WMA files. Once media is recognized, metadata from AMG's All Music and All Movie databases is delivered directly to the player. LASSO is available as an SDK for personal computer software developers, and an embedded version of LASSO is available for consumer electronics devices. LASSO has significant advantages over its competition in the media recognition industry because of the high quality and comprehensiveness of the AMG metadata that is delivered.

The company was founded in Big Rapids is a city located in Mecosta County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,849. It is the county seat of Mecosta County6. The city is located within Big Rapids Township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city... Big Rapids, Michigan in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991, in order to create a comprehensive archive of all music. AMG moved to Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Washtenaw County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 114,024. Ann Arbor Charter Township is adjacent to the city on the north and east sides. Ann... Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events Environmental change The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern... 1996.

External links

• All Media Guide corporate site (http://www.allmediaguide.com/)
• All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/)
• All Game Guide (http://www.allgame.com/)
• All Movie Guide (http://www.allmovie.com/)
• LASSO (http://www.allmediaguide.com/lasso/)