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Control Group designs efficient, data-driven technical solutions for studios, broadcasters, hospitality and design environments. We provide consulting, integration, and development services, and we support what we build.

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World Wrestling Entertainment

As part of their facility-wide HD upgrade initiative, World Wrestling Entertainment turned to Control Group for an all-out upgrade of their Final Cut production workflow and infrastructure, without a break in the action.

WWE’s craft editing group creates content for promotions, DVDs, and online distribution, while working against tight deadlines in a broadcast facility that operates 24 hours a day. Moving this group to an HD workflow meant reevaluating every element of the production infrastructure: from edit suite software and hardware, to networking, storage, and backup systems; plus, WWE needed a system that incorporated redundant storage and recovery in the event of accidental file deletion. Read more

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Control Group has developed the key tools and best-of-breed partners to help media content owners, creators, and aggregators derive maximum value from their content.

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Ooyala: Interactive Video Demo

Ooyala, a leader in next-generation online video distribution and media management, has partnered with Control Group to showcase the company's new video integration technology.

When Ooyala was looking for a way to feature its new range of capabilities and tools, it chose Control Group to create an interactive web application to demonstrate the platform's technologies. In a matter of weeks, Control Group selected sample content, developed the new site, set up integration with Youtube and Flickr, and launched the showcase. We designed the prototyping platform to be modular and flexible so that we can rapidly create proof-of-concept applications for our clients, using their own content and allowing them to demonstrate the technologies' power in specific business contexts. Read more

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Control Group is at the forefront of integrating new technologies into innovative, interactive solutions that attract and engage customers.

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Walker Digital Gaming: Elite Baccarat

Walker Digital Gaming chose Control Group to take its concept for a new way to play Baccarat from idea to production. Elite Baccarat gives players an interactive casino gaming experience, offering exciting new bets to increase player engagement and casino revenue. Control Group integrated RFID Chips, Optical card shoes with advanced gaming technologies, creating a table-based gaming system that engages players and gathers betting intelligence. Read more

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Control Group answers the demands of architects and designers with end-to-end solutions in CAD/BIM workflow, project management, security and access, remote office collaboration and optimization, storage and project file management, and comprehensive managed services.

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Studio Daniel Libeskind: AutoCAD 2007 Training and Deployment

Studio Daniel Libeskind (SDL) is a world-renowned architecture firm headquartered in NYC. With 70 employees and projects happening across the globe, including the new World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, SDL can't afford wasting time waiting on their computers to work right.

And SDL was doing a lot of waiting, swamping the CG help desk with support calls while trying to upgrade to AutoCAD 2007 and maintain their production. Read more

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The Daily Show HD Upgrade

Control Group is excited to announce our latest project: systems integration at the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show with Jon Stewart. As part of the show's HD upgrade project, Control Group redesigned and implemented the studio's network architecture, integrated shared storage and render farms, and deployed new artist and edit workstations. Find out more about our Media and Entertainment integration capabilities.
Lifetime Digital

Control Group was recently engaged to design a new asset management and approvals system for Lifetime Digital, the team responsible for all online content on mylifetime.com. The solution consists of a Final Cut Server integration combined with a custom web application that handles content requests and approvals. The new system has centralized the video content management and publishing workflow for Lifetime's many hit shows, including Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva and Project Runway.
VH1

VH1 needed a new, data driven on-air graphics system and engaged to Control Group to take the project from spec to implementation in one month. We collaborated with the brilliant VH1 graphics production team to create the new package in time for the new season launch. The result is the dynamic, Flash and XML-driven graphic bug that you see on each and every VH1 show.
WNET/Thirteen

Control Group was engaged by WNET/Thirteen to assist in their transition to Final Cut Pro editing environments. Our role was combined training, support, and consulting: we trained staff in Final Cut Pro editing techniques, identified the need for workflow changes to speed production, and developed a graphics toolkit for editors. CG consultants worked with key team members to build motion graphics toolkits in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro that enabled the editors to cut professional-looking segments in record time.