Control Group was a technology and design consultancy firm, founded in 2001 in Lower Manhattan , New York City , by Campbell Hyers, Scott Anderson, and Colin O'Donnell.
7-419: On June 23, 2015, Control Group and advertising firm Titan announced their merger into one company, known as Intersection , and acquisition by a consortium of investors led by Sidewalk Labs , a subsidiary of Google . Control Group managed creative technology projects from concept design to production and implementation/installation, in addition to support of IT infrastructure. The company's partnership with
14-546: A distribution platform for community, civic, arts, and commercial apps and messaging. Control Group worked with Walker Digital Table Systems to integrate RFID technology to eliminates losses in the casino game Baccarat due to miscalculated payouts and counterfeit chips. The table transmits real-time data to the Smart Table Network , a networked system to maximize dealer performance and provide insights into customer behavior. The tables have been widely adopted by
21-667: A later iteration. The company was selected by New York City for the Community Impact Award , in collaboration with Titan , for their submission to the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge, a competition that welcomed input from hundreds of urban designers, planners, technologists and policy experts to imagine the future of the New York City's 11,000 public pay telephones. The prototype proposed open access to real-time data and
28-821: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has resulted in the planned deployment of anywhere from 47–90 digital wayfinding "On the Go!" kiosks to stations throughout the New York City Subway system in 2013. Control Group is designing the platform to deliver real-time information such as route lookup, countdown to train arrivals, and service alerts. Control Group developed an iPad based system to replace paper signage for things like sizing charts, style videos, and in-store offers. The platform may later power point of sale, employee training, shopping analytics, and supply chain management in
35-677: The Asian gaming market, most notably at the world's largest casino, Resorts World Genting in Malaysia. Perfect Pay and Smart Baccarat Table Network were both awarded Gold Awards for Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products by Casino Journal at the 2009 Gaming Technology Summit. Titan (transit advertising company) Titan was an American advertising firm that specialized in out-of-home advertising , headquartered in New York City , New York . A privately held company , it
42-509: Was sold to CBS Corporation in 1996 and in 2001 Bill Apfelbaum founded Titan with Don Allman joining as Titan's chief executive officer in the fall of 2002. During the recession of 2008–2009, the company renegotiated each of its transit contracts except that with New York City's MTA. In July 2010, it completed a consensual restructuring with its banks and investors. On June 23, 2015, Titan and Control Group announced their merger into one company, known as Intersection , and acquisition by
49-466: Was the largest transit advertising company in North America until a 2015 merger. The company provided services for outdoor advertising on transit vehicles and stations, telephone kiosks, and street banners. It was founded in 2001 by the executives who ran TDI, which in the 1990s was the largest Transit Advertising Sales company in the world, and ultimately grew to $ 800 million in annual sales. TDI
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