Los Angeles, CA (June 25, 2010) – Today, Control Room, the world’s leading producer of global music events, announced the company was recognized for excellence in film and video production with five Telly Awards for its John Legend: Live at the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley program broadcast on Comcast On-Demand and on Comcast’s online portal, Fancast XFINITY TV.

Control Room received awards in the following categories:
• Best Music Video (Silver Award)
• Best Use of HD (Silver Award)
• Best Use of Music (Bronze Award)
• Best Lighting (Bronze Award)
• Best Cinematography (Bronze Award)

John Legend: Live at the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley featured six-time GRAMMY award winning artist, John Legend, performing songs off “Evolver,” his latest studio album. The sold-out crowd at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre enjoyed special guest appearances by Estelle, Vaughn Anthony, and India.Arie all joining Legend for individual duets.

Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past Winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of a Silver Telly, the highest honor. Other outstanding work is awarded a Bronze Telly.

About Control Room
Founded by Emmy-award winning producer Kevin Wall and headed by company president and co-executive producer Aaron Grosky, Control Room is the world’s leading producer of massive global events leveraging unparalleled expertise to deliver once-in-a-life time entertainment experiences to audiences around the world. Through a combination of expertise – event production, television production, media architecture design, artist and celebrity relationships, sponsorship development, and creative vision – Control Room evolves events into cultural phenomena.

Control Room is an end-to-end solution for brands, artists, broadcasters and sponsors committed to connecting global audiences with compelling entertainment. The company has built long-standing business relationships and successfully navigated the complexities of culture, government, and production in countries in every region of the world. Since 2005, Control Room has illustrated a history of measurable results through a comprehensive body of work including more than 100 live events ranging from single-artist concerts to worldwide movements.