World Media Group’s manufacturing facility is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.  We had our first little bit of snow flurries on Sunday night.  Winter has arrived.  I don’t know if I am ready for the cold weather, but I guess I really don’t have a choice.  There is a reason as to why I am writing about the snow flurries that we had a couple of days ago.  Every CD Replication order that we manufacture is like a snow flake.  No two orders are the same.  Sure you are thinking to yourself, how can CD replication be that different from order to order?  You would be amazed.  The disc itself can be different types.  For example, is it a CD-Rom, an audio CD, an MP3 disc, etc.  The print is special for every order.  The packaging is different for every order.  Sure, there are orders that are similar, but in all honesty every order is different.  Therefore, the next time you see snow (unless you live in the south and you never see snow) think about CD replication.  Every CD is like a snowflake.  No two are the same.

Consider this the unofficial press release of World Media Group adding capacity.  World Media Group is pleased to announce that it is expanding.  WMG has recently acquired more CD Replication machines, for a total of 10 CD manufacturing lines.  Yes, that is correct, 10 CD manufacturing lines.  WMG now has the capability of molding about 200,000 CDs in 24 hours.  That totals 73 million discs in a year!!!  I know that you are amazed, I sure am.  Of course that means running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  But, if our customers need us, we are willing to work that much to get our customers what they need.  The new machines were delivered a couple of weeks ago and they are in the process of being installed.  It is very interesting to see the changes that are occurring here at WMG.  Once everything is up and running it is going to be amazing to see the number of discs that are shipped from our docks daily.  If you want to be amazed, contact your representative and arrange a tour of our manufacturing facility in Indianapolis.  We will be happy to show you our wonderful CD and DVD manufacturing home and trust me, you will be amazed when you walk out of our doors.

The president of World Media Group has a wonderful dog named Duke.  Duke was found walking though his neighborhood and being the wonderful animal lover that he is, took him home and nursed him back to health.  Now that this black and white shepherd mix is all healthy, our president swears that he should be a cartoon character.  Duke is very attentive and will sit in the yard and stare at planes flying by and also try and chase all of the other little critters that run through.  His attentiveness to detail mirrors the attentiveness to detail that we have here at WMG.  Every CD manufacturing order that WMG produces goes through a very detailed procedure to ensure the best quality manufactured disc for our customers.  For example, Duke will sit with his large ears perked up, just listening for something out of the ordinary.  Our mastering department will listen to your audio CD master when it arrives to listen for something out of the ordinary.  Duke will look through every plant and around every corner to find the small animal that doesn’t belong in the yard.  Our Quality Control department will look at every aspect of your replicated CD or replicated DVD to ensure that there isn’t anything that doesn’t belong.  Duke has a sense of urgency in everything that he does.  He is quick on his feet and very agile.  World Media Group has a sense of urgency in every order for every customer.  We are quick on our feet and can answer questions for our customers in a timely manner.  We are agile in that if our customers dream it, we will make it a reality.  In a way, Duke has become kind of a mascot for World Media Group.  Welcome to the family Duke, your actions are a great example, well, except for eating all of the zucchini out of the garden.

(Duke is in the middle)

I can’t believe that Christmas is only a couple of months away.  That seems unreal!  It just seems like this summer flew by!  Actually, we do a lot of CD and DVD manufacturing during the summer to be prepared for the Christmas holiday. It is sometimes strange to be replicating a CD or DVD in June called “The Best of Christmas” or “Frosty the Snowman” or something along the Christmas theme.  But of course, our customers have to have the product in hands way before the holidays to be able to effectively sell the CD, DVD, Cassettes, USB Flash Drive, or Custom Cards that they order from us. 

 

This year, it has been no different from years past with the exception of the additional orders of USB Drives and our Custom Plastic Cards.  We have been very lucky to be able to grow and get the orders we have with the economy like it has been.  But I’m sure when the Holidays get closer, we will have more demand for those quick turn CD and DVD orders.  Even though a lot of people have predicted this year to be a low buying Holiday season, we are so far seeing the Christmas orders come in consistently.  It seems like during this season everyone wants to pop in a Christmas song or two in their CD player on their way to work or to buy their favorite Christmas story on DVD to give to a friend or relative.  It is always a good gift and is not very expensive.  It does its job!!

 

So yes, the Holiday season can be interesting here at WMG.  It brings another meaning to those famous words “Christmas in July”.  It can be fun seeing all of these old Christmas titles/songs with intentions of bringing holiday cheer to someone.  It can also provide a lot of low-cost CD/DVD manufacturing to our clients so they can provide low-cost, high quality CD/DVD’s to the buying customer.  So, even though Halloween is a few days away…instead of Trick or Treat, maybe we need to start saying Merry Christmas!

The world of CD manufacturing can be confusing.  We all understand that here at World Media Group.  We have different options for packaging design, print design, and even different shipping options.  There are decisions that go along with every aspect of the CD and DVD manufacturing process.  For instance, how does one know if their disc is going to be screen printed or off-set printed?  Well, here is a little help on that.  If your disc art has an actual picture, the disc will printed on our off-set machines.  If your disc only has 2 colors, for example, Red and Green, this will be printed on our screen print machines.  That is the basic way to determine the difference. 

  The difference in the technology is a little    more complicated.  Off-set presses work    with 4 colors to create the image that is      printed on the CD or DVD.  These four        colors are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.  Most often, in order to get the correct color a 5^th color is added, white.  This white takes the shininess of the disc away to give it a more true color.  (For more information on this read Doug’s Blog – White Flood Giddiness.)  Our presses even have the ability to print a 6^th color if need be.  One of the main reasons for this is that there are just some colors that cannot be printed with the four colors.  For instance, a bright almost fluorescent orange cannot be printed using the off-set four colors.  This color will then be used as a 6^th color.  Screen Printing uses spot colors also known as PMS colors to create the disc.  Our screen print machines have 5 different “heads” on them.  Therefore, 5 different spot colors can be printed on the disc. 

If you are submitting a CD or DVD manufacturing job to us, and you don’t know whether your project is going to off-set printed or screen printed, we will help.  Our graphics department will look at your files and determine which is the best option and let you know.  If you have any more questions about this, leave a comment on the blog and I will be happy to answer it for you.

In the decades before the internet, there were many artists, some very good and some like today, not good, but they had to save their dollars up to make a good recording in a bona-fide recording studio. And then save more money to “press records and make tapes and eventually CD replication or CD duplication.   They then had to try to sell these records/cassettes/CDs (other than at their gigs) and get recognition, by getting played on the radio and an audience with decision makers at the record labels.  Few made it.

 
Now we have a different world for all the music to be heard.  A lot of music!  Some of this music is very good, much more is mediocre and some is similar to much of the other music that is out there, and finally there is lots of crap. 

 
Anyone can buy a home studio.  All one needs is a laptop, some recording gear, mix it themselves and post it on the internet.  Again much of this is garbage. 

 
But many established and new talented artists are finding a way to take their quality recordings and creations and get them to new and greater audiences

 
Artists are thinking “What do I need a record label for?” and creating  their own innovative attempt to change the industry. 

 
Again, I have to say that I think there is too much exposure to this big basket of easily created “music” that was not made in the same creative process that brought us great music in the past. (We still have this process going on today but there is a forest from which the consumer must choose where there once was a small wooded lot full of only the great trees)

 
I have a thought, (not really a theory as that would take too much work), but I believe that a significant reason that Pre-recorded Music Sales is suffering because there is currently, and has been for some time, too much JUNK MUSIC.  I think that this started a while ago, even at the beginning of physical CD’s sales falling and it’s continuing today.  Great music would sell in any configuration.

 
I think back in the day of the illegal pirates (Napster and others) the record companies panicked and started playing defense.  I also think that their business priorities were not for the music or the artists but for Wall Street.  I think physical CD sales started falling because the record companies were not concentrating on putting out quality music and developing acts.  Which, in the past, took great creative leadership from legendary industry leaders, (not too many as active as they were) working with artists, managers and promotion people, over long periods of time to create art.  Yes, sellable art.

 
During that transitional period from physical media to the internet options, developing artists and music trends was not the focus of the people at the top of these once great companies.  Everything started to sound the same.  Human voices were manipulated in an electronic chorus.  Pretty faces seemed to be very important in the development of acts, pretty faces, more important than the quality of the music

 
There is no doubt that the amount of time each of us has to do what we want to do with our leisure time is pretty much limited.  And we have  more things to look at from that HD picture to the screen on our Blackberries.  We can Google from anywhere. We can get any music anytime we want from a download or a session of reloading our handheld, whatever we carry.

 
So it is not surprising that physical sales of anything entertainment would be reduced;   CD’s, books, etc.

 
Maybe the world taste of music has changed and I have not.  I doubt that because when I see great new talent today I know it and appreciate it.  There is just not enough great, thoughtfully created music that is marketed to the potential music buyer.  I guess I am saying this to the physical media buyer.

Saturday, October 4, I am doing chores around the house and listening to XM Radio through my Direct TV Satellite connection.

 
I decide to take a break from my chores and have some lunch.  While eating lunch I am reading the business section the Economist that just arrived this morning.  A particular article has peaked my interest, Qualms with music.

 
According to this article, Nokia has teamed with the music companies to launch (CWM), Comes with Music.  Basically, you buy a special phone that comes with a year free subscription so you can download as much music from their library as you want.  Nokia has licensed music from the four major record labels as well as independent sources.  They have built the costs of these licensed tracks into some of the costs of the phone and absorbed the rest as a way to kick start sales.  The record companies get a cut of the monthly subscription fees for each hand held. (Of course this first year is free, so it will be a while before the record companies will see its true potential as they gave discounted licenses to Nokia for this first year.)

 
Other companies around the globe are doing this, and I think it has the potential to earn the record companies substantial profits that they surely need to survive.

 
I am writing this because each day there is more innovation in the music industry in an  attempt to find a way to make money.  And I think the music business is missing something.

 
Other innovations at this time are putting promo tracks and video clips on USB Flash drives (expensive) and handing out plastic cards similar to gift cards that have scratch offs or serial numbers that allow the holder of the card to download promos from the internet.  Some companies are actually printing aesthetically pleasing plastic cards of various sizes, some have hanging hooks and others have personalized carriers.  Some plastic cards that you purchase allow the end user to download an entire album.

 
Global pre-recorded physical (CD’s) were about 22 billion dollars (US) in 2003 (already on a decline); they were about 16 billion dollars in 2007 and it is continuing the slide in 2008.

 
Of course it would be nuts to say that the internet download model, legal and illegal, and the general consumption of information, mainly entertainment, has not been the main problem facing the Recorded Music Industry.

 
But there are many other issues that have caused their lack of sales (both physically and in the internet world).  The record companies waited too long, holding on to old business models.  They forgot how to partner with artists and help them develop great music and marketing.

 
I also think that the new less expensive (and cheap) technologies that allowed so many artists to make so many recordings and get them down that “long tail” of the internet has distracted the true music consumer.  There are talented unknown artists out there and their music will be discovered this way.  But there is also a lot of junk and “sounds like the other” kind of stuff.

 (Continued Tomorrow)

 

        At World Media Group we strive to have the best customer service in the CD manufacturing industry.  I believe that we achieve this.  I guess one doesn’t realize how great we are at customer service until something goes awry in your own world.  The CD manufacturing industry is very fast paced and people need things quickly.  Our customer service always seems to be one step ahead of what our customer’s questions could possibly be.  I have been ingrained with this form of customer service since I began working here. 

        Recently I have had a situation come up in my life that made me realize how great our customer service is.  I tried calling this company to ask questions and I left numerous messages and sent many emails and never received a response.  I was very upset and eventually went with a different company to get the same thing done.  Needless to say that is not how World Media Group operates.

        For instance, if one of our customers asks for a quote for a specific job, we will get that quote to our customer more than likely in less than 24 hours.  If we are unable to figure the pricing in that time frame, our customer is notified that we are working on it and we apologize for any delay.  World Media Group focuses on Customer Service.  We are always here for our customers and we can help them throughout the entire manufacturing process, whether it be for CD Replication, DVD replication, or Custom Printed USB Drives.  If you have a question, it will be answered in a timely manner.  We know that WMG customers keep coming back because of our SPECTACULAR customer service.

I'm sure you're sensing the common theme in all of this blogging: World Media Group has a lot of products to offer. You've heard all about flash drives, CD Duplication, CD Replication, DVD Duplication, DVD Replication, Mastering, Graphics, Cassette Duplication, Plastic Cards... on and on and on.

 

The one thing you probably haven't heard about it MiniCD's. These are the CD's that you might get with the purchase of a new hardware component for your computer. These CD's usually contain the drivers for that hardware. They may also be given away as a gimmick or as a business card. There are some consumers that this CD fits the bill for.

 

I'd like to take a couple minutes of your time to fully explain these little guys to you. They are a little bigger than 1/3 of the size of a regular CD. That means they hold, roughly, a little more than 1/3 the data of a regular CD. There are a few different formats, but they mainly hold around 210MB of data, or 24 minutes of music. They also need a glass master, or a stamper, produced just like their full-sized brothers.

 

The down side of these discs is that they are not compatible with slot loading drives. What's a slot loading drive? Chances are, the CD player in your car. If you have a Macintosh laptop made in the last 10 years, that has a slot loading drive. If you were to put one of these MiniCD's into one of those drives, you may as well say "buh-bye" to it. To get it back out you have to take the drive apart. That's not a good thing!

 

All that said, there are a few niche markets that love the MiniCD. It has a few really good implementations, that that is why we offer it in our product line.

Picture this, you are the new sales manager at your company.  You have just been promoted and are just chomping at the bit on your first order of business.  You have to get 1000 sales manuals out to your sales force.  What should you do?  You know that your sales force spends lots of time in the car driving from call to call.  You have the brilliant idea to put the sales information that they need to know on CD.  You then realize that you also have to have an electronic version of the information available as well.  How are you going to get this accomplished?  You call World Media Group and they have the solution.  Our wonderful sales team will let you know that you can create what is called an Enhanced CD.  An Enhanced CD will have audio content as well as Rom content on the disc.  This means that the disc will work in a car stereo for your sales team to be able to listen to the audio content.  When one of your sales team members inserts the disc into their computer they can access the Rom content.  This is all on the same CD.  I know that you are amazed at this and I am sure others will be as well.  Our talented mastering department will be able to create this disc for you.  World Media Group will then go through a process of CD replication, which requires glass mastering, CD replication, and printing the discs.  World Media Group will manufacture 1000 copies of this disc by this process.  We can also package this in any format you wish.  Your boss is going to be amazed at the how low cost the CD manufacturing process can be and you will be the hero that was able to distribute 1000 sales manuals to your people in a very effective manner.

I know this question is on people’s minds; why should I buy a CD when I can go online and download it?  Well, I will give you a couple of reasons why.

Reason #1 – Quality

When you download a song, the quality of the sound file is not as great as if it were on a replicated CD.  In order for your computer to be able to download the song in a timely fashion, the song must be compressed into an MP3 format.  This means that the song is literally squished down to a smaller size.  This means that some aspects of the recording will be lost.  There will not be as much dynamic range.  Trust me, listen a song that you downloaded and then take a replicated CD and listen to the same song.  You will hear a difference.

Reason #2 – Artwork

I believe that one of the best reasons to go to a store and buy a CD is to be able to look at the graphics that are involved in the packaging.  And of course, who doesn’t look at the lyrics section in the booklet of a packaged CD?  I know I do.  I always want to be sure that I have the correct lyrics when I am jamming out in my car on my drive home.  If you download a song from the internet, you will not get the fancy artwork.

There are many other reasons and I will give more reasons in another blog.  CD replication is the way to go if you want to listen to great music.  Look for the other reasons soon.

        It is 8:00am in the morning and you need to have to have 150 copies of 6 different presentations ready for the next day’s board meeting.  What do you do?  I must also preface this by saying you are wanting to be more “green” and save paper, so you don’t want to go to the nearest copy shop and make 150 copies of 75 pages.  WMG can provide you with a couple of options.  I bet you are gasping at the shocking thought that a CD replication facility can help you with this dilemma.  For starters, WMG can put those presentations on a CD.  Your presentations would be a CD duplication job for World Media Group.  You could even email all of the presentations to your sales representative and our Mastering Department will author a CD that is easy to use for your end users.  Once that CD is created, we would duplicate 150 copies, print them, and then you can come and pick them up.  Sounds great, doesn’t it?  The second option is to put them on a Custom Printed USB Flash Drive.  WMG can take all of the presentations, load them on a USB Flash Drive, verify that the content matches what you gave us, print a logo or just leave them blank if you wish, and then you can come and pick them up.  Imagine the look on your boss’s face when you show up at the meeting with 150 custom printed USB flash drives with the presentations loaded on them.  Everyone at the meeting can get their laptops out and plug the drive into their open USB port and voila, they have access to the presentations.  Again, I bet you are shocked that it can be done in such a short time span.  Well, that is what we are here for.

You will never believe what we can still do…are you ready?  It has a direct correlation to the baby boomer generation.  Music became the medium that it is today via this method of listening.   They could be obtained as a 45 rpm single, you could listen to them on both sides (gasp!—though side 2 was never as good as the reason you purchased the single in the first place, ‘cept in a few instances) or, you could buy the LP version.   Yes that LP Vinyl record at 33 1/3^rd speed was the most coveted of musical objects that you could play on either your turntable, your hi-fi or your cabinet stereo (your most prized piece of furniture).    If you took the album to a concert, or purchased the album there, the artist could sign the jacket with a  REALLY BIG signature.  

 

Today people dig through bins and bins of vintage albums--  (do you know that a new artist release of music today is still referred to as an “album”---ahh, some things never change).  True music devotees attempt to find an original Zeppelin that hopefully is not too scratched up, a Beatles record that was not their most successful but they still want it in their collection, or a Muddy Water’s 78 rpm that will get them through those long nights, listening to the scratchy genius of a time gone by…that is, if you still have your grandparents’ record player!

 

Ok now I’m showing my history.  But, we process vinyl orders.   We go through the mastering process with you, and we guide you each step of the way from mastering to print to packaging.

 

So, from Vinyl, to CD replication, to Custom Printed USB Flash drives, we offer all the technology in between, plus the service and the packaging.  Why go any where else?

 

So  I’m off to dig out my old turntable…I have it stored somewhere…I just remembered I have the LP version of SARGENT PEPPER’S LONELY HEART’S CLUB BAND—sung by the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton…ok, not so good on Billboard and they were not the Beatles, but hey, they were fun to watch and the songwriting was the best!

        In the world of USB Flash Drives, what kind of information can I load onto them?  Well, I like to put it this way: “If you can put it on a CD Audio, CD Rom, DVD Video, or DVD Rom, you can put it on a Flash Drive.”  Now, the size of the information that you are putting on the flash drive, determines the memory capacity that you need for the drive.  Look at it this way, a CD is about 700 MB worth of information.  If you want to put a full length CD on a USB Flash drive, you will need a 1 GB flash drive.  World Media Group will pre-test the drive, print your logo on the drive, load the information on the drive, verify that the information on the drive matches the original content, and then package the drive to ship to you.  It’s as easy as that!  Companies are using Custom Printed USB Flash Drives to distribute product catalogues, training videos, and other promotional items.  Companies like using Custom Printed USB Flash Drives for trade show hand outs because people will reuse them.  Since their logo is printed directly on the drive, it is a constant reminder to the end user.  It is like having a permanent business card in your pocket that is actually useful for other things.  Entertainment Companies are starting to put MP3 albums on Custom Printed USB Flash Drives along with album artwork to get people to pay for the album instead of downloading it illegally.  It is an interesting concept, but that is the direction that the media world is moving.  So, if you are thinking to yourself, can I put that on a flash drive?  Just ask and I am sure that one of our very intelligent customer service representatives will be able to help you.  Look to the future, put your information on a Custom Printed USB Flash drive.

        When I began working at World Media Group, all of my friends would ask me, “So…who’s CDs do you guys do that I would know?  Surely you guys are making CDs for someone that I would know.”  Well, I always then have to explain to them that a majority of the CD replication business that World Media Group has is corporate communications.  CDs and DVDs are not just for entertainment purposes.  Granted we have done some big name artists CD manufacturing projects, but those are not as prevalent as the corporate things that we do.  I never thought of how many companies could use CDs and DVDs.  I know that I used to think of CDs and DVDs just for entertainment purposes.  Who knew that a whole CD manufacturing facility in Indianapolis would be making more discs for corporations than anything else.  It is great!  When I worked in the Quality Control Department of World Media Group, I would get to test the discs for playability and would learn about all different types of products.  Companies put product catalogues on CD, training videos on DVD, and so many more things.  I know that it doesn’t seem as exciting as say the number one artist on Billboard, but it is still exciting.  I am sure that many people don’t get excited about Training Videos on DVD, but when you get to watch them and learn something, it is exciting to me.  I know, I am a nerd, but I am okay with that.

        I know that everyone has those moments where you think to yourself (or as I do, sing to myself), it’s a small world.  I had one of those moments recently.  I was at a trade show representing World Media Group and a man walked up to me and said, “World Media Group, you guys make CDs right?”  (Let me interrupt this story for a moment and let you know that I was at a conference for Plastic Cards.)  I looked at him and said, “Yes, you are correct.  We are a CD Replication and DVD Replication facility located in Indianapolis.  Can I help you with something?”  He looked at me and smiled, “Actually, my band put a CD out about 10 years ago and you guys made them for us.”  I was amazed.  He told me the name of the group and the name of the CD.  I apologized to him that I didn’t know the project because I have only been with the company for 3 years.  Needless to say, it was a moment where I started singing in my head, “It’s a small world after all.”  The most interesting part of this story is that, I saw this gentleman at another trade show earlier in the month and he handed me a copy of the CD.  I can tell if WMG manufactured the CD due to our internal house numbering system.  I opened the CD and sure enough there was our house number and www.worldmediagroup.com.  That moment was great, he was happy with the job that we did for his band.  Unfortunately his brand broke up and we won’t be able to provide him with the great customer service that we provide for a second time, but at least we left an impression from 10 years ago.

    In the world of USB Flash Drives, there are many different memory capacities available.  Since I work with Custom USB Drives on a daily basis here at World Media Group, I am always interested to see what people are offering.  I go through the Sunday newspaper ads and look at Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s just to see how much their USB Flash Drives are and also to see what memory capacities they are offering.  They always have 1 GB and 2 GB drives available.  Now, here’s the deal.  1 GB drives are becoming the standard when it comes to USB Flash drives.  Get this, World Media Group has a USB Flash drive that is available in 64 GB!!!  I know you are thinking holy crap, that’s a lot of memory.  You are correct, that is a lot of memory.  This drive looks like a credit card with the USB port sliding out of the back.  I think these drives are very interesting.  And get this, we can print up to 4 colors on the casing of the drive.  This means you can have a Custom printed USB Flash drive that holds just about anything you can think of.  Look at it this way, iPods come in 8 GB and 16 GB for their new iPod touch.  Granted the flash drive that we sell isn’t going to be able to play songs (there aren’t any headphone ports.)  But think about it, how many songs do you have on your iPod?  (I only have an 8 GB iPod and I have too many songs on mine that I forget what is on there).  Think of all of the MP3’s you can fit on a 64 GB Flash drive.  Trust me, I am as amazed as you are.  If you are interested in these drives, leave a comment and I will get back with you and let you know the options.

        CDs and DVDs can be packaged in a variety of different ways.  Everyone knows and sees the basic packaging for a CD, the jewel case.  Everyone knows and sees the basic packaging for a DVD, the amaray case.  If you are looking for something new and exciting in the world of CD packaging and DVD packaging.  Ask for some samples from your customer service representative or your sales representative.  We have done some very interesting custom packaging for our customers in the past and we would love to do this in the future.  We even had a CD packaging job last year that was in a tin with hot chocolate.  Trust me, if you can think of it, we will be happy to make it a reality for you.  Everyone has been to a retail store and looked at some of the CD and DVD packaging, or at least you don’t realize that you have.  Your eye naturally gravitates toward the interesting packaging.  Graphics that jump out, odd shapes and sizes, and texture are things that can be added to a CD packaging job to make it stand out from the rest.  If you have an idea for your next project that isn’t very conventional, let us know about it.  We aren’t scared to try new things.  We want to make our customers happy and if that means packaging a rubber ducky on top of a CD case, we will figure out how to make that happen.  Let your imagination run free and talk to World Media Group about making your dreams a reality.

        With the Presidential election only a couple of months away, you cannot get away from politics.  Commercials with John McCain stating his views one minute and then commercials featuring Barack Obama telling stating his views are all over television.  I don’t think it is possible to watch a TV show right now without seeing at least 5 political ads in the process.  Enough of my venting, but with all the news and commercials talking about politics, it reminds me of elementary school and talking about the checks and balances system within our government.  World Media Group also has a system of checks and balances.  We are not associated with any government agency, but we are following some of the same guidelines. 

        At World Media Group, as a disc moves through the manufacturing stages, certain things are checked.  Different people are checking the same things over to be sure that the product that leaves our facility is the correct product.  We have a very successful quality control department.  Most CD manufacturing facilities do not go through as many steps to check a product before it is shipped.  World Media Group always goes above and beyond for its customers.  Whether it be CD replication, DVD duplication, or Plastic Card Manufacturing, the job is checked by many eyes before the customer ever sees it.  With these checks and balances in place, on the off chance that we might make a mistake, it will definitely by caught by one of our outstanding quality control team members.

        Does your company have an old training video that looks a little outdated?  Does your company have a video that is very long and if you want to get to a certain point in the video you have to fast forward for what seems like a million years just to make your point?  Did you know that World Media Group can fix these issues?

        World Media Group has a very talented creative services staff otherwise known as our mastering department.  Did you know that our Chief Mastering Engineer won an award in college for a documentary that he did?  I bet you didn’t!!!  World Media Group can take your company video with its graphics circa 1980, chop it up, add new graphics, add chapter markers, and send it to you for your thoughts.  It will look brand new and updated for the times.  If the video is on VHS or some other format, we can convert it to a DVD for you as well.  We can then replicate the disc for you with new graphics on the front of the disc.  Get with the times people and revamp and renew your company videos.  If you really want to get with the times, have World Media Group compress it to fit on a custom printed USB flash drive.  We will print your company logo on the drive and load your video presentation on the drive.  You will be the envy of your competitors.  If you have any questions about this process, don’t hesitate to ask.