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CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TMS, the leading provider of entertainment metadata, and Com Hem, the leading supplier of triple-play services in Sweden, have entered into a new agreement under which Com Hem will use TMS' best-in-class On(®) Entertainment metadata in its next generation entertainment guides. TMS data will enable Com Hem to offer its subscribers guides which facilitate seamless search and discovery of linear and on-demand television programming. The user...
CHICAGO, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TMS, the leading provider of entertainment metadata, has just launched OnConnect Managed Services, a new "Data as a Service" platform offering a powerful set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and an image hosting service. Offering easy access to dozens of data delivery API methods, OnConnect gives application developers reliable, flexible, and scalable delivery of the company's industry leading On® TV Entertainment metadata....
CHICAGO, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS), the leading provider of entertainment metadata, and SKY Brasil, the largest satellite TV operator in Brazil, have announced a new agreement under which TMS' best-in-class On Entertainment metadata will be used in the entertainment guides offered by SKY Brasil to its fast-growing subscriber base. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/CG18182LOGO-a) SKY Brasil, the premier pay TV brand in Brazil,...
CHICAGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS), the leading provider of entertainment metadata, and DIRECTV, the premier provider of digital television services worldwide, have announced a new agreement under which TMS' best-in-class On Entertainment metadata will be used in the entertainment guides offered by DIRECTV Latin America to its PanAmericana subscribers. By providing superior guides powered by TMS entertainment information, images, TV Showcards and...
CHICAGO and DURHAM, N.C., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS), a leading provider of entertainment metadata, and Digitalsmiths, the leader in video content discovery, today announced that the two companies are releasing a robust new set of data-delivery APIs enabling TMS customers to leverage TMS metadata in exciting new ways. Built on Digitalsmiths' Seamless Discovery(TM) platform that handles more than one billion API transactions per month, the new APIs...
CHICAGO, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zap2it, the leading TV news and information web site from Tribune Media Services (TMS), has introduced new social TV features that reward entertainment fans for interacting with news and content focusing on their favorite shows and celebrities. Users can now earn points and customized badges through common actions such as joining Zap2it's various social media communities, "liking," commenting on and reacting to blog posts, sharing content and...
CHICAGO, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services Entertainment Products (TMS), a leading provider of entertainment metadata, has entered into an agreement with Audible Magic, a pioneer in automated content recognition (ACR) technology and solutions. Audible Magic will use best-in-class TMS metadata in its new Live TViD automated content recognition service. The service identifies live TV content using audio signals and synchronizes in real-time with TMS metadata to...
CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS), a leading provider of entertainment information, has entered into an exclusive agreement to provide television listings and content to NTVB Media, creator of successful TV magazine subscription programs for newspapers. Best-in-class TMS content will be used in NTVB Media's popular "TV Weekly" magazine offered by newspapers to their subscribers across the U.S. and Canada. (Logo:...
CHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zap2it, the leading TV and celebrity fan site network from Tribune Media Services (TMS), surpassed TV Guide in audience size during November 2011 according to recently released data from audience measurement service comScore. Based on significant growth over the past year driven by editorial enhancements plus new content and listings partners, Zap2it now delivers a larger audience than many of its competitors in comScore?s "Entertainment...
CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Services (TMS), a leading provider of entertainment information databases, has published a new special report offering valuable insights to companies seeking to produce or help power next-generation entertainment guides. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110613/CG18182LOGO-a) Titled "Entertainment Discovery in a Multiplatform World: Meeting the Challenges of Online Video Navigation," the report provides exclusive online video...
