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Television Data Products and Services
TV Listings Schedules
Accurate, comprehensive, and customizable TV listings with schedules for every local, cable, satellite and digital channel. Read More
TMS delivers TV listings with unmatched breadth and depth. We have a dedicated team of TV experts who collect, organize and disseminate listings for every television program airing on every network and local station. Whether you need local, national or international listings, we've got you covered. Our formats are flexible, easy-to-use and ready to publish for virtually any media platform -- including print, online, on-screen and mobile.
- Ready-to-publish formats for print, online or on-screen media
- Choose only the channels you need...local, national, international
- Accurate, reliable and consistently updated
- Convenient “pick up” or delivery options
- View related TV features
- Contact our Sales Team about TV Listings Schedules.
TV Database
Power your interactive guide application with the world's most comprehensive, accurate and flexible database of television program information. Read More
Great program guide applications require much more than just program listings schedules – and TMS has the in-depth data you need for both scheduled and on-demand programming. The TMS TV Database offers hundreds of deep fields of accurate, flexible show and episode information compiled from virtually every network, program syndicator and cable programmer in North America – plus the photos and logos that make the data come alive. Fuel your application with the same data that innovators like Microsoft, TiVo, Comcast and Yahoo! use to power their electronic program guides, websites and mobile devices.
- Deep metadata for both scheduled and on-demand programs
- Actor and cast photos
- Program, network and station logos
- Simple integration with your guide application
- Hassle-free data delivery using standard protocols
On™TV
You'll drive deeper discovery of television content across multiple media platforms with On™TV and the entire suite of On™ entertainment databases. Read More
On™TV is part of a powerful suite of interlinking entertainment databases, designed to fuel the next generation of interactive program guides. The On™TV database contains metadata about hundreds of thousands of TV shows which -- when linked with other On™ databases -- drives deeper discovery of entertainment content. On™TV makes it easy to help consumers uncover the six-degrees-of-separation relationships of shows, celebrities and movies no matter where they're playing -- television, DVDs, broadband or mobile.
- Rich metadata including air times, episode descriptions, cast, genres, photos and reviews
- Powered by TMS Unique IDs linking every celebrity, show and episode
- Designed to help your customers find the TV programs or movies that they'll enjoy the most
- Flexible XML format allowing you to link and present the data the way you want
- Schedules for every channel in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
- Visit the On™ demo site.
- Contact our Sales Team about On™TV.
On™Showcards
Enhance your entertainment content by giving your customers handy, detailed guides to today's most-watched TV programs. Read More
On™Showcards bring today's most popular TV shows to life with visually-rich images and in-depth details. When your customers want to know more, On™Showcards is just what you need to help them "drill down" for details about their favorite shows. Whether you use them online, on-screen or in print, On™Showcards are delivered in a convenient ready-to-publish format. On™Showcards include:
- Show premise
- Photos including cast ensemble and characters
- Premiere and finale dates
- Original and current networks
- Cast, character and crew list
- Show logo and custom banner
- Show and cast awards
- View a sample On™Showcard.
On™Connectors for TV
Add more depth to your entertainment content by connecting related shows to each other and connecting TMS data to other data partners. Read More
Mork and Mindy spun off from Happy Days? Who knew! With On™Connectors, your customers will. On™Connectors demonstrates the relationships between television programs including spin-offs, franchises, specials and super-series. In addition, On™Connectors allows you to seamlessly connect content from your partners or ours to help guide viewing choices. Only On™ Connectors can enrich your data with such complete 360° connections to your customers' favorite TV shows.
- Spin-off: Grey's Anatomy > Private Practice
- Super Series: The Apprentice > The Celebrity Apprentice, The Apprentice: Los Angeles
- Franchise: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > CSI: Miami, CSI: NY
- Special: The Bachelor > The Bachelor: Where Are They Now
- Partner Connection: On™ Connectors > Easily match TMS data with other data sources, such as Common Sense Media's family-viewing ratings
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On™VOD
As on-demand programming choices explode, TMS helps guide consumers to the offerings they'll enjoy most. Read More
Video On Demand has changed the way people watch TV. Not only has on-demand made TV viewing a non-linear experience, program choices are exploding with fresh content being served up exclusively for VOD channels. At TMS, we're tracking it all. We make VOD hassle-free.
- Comprehensive information for major national VOD content providers
- Channel lineup positions for national VOD services in the top MSOs
- Program information and episodic descriptions for VOD content
On™Broadband
As Web-based television viewing options expand, we'll help you show your customers where to find their favorite TV shows online. Read More
Online TV viewing is growing as more and more networks pour their content onto the Internet. Our team of broadband TV editors makes it easy for you to keep up with what's available where. We collect URLs on streaming video sources -- for both television networks' sites and aggregators. With TMS' Unique IDs embedded in the data customers can discover even more connections to schedules, episodes, season information, and cast and character photos.
- Connect your customers to their favorite shows online
- URLs to the video-streaming source
- TMS Unique IDs enable readers to explore deeper entertainment connections
Visit the On™ demo site.
On™Mobile
Keep your on-the-go customers in touch with television everywhere, with entertainment content perfectly tailored for mobile applications. Read More
Television is going mobile. With On™Mobile television data, your company can, too. TMS is on top of the latest standards with mobile-ready television data that can be tailored to flow into your entertainment application. The same data that powers today's most innovative print and online guides will bring your mobile content to life for consumers who want their TV information on the go.
- Schedules for broadcast mobile television
- Lineups for broadcast mobile television
- Program metadata including episodic info, description, genre, cast and more
Channel Lineups
TMS provides you access to the most complete and up-to-date collection of channel lineups in North America. Read More
The TMS Channel Lineup database contains over 22,000 channel maps for cable, satellite, telephone and utility companies in North America. As the leading source for channel lineup information and the premiere provider of TV listings nationwide, TMS has direct access to lineup information that can't be found anywhere else. Our database team constantly refreshes channel maps for unparalleled accuracy. Thousands of companies and millions of consumers rely on TMS Channel Lineups to meet their information needs.
- License channel lineups locally, regionally or nation-wide
- The most complete and reliable channel lineup database for North America
- Updated consistently for the highest accuracy possible
Web Services
With turnkey Web Services from TMS, you can deliver entertainment datasets customized for your end-user and sent directly via the Internet. Read More
With TMS Web Services, it's easy for you to deliver constantly refreshed entertainment data directly to your end users' devices, based on their preferences. TMS Web Services offer the flexibility of hosted web applications, efficient delivery via industry-standard methods and volume-based pricing as your user base grows.
- Daily refreshes of television listings information to user devices
- Web APIs provide efficient XML data for your applications
- TMS manages user preferences through dedicated account management
Unique IDs
TMS Unique IDs are the power behind your entertainment application, enabling you to deliver deeper, broader and more connected television information. Read More
As Bill Gates said, "It's not about the search, it's about the find". The real value in the TMS television database is helping consumers discover more of the shows they love to watch and the celebrities they want to see. That value is made possible by TMS Unique IDs. Every TV show, movie and celebrity in our vast entertainment database has a unique identifier, enabling you to link shows and celebrities across many media -- from TV to DVDs to webisodes to VOD to video games and more.
- License TMS Unique IDs to build a robust entertainment navigation platform
- Drive deeper discovery of television entertainment through multiple media
- Help consumers find their favorite shows and celebrities, no matter where they appear
PSIP
Rely on TMS to provide the PSIP metadata you need to transmit television program information in your digital television signal. Read More
The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the protocol used in digital television for providing metadata about each program so viewers without set-top boxes or program guides can view program titles and, optionally, descriptions. More broadcasters rely on TMS than any other source to provide reliable PSIP data to transmit with their digital television streams.
- ATSC standards compliant
- Identifies both the DTV and associated analog channel
- Scalable data based on your needs
International Data
If you're ready to go global, TMS is your source for comprehensive television data collected from all over the world. Read More
TMS provides TV information for more than 40 countries from our offices in the U.S. and The Netherlands. Our database covers major TV markets around the globe including Africa, Austria, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, South America, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Greece, Italy and United Arab Emirates.