Television | Services

Media companies of all kinds rely on the TMS television database for a variety of business research tools including:

• Syndicator and distributor compliance tracking - tracks air dates and times for syndicated content
• Advertising schedule tracking - verification and clearances 
• Market Grids - snapshot program schedules for all broadcast channels in each DMA
• Pre- and post-air schedules - for every channel up to 8 weeks prior or after after air date
• Channel Lineups - 16,000+ complete lineups including channel position for every channel
• Program and Rights Tracking - track programs by title and episode across the universe of all airings
• ShowFinder - web-based search tool returning results for program airings

Let us do the work for you. TMS Pagination Service makes it easy for you to publish television and movie content. Our reliable team of industry experts save you time, resources and money with custom-built pages that are delivered to you in PDF, Quark or InDesign formats. We work with you to ensure your pages follow your exact design templates with accurate fonts, colors and page sizing. Your pages are delivered press-ready according to your production schedule. 

• Save time, money and resources
• Receive press-ready entertainment content pages 
• Delivered in the format and schedule you choose

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 TV and Movie listings information to user devices
• Web APIs provide efficient XML data for your applications
• TMS manages user preferences through dedicated account management 

For studios, networks and production companies that want to deliver enhanced details about their program, TMS Program Promotion Service is a valuable tool. Enhance a show title, customize the episode description or change “Paid Program” to your specific show title. Your information then gets distributed in TV listings used by millions of viewers every day to make viewing decisions, increasing show engagement and driving higher tune-in.

• Customize titles and episode descriptions
  • How It’s Made > How It’s Made: Jelly Beans
• Update generic titles with specific titles
  • Paid Program > Tai-Bo Fever
• Promote your program to millions of TV viewers

Introducing a new network? For emerging digital channels and new networks, the TMS Listings Distribution Service ensures your program information gets included in the television database that fuels TV guidance for millions of consumers each day.  

• Publicize and promote your new network
• Become part of the most widely-used television database
• Be there when consumers decide what to watch

If your company has a message of any kind -- informational or promotional -- you can rely on TMS' deep connections in the media industry to get it delivered.  The TMS Alert Service acts like a wire service to deliver your message to our distribution network of more than 20,000 media companies including system operators, broadcasters, online portals, cable networks, newspapers, publications and more. You can use the TMS Alert Service for messages of any kind -- from announcing a logo change to a satellite location move to press announcements.

• Deliver your message to thousands of companies with one call
• Targeted delivery based on the type of alert
• Use for informational or promotional purposes