Metadata and Services for the European Entertainment Industry

We collect and create rich multilingual content for our customers in Europe, enabling them to design a better user experience and helping audiences find, discover, and enjoy the movies, series and television programs they love.

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EPG

Broadcast schedules optimized for EPG usage with editorial enhancements, real-time updates and pictures.

VOD

Extensive metadata catalog with rich content descriptions and pictures for movies and series.

Pictures & Trailers

Original pictures and trailers for television content, movies and series in multiple formats.

Services

Technical and editorial services, integration and migration projects and consultancy.

About us

The European Metadata Group represents the leading suppliers of metadata and editorial services for the entertainment industry in Europe.

Some of our clients:

Swisscom, Switzerland
Deutsche Glasfaser, Germany
Numericable, France
SFR, France
Orange, France
Canalsat, France
Canal Overseas, France
Canal+, Poland
M7, Luxembourg

Why choose The European Metadata Group?

Pan-European

We offer one-stop-shopping by working together with multiple companies from Europe that are each market leader in their home country.

Involved and local

We speak our client’s language and personally know the content parties in the market and understand the local audience.

Quality guarantees and compliance

We offer the best data in Europe by working with dedicated editorial teams to validate and complement the data that is sourced and created using advanced automated processes.

Trusted technology

We have in-house technical expertise, aim for industry compliance and offer tailored solutions to our customers.

Members

THE LEADING ENTERTAINMENT DATA EXPERTS IN EUROPE

Broadcast schedules for 5300 channels from 30 countries.

Content database with 190.000 movies, nearly 14.000 series and a total of 1.1 million episodes.

Multi-lingual editorial teams in different countries.

Countries

Europe | US

Data available

Office

Data from other countries or regions is available on request

Products

EPG data

Broadcast schedules and program data from all the major broadcasters in Europe are sourced, centrally structured and optimized for EPG usage with near real-time updates, editorial checks and high picture coverage.

Editorial enhancements to create consistent data quality across all channels, sources and exports.
Data structured for series link recording.
Near real-time updates with editorial support for last minute changes.
High picture coverage (>90%) for most channels.
Translation service allows data to be exported in both the original language and local language for your market.
Delivery via API or file export in multiple industry-standard formats.

Video-on-demand

With an extensive metadata catalog containing content descriptions and pictures for millions of movies, series and television programs, we enrich content catalogs for TV operators, VOD providers and OTT services.

More than eight million records of movies, series, documentaries and television programs.
Multi-lingual synopsis and content descriptions.
High picture coverage.
Unique content ID, ID, series and season information, ISAN, EIDR, and IMDB.
Extensive persons database for actors, directors, etc.
Automated content linking service with manual quality control for 100% match.
Major VOD libraries already in the system with new providers easily added, on request.

Cinema

We source and deliver theatrical movie release schedules and show times for cinemas and movie theaters in several European markets.

Show times and dates per movie, for each theater.

Pictures and Trailers

Our extensive metadata catalog includes hundreds of thousands of original pictures with new images and photos being added every day by our dedicated picture teams. Working together with our content partners and photo agencies, we can guarantee a 100% picture coverage if desired.

High-res images in database, delivered in multiple formats and aspect ratios.
Optimized for print, television, web or mobile.
Customized delivery or production on request.
Pictures are structured on different levels including series, season, episode and persons.
Rights management with copyright information and usage restrictions in database, where applicable.
Trailers can be linked for all major movies and series.

Activities

The European Metadata Group initiates different activities for its group members. We get together regularly to discuss standards, to align our technical solutions, improve our services and to learn from each others experiences in the market. At IBC, we share a booth as a group for all members to be represented at this major trade show. Get in touch with us to learn more about the different activities.