TMS

TMS may refer to:

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TMS (entertainment data)

TMS is an international provider of data for TV and movies. As part of its On Entertainment product line, the company supplies data to companies such as TiVo, Roku, Virgin Media, DIRECTV and Time Warner Cable to enable entertainment guides and applications. In addition, the metadata is used for media measurement and analysis. TMS also produces Zap2it, a social TV hub that connects entertainment fans to popular TV shows, movies, celebrities, and other fans. TMS is a data provider for over 4,000 companies. The company is headquartered in upstate New York.

History

1965 - TV listings business TV Data is founded in upstate New York with service to newspapers nationwide

1980 - Rival TV listings business 'Torrington Data' is founded in upstate New York

1982 - Torrington Data is sold in part to the Chicago-based Tribune Company. The venture is known as 'Torrington/Tribune Data LP'

1984 - Tribune Media Services (TMS) is formed as a merger of three groups: the Tribune Company Syndicate, the Electronic Services division of the Orlando Sentinel and an experienced group exploring applications of electronic technology within the Tribune Company

TMS (production team)

TMS are an English songwriting and record production team composed of Tom 'Froe' Barnes, Ben Kohn and Peter 'Merf' Kelleher, originating from West London. They are the writing/production team behind Jess Glynne's "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself", Sigma's "Changing", Professor Green's "Read All About It", Emeli Sandé's "Read All About It, Pt. III", Little Mix's "Wings" and Dappy's "No Regrets" which on 25 September 2011 became the 11th homegrown chart topper in a row, eclipsing a record set in 1963 when UK artists held the number one spot for an uninterrupted run of ten singles. Their records played major roles in Sandé and Little Mix breaking chart records, the former in the UK (the longest ever stay in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart) and the latter in the US (first album from British girl group to go straight into US album chart top 5).

Career

The members of TMS met at school when they were nine and have worked together since they were 13. Their name is an acronym with various meanings including The Music Shed as their first studio was in a converted garden shed. They were, along with Gavin Jones, the dance act "The Breakfastaz" who won "Best Breakthrough Act" at the 2005 Breakspoll awards and performed as DJs around the world.