media entertainment information technology and services founded queensbury new york 1965 headquarters queensbury new york key people daniel kazan ceo john b. kelleher president and coo products tv and movie data photos movie trailers research products epg scrolling guide owner tribune company number of employees 500 2013 website tms official homepage 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 . contents 1 history 2 organization 4 3 services 4 past names 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 1985 tribune company acquires national tv log of pasadena ca which sells bold faced ads in tv program listings on behalf of newspapers . they also acquire controlling interest in torrington tribune data ttd . the national tv log and torrington tribune data ttd groups are reorganized as tribune tv log and eventually moved under the tribune company s new tribune media services tms subsidiary with four offices in new york ny ; queensbury ny ; chicago il ; and pasadena ca 1999 tms makes two acquisitions jdtv a distributor of programming information to cable and satellite system operators via print guides and owner of ultimatetv website ; and premier datavision a distributor of movie showtime data and advertisements . tms launches zap2it in the form of an electronic program guide epg and also markets zap2it as a multiplatform product line 2000 tribune company announces its 6.5 billion purchase of the times mirror corporation whose assets include the los angeles times newsday and other newspaper publishing tv and online investments . upon the acquisition the los angeles times syndicate is merged into tms 2001 tms announces it has purchased a majority interest in tv data 1 2004 tms begins operating an office in amsterdam netherlands 2 2007 tms launches the on product line an evolution of the big build suite of products this data is produced in xml formats 2010 tms announces its purchase of casttv 2011 tribune company announces tms will be splitting into two separate businesses tms restructures the entertainment products division to operate as a standalone business and part of the tribune investments portfolio while the news & features division merges with the larger tribune publishing group 3 organization 4 edit ceo daniel kazan president coo john b. kelleher vp gm zap2it.com rebecca baldwin director business development sheela chandrasekharar vp finance lanna langlois svp product development & international gm greg loose vp marketing shannon oborne evp technology edwin ong svp kathy tolstrup executive director content jodie russo executive director customer care mike roberts executive director human resources mike kosinski services edit tms provides entertainment data and guidance technology for customers including consumer electronics manufacturers cable operators entertainment platforms application developers studios and research companies . its products include apis for movies tv shows celebrities and televised sports ; an electronic programming guide ; and a research tool for tracking data for tv programming . past names edit tms was known in the marketplace as tribune media services until its rebranding in 2013 . references edit 1 . tms buys majority interest in tvdata . retrieved on may 11 2001 . 2 . netherlands foreign investment agency . retrieved on february 2013 . 3 . tribune co. shuffles media services unit ; veteran david williams departs . retrieved on june 20 2011 . leadership about us tms external links edit 4 v t e tribune media corporate directors bruce karsh chairman peter liguori president and ceo chandler bigelow cfo tribune broadcasting tv stations by primary affiliations tv networks broadcast antenna tv this tv1 cable cltv food network 30 % wgn america cbs kfsm whnt wreg wtkr2 wttv wttk wtvr the cw kdaf kiah kplr krcw ktla kwgn wcct wdcw wgnt2 wnol wpix wsfl fox kcpq kdvr kfct kstu kswb ktvi ktxl wdaf wghp witi wjw wpmt wtic wxin wxmi other abc wgno wnep2 wqad mynet kxnw kzjo wphl nbc kfor who ind. wgn tv kaut tv programs 100 000 fortune hunt adventure inc. american idol rewind andromeda animal rescue around the world for free the arsenio hall show at the movies the bill cunningham show beastmaster beyond with james van praagh the bob & tom show bozo gar and ray wgn tv classics the bozo show the bozo super sunday show bzzz the charles perez show city guys the dennis miller show dog tales earth final conflict family feud final shot the hank gathers story flipper geraldo ghostbusters hollywood christmas parade illinois instant riches independent network news inside the vault the joan rivers show eyeopener ktla morning news malibu ca manhattan missing monsters movie underground mutant x the mystery of al capone s vaults newsfix night man on the spot outsiders salem scalped soul train soul train music awards to live and die in l.a. tales from the darkside tribune studios u.s. farm report underground what a country wwe superstars wgn morning news wgn sports yule log radio wgn wmil hd33 acquisitions local tv llc renaissance broadcasting gracenote comic strips animal crackers bottom liners bound and gagged brenda starr rockit broom hilda dick tracy gasoline alley gil thorp jumble little orphan annie loose parts love is ... middletons pink panther pluggers editorial cartoons dan wasserman dana summers dick locher don wright drew sheneman jack ohman matt davies paul conrad scott stantis wayne stayskal walt handelsman humorists andy rooney dave barry diane farr jen lancaster mark russell michael showalter today s chuckle political columnists arianna huffington bill press cal thomas carl hiaasen clarence page garrison keillor henry kissinger ian bremmer jesse jackson jonah goldberg jules witcover leonard pitts jr. paul kennedy andr s oppenheimer victor davis hanson william pfaff other columnists amy dickinson billy graham goren bridge liz smith mitch albom omarr s astrological forecast rick steves robert pagliarini wolfgang puck tribune digital ventures screener tv by the numbers related articles the wb 25 % 1995 2006 tribune publishing 1847 2014 tribune media services 1933 2014 chicago cubs radio network 1925 to 2014 1 a joint venture between tribune and metro goldwyn mayer . 2 owned by dreamcatcher broadcasting llc tribune operates these stations through an ssa . 3 owned by iheartmedia and operated by tribune . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tms entertainment data & oldid 697775311 categories media companies of the united statestribune media subsidiarieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 january 2016 at 21 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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