TV Metadata

TV Metadata services to help viewers discover your content

Swimmers keep cool in the hot weather in the open-air pool at Letchworth Lido in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. The UK has recorded its all-time hottest meteorological spring temperature as part of London hit 34.8C on Monday.

Photographer: Joe Giddens
Agency: PA
Location: Letchworth Garden City, UK
Date taken: 26 May 2026, 10:11
Copyright: PA Wire/PA Images

A general view of the PA newsroom at The Point in Paddington, London.

Photographer: Jordan Pettitt
Agency: PA
Location: London, UK
Date taken: 24 September 2026, 13:46
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Metadata lies at the heart of TV Content Discovery, driving channel listings for broadcast & VOD. This enables the delivery of bespoke content and VOD, helping your audience find great content tailored to them.

A general view of the PA newsroom at The Point in Paddington, London.

Photographer: Jordan Pettitt
Agency: PA
Location: London, UK
Date taken: 24 September 2026, 13:46
Copyright: PA Wire/PA Images

Metadata enrichment

PA TV Metadata can now enrich content catalogues with deeper metadata layers to help audiences find the content they love. Discover our new metadata enrichment tool EMMET and find out how it can reinvigorate your audiences’ content discovery experience.

A general view of the PA newsroom at The Point in Paddington, London.

Photographer: Jordan Pettitt
Agency: PA
Location: London, UK
Date taken: 24 September 2026, 13:46
Copyright: PA Wire/PA Images

A leading metadata aggregator through history

With more than 30 years’ experience of TV broadcasting data aggregation, Press Association’s market-leading TV listings service is relied upon by the best websites, apps, newspapers and magazines in the business, including Sky and Radio Times.

EBS joined The PA in 2018 and offers effective and innovative TV channel listings management, enhancement, and distribution services to a growing roster of global clients. The two entities have now combined and rebranded as PA TV Metadata, facilitating the development of bespoke and effective solutions to provide quality, accurate and comprehensive EPG and VOD metadata services to platforms and channels worldwide.

A general view of the PA newsroom at The Point in Paddington, London.

Photographer: Jordan Pettitt
Agency: PA
Location: London, UK
Date taken: 24 September 2026, 13:46
Copyright: PA Wire/PA Images

TV metadata storage

TV show metadata within the Pawa library is held in a simple hierarchy of Programme > Series > Episode > Version. Metadata can be stored at each of those levels as appropriate.

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