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Simply.TV acquires Red Bee’s Content Discovery Business

Simply.TV, a video metadata provider, has announced the acquisition of Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business, strengthening the company’s position in the US market. In conjunction with this acquisition, Simply.TV has secured a majority growth equity investment from Summit Partners, marking the company’s first institutional funding. By integrating Red Bee Media’s extensive US data offerings […]

April 2, 2025

HAND welcomes Simply.TV and BB Media to API Programme

HAND (Human & Digital), the B2B Talent ID registry platform for efficient discoverability, royalty collection, and revenue tracking of notable real and virtual humans, has announced that Simply.TV, a provider of TV metadata/EPG and metadata services across linear and non-linear sources, and BB Media, a global Data Science company, specialising in Media and Entertainment for […]

September 12, 2024

Simply.TV acquires InFlow Media

Simply.TV, a leading content discovery and metadata provider, has acquired InFlow Media to form Europe’s leading metadata company. This marks the second acquisition made by Simply.TV, after the Dutch metadata specialist GVIDI was acquired in 2022. With InFlow Media, Simply.TV will strengthen its customer base in the Nordics, add advanced content discovery technology and welcome […]

July 3, 2024

Simply.TV signs metadata deal with YouSee

In the search for the optimal provider for highly normalised dataset to power universal search across linear and streaming with advanced and rich metadata, YouSee has entered a multi-year deal with metadata leader Simply.TV. “To deliver a best-in-class tv experience all around, metadata across both streaming and linear cannot be ignored. It is through metadata […]

January 25, 2023

Simply.TV acquires GVIDI

Simply.TV, a leading content discovery and metadata provider, has acquired privately held Dutch EPG specialist GVIDI. Commenting on the acquisition, Simply.TV COO Daniel Rühmann said: “GVIDI’s solid base of pay-TV operators, broadcasters and CE-manufactures compliments the Simply.TV customer portfolio and the GVIDI team will add substantial technical, operational, and commercial leadership. Acquiring GVIDI is a […]

August 22, 2022

Vestel teams with Simply.TV for advanced metadata

TV manufacturer Vestel and global metadata specialist Simply.TV have entered into a multi-year EPG agreement for all Vestel-produced smart-TVs across more than 50 countries. Metadata is a known challenge for large TV manufactures and TV operators. The demand is ever increasing for extensive visuals, keywords to drive recommendations, and normalised ID structures linking linear and […]

November 22, 2021

Whip Media, Simply.TV announce strategic partnership

Whip Media, the enterprise software platform and data provider to some of the world’s largest entertainment organizations, has announced a strategic data partnership with global metadata supplier Simply.TV. The growth of streaming platforms, combined with an unprecedented level of content availability, has created a need for enhanced metadata services to enable creators, rights owners and […]

September 15, 2021

DNA signs with Simply.TV for metadata and advanced content discovery

Finnish TV operators have, similar to their colleagues in other Nordic markets, felt the entry of both global and regional streaming services in previous years; and so are the national broadcasters also gearing up their D2C offerings. With the changed market landscape, DNA has chosen Simply.TV as their partner to support its TV business in […]

March 17, 2021