Multi-year deal to cover Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland

Red Bee Media, one of the world’s leading media services companies providing multi-platform technology and creative solutions to broadcasters, content rights holders, platform operators and brand owners, today announced a multi-year deal with leading Nordic pay-TV platform, Canal Digital DTH, to supply rich metadata services across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

The deal, which was signed following a competitive tender process, will see Red Bee Media provide rich EPG content, including localised programme descriptions and images, to power content discovery for over 250 channels in five languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and English). The metadata will support linear and on demand services available on Canal Digital DTH’s next-generation TV platform.

Patrick Tillieux, Chief Executive Officer, Red Bee Media, added: “Canal Digital DTH is a major operator in the Nordic region and we are proud to be selected as the exclusive provider of rich metadata for their next-generation TV platform. We offer the most comprehensive and high quality metadata coverage in Europe along with leading-edge functionality and years of experience and know-how. This new deal, combined with other recent new business wins, really solidifies our position as the leading provider of content discovery services not just in the Nordic region, but across Europe too.”

Red Bee Media is the largest metadata provider in Europe and works with a number of internationally renowned organisations. Rich metadata is a core component of Red Bee Media’s full service content discovery proposition which spans rich metadata sourcing, creation and EPG distribution, user interface design, personalised search and recommendation tools and second screen apps.

More information about Red Bee Media’s rich metadata services can be found here.