Meta Data Systems Ltd., a London-based software-as-a-service company that provides infrastructure for content libraries, plans to relocate to Los Angeles.
The company, which was founded in 2018 by Rob Tucker, announced the move  on July 30.

Meta Data collects and organizes data for streaming services including WarnerMedia, MGM, Fox and Epix. The information Meta gathers is primarily consumer-facing, such as synopses, cast and crew information and more, using artificial-intelligence algorithms to connect to other data services such as IMDb to find and enrich those assets.
 
With the move, the company is poised to claim a significant portion of a growing market by helping to coordinate infrastructure for streaming platforms, according to Meta Data Chief Executive Rob Delf.

“Historically, most studios’ content networks have their metadata stored in about 15 different places,” Delf said. “The scheduling system has some of it. The media asset management systems have some of it. And there’s really a requirement now to have a contained, centralized single metadata store as part of the architecture. We’re that one north star database.”

As studios and streaming platforms merge and consolidate their libraries, such as with Amazon.com Inc.’s acquisition of MGM in May, organization of assets and the important metadata used to access them has become more important than ever. Meta Data works with those companies to make their consumer experiences easier though it does not directly maintain user interfaces.