Gracenote

Gracenote, a Nielsen company, provides entertainment metadata, content recognition technology, and developer APIs for TV, video, music, sports, and automotive industries. Gracenote enables content discovery, search, and personalization across linear and streaming services worldwide.

Gracenote publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Celebrities API, Lineups API, Movies API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Content Metadata, Entertainment, Music, and Nielsen.

Gracenote’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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39.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

9 APIs

AutomotiveContent MetadataEntertainmentMusicNielsenSportsStreamingTelevisionVideo

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 39.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gracenote Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer

Developer

Products

Products

Parent

Parent

Source (apis.yml)

aid: gracenote
name: Gracenote
description: Gracenote, a Nielsen company, provides entertainment metadata, content recognition technology, and developer
  APIs for TV, video, music, sports, and automotive industries. Gracenote enables content discovery, search, and personalization
  across linear and streaming services worldwide.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gracenote.png
tags:
- Automotive
- Content Metadata
- Entertainment
- Music
- Nielsen
- Sports
- Streaming
- Television
- Video
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gracenote/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: gracenote:onconnect-api
  name: Gracenote OnConnect API
  description: The Gracenote OnConnect API delivers TV and video data including schedules, programs, celebrities, sports,
    images, and station lineups. Designed for mobile apps, connected TVs, EPGs, and streaming experiences, OnConnect provides
    reliable access to entertainment metadata used to power discovery, search, and recommendation features.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Content Discovery
  - Electronic Program Guide
  - Schedules
  - Sports
  - Television
  - Video Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
- aid: gracenote:onconnect-data-api
  name: Gracenote OnConnect Data API
  description: The Gracenote OnConnect Data API provides extended metadata for TV, movies, celebrities, and sports. It is
    designed for connected experiences and mobile applications that need rich entertainment data, including images, descriptions,
    ratings, and relationships between titles, talent, and events.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Celebrities
  - Movies
  - Sports
  - Television
  - Video Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-celebrities-api
  name: Gracenote Celebrities API
  description: The Celebrities API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for celebrities.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Celebrities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-celebrities-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-lineups-api
  name: Gracenote Lineups API
  description: The Lineups API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for lineups.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Lineups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-lineups-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-movies-api
  name: Gracenote Movies API
  description: The Movies API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for movies.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Movies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-movies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-programs-api
  name: Gracenote Programs API
  description: The Programs API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for programs.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Programs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-programs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-series-api
  name: Gracenote Series API
  description: The Series API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for series.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Series
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-series-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-sports-api
  name: Gracenote Sports API
  description: The Sports API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for sports.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Sports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-sports-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-stations-api
  name: Gracenote Stations API
  description: The Stations API from Gracenote — 3 operation(s) for stations.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Stations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-stations-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/gracenote-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gracenote-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gracenote-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gracenote
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gracenote
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/
- type: Developer
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
- type: Support
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/support/
- type: Products
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/products/
- type: Parent
  url: https://www.nielsen.com/
- url: https://gracenote.com/insights/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Gracenote

Kin Score

APIs 9

Gracenote OnConnect API

Gracenote OnConnect Data API

Gracenote Celebrities API

Gracenote Lineups API

Gracenote Movies API

Gracenote Programs API

Gracenote Series API

Gracenote Sports API

Gracenote Stations API

Open Collections 1

Gracenote OnConnect TMS API

Pricing Plans 1

Gracenote Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Gracenote Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Gracenote Finops

Security Posture 2

Gracenote Authentication

Gracenote Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Gracenote Agentic Access