# Gracenote

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gracenote/  
**Website:** https://www.gracenote.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

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.

## Kin Score — 30.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 46.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 40.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **Gracenote OnConnect API** — The Gracenote OnConnect API delivers TV and video data including schedules, programs, celebrities, sports, images, and station lineups. Designed for mobile apps, connected TVs, ...
- **Gracenote OnConnect Data API** — 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 r...
- **Gracenote Celebrities API** — The Celebrities API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for celebrities.
- **Gracenote Lineups API** — The Lineups API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for lineups.
- **Gracenote Movies API** — The Movies API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for movies.
- **Gracenote Programs API** — The Programs API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for programs.
- **Gracenote Series API** — The Series API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for series.
- **Gracenote Sports API** — The Sports API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for sports.
- **Gracenote Stations API** — The Stations API from Gracenote — 3 operation(s) for stations.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Gracenote Agentic Access** — 17 operations

## Security (2)

- **Gracenote Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Gracenote Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Gracenote Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Automotive, Content Metadata, Entertainment, Music, Nielsen, Sports, Streaming, Television, Video

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/gracenote/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.