Tivo

TiVo provides a universe of high-quality entertainment imagery and information through its metadata APIs. The company offers Video Metadata API and Music Metadata API delivering TV, movie, and music content data for streaming platforms, smart TVs, IPTV systems, and entertainment applications.

Tivo publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Content API and Lookup API. Tagged areas include Entertainment, Metadata, Television, Movies, and Music.

The Tivo catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Tivo’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 11 more developer resources.

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36.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Entertainment Metadata Television Movies Music Streaming

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 36.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 16.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.2 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 3

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

TiVo Music Metadata API

The TiVo Music Metadata API provides access to high-quality music information including artist details, album data, track information, and music imagery. Uses the same HTTP-base...

Tivo Content API

Search and retrieve entertainment content metadata

Tivo Lookup API

Look up content by known identifiers

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

TiVo Video Metadata Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

TiVo Video Metadata Content Lookup API

OPEN COLLECTION

TiVo Video Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tivo Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tivo Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Tivo Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Tivo Context

37 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Tivo API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Tivo API Rules

13 rules · 6 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

TiVo Content Item

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Tivo Content Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Tivo Lookup Content By Id Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Tivo Search Content Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Tivo Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Tivo Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Tivo Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

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

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: tivo
name: Tivo
description: TiVo provides a universe of high-quality entertainment imagery and information through its metadata APIs. The
  company offers Video Metadata API and Music Metadata API delivering TV, movie, and music content data for streaming platforms,
  smart TVs, IPTV systems, and entertainment applications.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/tivo.png
tags:
- Entertainment
- Metadata
- Television
- Movies
- Music
- Streaming
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: tivo:tivo-music-metadata
  name: TiVo Music Metadata API
  description: The TiVo Music Metadata API provides access to high-quality music information including artist details, album
    data, track information, and music imagery. Uses the same HTTP-based query structure and JSON response format as the Video
    Metadata API v3.
  humanURL: https://tivo.stoplight.io/docs/music-metadata-api/ZG9jOjQ3NjAxNTk-introduction
  tags:
  - Music
  - Metadata
  - Entertainment
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tivo.stoplight.io/docs/music-metadata-api/ZG9jOjQ3NjAxNTk-introduction
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.tivo.com/metadata/
- aid: tivo:tivo-content-api
  name: Tivo Content API
  description: Search and retrieve entertainment content metadata
  humanURL: https://business.tivo.com/products-solutions/metadata/tv-movie-metadata-api
  baseURL: https://data.tivo.com
  tags:
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tivo-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tivo.stoplight.io/docs/video-metadata-api-v3/ZG9jOjQ3NjAxNTk-introduction
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.tivo.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-schema/tivo-content-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-structure/tivo-content-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tivo-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/rules/tivo-rules.yml
- aid: tivo:tivo-lookup-api
  name: Tivo Lookup API
  description: Look up content by known identifiers
  humanURL: https://business.tivo.com/products-solutions/metadata/tv-movie-metadata-api
  baseURL: https://data.tivo.com
  tags:
  - Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tivo-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tivo.stoplight.io/docs/video-metadata-api-v3/ZG9jOjQ3NjAxNTk-introduction
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.tivo.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-schema/tivo-content-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-structure/tivo-content-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tivo-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/rules/tivo-rules.yml
features:
- Content search by multiple metadata fields
- ID-based lookup for precise content retrieval
- Support for Rovi 1.1, Rovi 2.0, TMDB, and EIDR identifiers
- High-quality entertainment imagery
- TV series season and episode data
- Cast and crew information
- Movie and TV show metadata
- Music artist, album, and track data
- Multi-language metadata support
- FTP delivery option for bulk data
useCases:
- Smart TV content discovery
- Streaming platform content enrichment
- IPTV guide data
- Entertainment recommendation engines
- Content catalog management
- EPG (Electronic Program Guide) population
- Music service metadata enrichment
integrations:
- Smart TV platforms
- DTS AutoStage automotive platform
- IPTV platforms
- Streaming services
solutions:
- Entertainment metadata platform
- Content experience enrichment
- Smart TV application development
- Automotive in-car entertainment
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/tivo-capability-edges.yml
  name: Tivo Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/tivo-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tivo-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tivo-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tivo
- type: Website
  url: https://business.tivo.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://business.tivo.com/products-solutions/metadata/tv-movie-metadata-api
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.tivo.com/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/openapi/tivo-video-metadata-openapi.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/json-ld/tivo-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/tivo-vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tivo/refs/heads/main/rules/tivo-rules.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/tivo
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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