Start creating apps your users will love with our TV Listings API.
U.S. & Canadian Data
Access channel lineups and television programming information for antenna, cable, satellite and IPTV providers across the United States and Canada.
14 Days of Data
TV Media maintains a database of TV listing and television information and allows developers to access up to 14 days of guide data and television listings.
TV, Movies, Sports and More
Get the most accurate movies and TV listings available. Our programming information is updated every two hours to provide you with up-to-date guide data.
Features and Data Points
Our TV Listings API provides developers with access to TV Media's television listings data, programming information, series and episodic descriptions and more. All of our API plans include a free trial period and plans are scaled to provide a commercial solution for app developers that fits with their user base and app needs.
Channel and Television Service Provider Lineups
TV Media maintains a database of television service providers available in Canada and the U.S, with this data we are able to provide the channel lineup data for cable, satellite, antenna and IPTV providers. These lineups are regularly updated to reflect their most recent channel and broadcasting information.
By entering a postal code, you are able to access all the lineups available for that area.
With this list of channel lineups, you are able to find all the channels in the lineup, see the TV listings for the lineup and filter listings based on date and time.
TV Stations
Using our TV Station APIs allows you to get complete broadcast information for a channel. Station APIs provide you with a channel position/number within a lineup, the station type, the call sign, as well as the station logos.
Developers can also access complete guide information for individual stations allowing them to provide listings to users based on the TV station and broadcast dates. Station listings can be filtered on date, time and program genres.
TV Series and Episodes
Find extended programming information for TV series using our Series APIs. This API lets you find a TV series by show name or by TV Media’s unique series ID. With this information you can return a collection of seasons and episodes for the series.
Our Series APIs will also let you access program artwork, episodic images, and cast information for each season and episode.
Celebrity and People Data
Our People APIs provide access to celebrity and TV personality data, including biographies, awards, IMDB IDs, social media accounts and celeb photos*.
Find current and upcoming TV listings that a person may be in by actor name or actor ID or specific details about a person starring in a TV show, ncluding celebrity appearances on talk shows.
*Celebrity photos are available with extended licenses. Please contact us to discuss.Leagues, Teams and Sports Listings
Our Sports APIs gives developers access to sports listings for up to the next 14 days. You can access sports listings by searching for teams, leagues, sport type or event type.
We've also made current league and team logos available to you through the API.
Movie Database
Access our powerful movie database — including movies airing on television and the movie's listing details.
Our Movie APIs allow you to access plots, genres, star ratings and cast information. With our pro plan you have access to movie posters, stills and actor photos.
- Find channel lineups by postal code
- Reliable up-to-date guide data
- Up to 14 days of TV listings
- Episodic and series descriptions
- Daily and weekly sports listings
- Access program and series details
- Movie breakouts and star ratings
- Filter TV shows and movies by genre
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API Plans and Pricing
Our API plans and prices are structured to offer developers the most cost-effective access to commercial TV listing and entertainment data that is in line with their application's needs.
Sample
Best choice for developers
- 50 API Calls
- Lineup operations only
- 24 hours of programming info
- Non-commercial use only
$0
per month
Intro
Excellent for blogs
- 1,000 API Calls
- Commercial use
- TV Listing and Station APIs
- Attribution required
$100
per month
additional usage billed at $0.10/call.Standard
Perfect for new apps
- 5,000 API Calls
- Commercial use
- TV Listing and Station APIs
- No attribution required
$300
per month
additional usage billed at $0.10/call.Pro
Ideal for developers and TV sites
- From 20,000 API Calls
- All API operations and artwork
- No attribution required
- SLA Guarantee
$750
per month
additional usage billed at $0.05/call.Personal Use? If you are looking for TV listing information for personal use, we recommend checking out XML TV Listings.
Looking for a custom or more advanced plan?
We will work with you to develop a custom plan that is tailored to you and your user's needs.