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    Luminate Current & Historical Television Dataset

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    Luminate's Current & Historical Television dataset includes programming credits across broadcast and cable television from the 2000-01 season to the present season. These are projects produced for U.S., UK, and Canada linear television. Includes over 50,000 projects. Additional territories available include Brazil, India, Japan and South Korea for an additional charge.

    Overview

    Luminate Current & Historical Television Data Product Overview

    Luminate Current & Historical Television dataset includes over 80,000 TV series and programs across broadcast, cable and first run syndication from the 1999-2000 season to the present season. It is quite simply the gold standard of television program metadata across the US, UK, and Canada.

    Luminate covers more than 76 broadcast and cable networks in the US alone -- the most of any data provider relied upon by companies in the entertainment industry. In addition the dataset includes all first run syndication providers like Disney ABC Domestic TV, Fremantle Media, etc.

    Luminate's data covers US, UK and Canada. For an additional fee Brazil, India, Japan and South Korea are available.


    Use Cases

    Production analysis, hours of programming, episodic order studies. premiere data analysis, TV budgets, genre & logline analysis and much more.


    Metadata

    Instructions: Provide metadata of your data using a table. Examples include but are not limited to:

    DescriptionValue
    Update FrequencyEvery 24 hours
    Data Source(s)VBI research and public sources
    Original Publisher of dataLuminate
    Data Creation DateOctober 1, 1999
    Data Modification DateDaily
    Geographic coverageUS, UK, Canada
    Time period coverage1999-2000 season to present
    Is historical data “point-in-time”YES
    Data Set(s) Format(s)JSONLines
    Raw or scraped dataNo
    Key FieldsADD INFO HERE
    Key WordsADD INFO HERE
    Number of companies/brands covered+80,000 TV series and programs

    Sample Data

    variety_project_id integer example: 131719 The unique ID for the project assigned by Variety. parent_id integer example: 14856 This is the same ID as the season one record for a TV or digital series project. A season one record only becomes a parent_id when it is renewed for season two. All subsequent season project ids become a sub_id of the parent.

    content_type string example: Current Programming Indicates whether the project is in development or current programming. media_type string example: TV Denotes the type of media for which a project was developed (TV, film, digital).

    title string example: GAME OF THRONES For current series, the final title of the project as released in the U.S. TV and digital projects in development may have multiple titles as the project goes through the development process.

    alternate_titles [...] eidr_id string example: 10.5240/4A3E-20DB-13F3-8D49-24CB-9 The unique EIDR ID for the project. sub_ids [...] network [...] studios [...] genre_name string example: Drama In TV, the genre correlates to the format (e.g. drama = one hour, comedy = half hour, alternative = unscripted).

    arena_name string example: Epic, Fantasy, Literary Adaptation, Serialized Drama A more specific set of keywords within the genre that further describe the project (e.g. Literary Adaptation).

    title_type_designation string example: Episodic > TV Series Episodic > TV Series

    Includes TV and Digital series with the genres of Alternative, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Daytime Soap, Talk.

    Episodic > TV Season

    Includes TV and Digital series with a season number populated and/or Parent ID/Sub ID relationship.

    Episodic > TV Episode

    An episode of a TV or Digital series.

    Non-Episodic > M.O.W.

    (aka TV movie) This is defined by the commitment field populated as MOW.

    Non-Episodic > Special

    This is defined by the genre of Special.

    Episodic > Miniseries

    This is defined by the genre of Longform + the arena of Miniseries.

    Non-Episodic > Feature Film

    All projects in the feature film table, excluding shorts. Also includes digital films with a theatrical release, like BIRD BOX.

    Non-Episodic > Short

    All projects with the Short film tag in the feature film table.

    modified_date string($YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) example: 2018-03-14 20:21:26 The date the project was last modified by VBI. season_year string example: 2016-2017 The broadcast season for which the project was developed or in which the project aired. The broadcast season is generally defined as beginning in the third week of September. season_number integer example: 7 In current TV or digital, the season or cycle for the series.

    renewed string example: Yes Yes/No/None. This indicates whether an episodic series has been renewed for an additional season…

    studio_executive [...] logline string example: A fantasy drama series based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin. GAME OF THRONES is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. A brief description of the project. production_status string example: Completed A description of where the project is in the production pipeline (e.g pre-production).

    commitments string example: Series Pick Up The financial commitment made by the network or OTT provider. More dynamic in development (e.g. put pilot, script, pilot pick up).

    casts [...] auspices [...] below_the_line [...] website string example: <www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.htmls > The website for the TV project. social_media [...] series_premiere_date string($YYYY-MM-DD) example: 2011-04-17 The date the series first premiered. season_premiere_date string($YYYY-MM-DD) example: 2017-07-16 The date the current season of the series premiered. episodic_order string example: 7 Episodes The number of episodes ordered by the network/OTT provider.

    back_9_order string example: No In broadcast network TV, refers to the 9 episodes ordered beyond the initial 13 to complete a standard 22 episode season.

    shoot_date_from string($YYYY-MM-DD) example: 2016-08-30 Beginning of the shoot date. shoot_date_to string($YYYY-MM-DD) example: 2017-03-21 End of the shoot date. shoot_locations string example: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Sevilla, Spain; Iceland The places the TV project was shot. running_time string example: 60 The running time as aired with standard commercial breaks. notes string example: 3/9/17: Set to premiere Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 9:00 pm. 7/30/16: HBO confirmed that Game of Thrones will end its run after season 8. 7/18/16: Filming for season 7 will begin in summer 2016. Miscellaneous information of note not covered by structured data fields. tv_schedule string example: Sunday (9:00 PM - 10:00 PM) The time and day the series aired on the linear TV schedule. additional_platforms [...] additional_contents string example: Official apps, podcasts, branded integration and other content that supplements the TV project.

    network_execs [...] tv_photo string example: https://www.varietyinsight.com/trackimages/trackphoto_131719_1461259100.jpg  tv photo URL }


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    Luminate is the leading filmed content data provider serving the entertainment industry. Its best-in-class business solutions and metadata power streamers, networks, studios and agencies. Its flagship service, Luminate, is the foremost entertainment data solution that provides verified, timely and accurate metadata around people, projects and companies that work in the global entertainment business. Within the DEI space, Luminate tracks over 1.5 million people along with their respectfully sourced and publicly available demographic data.

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    Variety Business Intelligence Current TV Dataset
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