Video Descriptor Coverage
Video Descriptors data set was launched in early 2019, and Gracenote currently covers programs based on the customer's catalog and content available in a specific country. We prioritize programs for tagging using various signals such as popularity, Prime time TV programming, Theatrical releases, Historical Box office top grossing programs, and availability across top broadcasters and OTT providers.
- Movies (MV records), including Feature Film, Short Film, TV movies are covered.
- TV Shows and Specials (SH records), including Series and Mini-series are covered.
- Episodes and Season level records are not covered.
- For a given Program, all associated TMS IDs are tagged with the same descriptors.
- Some of the excluded programming Genres include: Sports, Sports Non-events, Team Event, Weather, Shopping and Adult content.
- Most programs will have between 20-30 Video descriptors tags, although this can vary depending on the nature of the content. Fiction programming (most movies and TV shows) tend to have higher number of tags compared to Documentaries, Reality/Non-Fiction programming.
- Nine new descriptor types were introduced in Q3 2019 with the "Subject Release". Programs tagged before this release do not contain tags from these new descriptor types. Back-tagging is expected to be completed in early 2020. Please contact Gracenote if you need additional information on 'Back-tagging' coverage for "Subject-types".
- There are currently 16 types of Descriptors available in the Taxonomy. Only descriptors applicable to the content is tagged, so it is possible that a program does not have descriptors from all 16 types. For example, the fictional TV show 'Game of Thrones' will not have a "Subject- Specific Event" tag, which is suited for real-life /historical events or the nature documentary 'Planet Earth' will not have "Characters" typically used for fictional content.
Note: If you do have specific use cases that require coverage across excluded Genres or Program Types, please contact your Gracenote Account representative so that we can explore coverage options.
Example
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