#1
TVmaze API - TV Show and Episode Database
- Coverage
- Worldwide, with schedules selectable by ISO country code
Industry hub · Broadcasting data provider
Broadcasting data, delivered clean.
Datadory covers broadcasting data provider with 15 datasets spanning TVmaze API - TV Show and Episode Database , FCC TV Query System (LMS / CDBS TV Station Database) and Internet Archive TV News Archive . Delivered daily, weekly, or hourly — your call.
15 datasets 9 publishers Delivery: API, files, or your warehouse. Daily, weekly, or hourly.
The manifest
Every catch in this slice, ranked by our quality rubric — depth of documentation, freshness, breadth. Pick one, sample it, ship it.
#2 Federal Communications Commission
FCC TV Query System (LMS / CDBS TV Station Database)
- Grain
- One record per authorised facility or application, separate rows per…
- Coverage
- All United States states and territories, plus Canadian…
#3
Internet Archive TV News Archive
- Coverage
- Primarily United States national and local news, plus…
#4 Ofcom (UK Communications Regulator)
Ofcom Research and Data - Broadcasting and Media
- Coverage
- United Kingdom, with separate nation-level editions for…
#5 Barb (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board)
BARB Weekly Top 50 Shows and Viewing Data
- Coverage
- United Kingdom, measured as one national panel
#6 Federal Communications Commission
FCC Open Data Catalog
- Coverage
- United States and territories
Plus 4 more in this slice — each with its field dictionary and sample rows on its own page.
The lay of the water
Where broadcasting data provider data actually comes from.
Pick your catch
Three to start with. The rest of the board is above.
Broadcasting data provider Worldwide, with schedules selectable… · Full historical episode archive plus…
TVmaze API - TV Show and Episode Database
id · name · type …+24 more
Broadcasting data provider All United States states and…
FCC TV Query System (LMS / CDBS TV Station Database)
Call Sign · Service · Channel …+10 more
Broadcasting data provider Primarily United States national and… · March 2001 through the present
Internet Archive TV News Archive
identifier · title · channel …+3 more
Broadcasting data provider United Kingdom, with separate… · Series mostly 2005-2026 - Technology…
Ofcom Research and Data - Broadcasting and Media
PSB tracker respondent-level file · Children's PSM tracker file · Made Outside London register entries …+6 more
Broadcasting data provider United Kingdom, measured as one… · Current broadcast weeks from January…
BARB Weekly Top 50 Shows and Viewing Data
week · Broadcaster · Programme Title …+7 more
Broadcasting data provider United States and territories · Fixed Broadband Deployment series…
FCC Open Data Catalog
State or Territory · Enforcement Target · Case ID Number …+6 more
Broadcasting data provider Canadian broadcasters on a separate… · Living reference kept since 2008…
RabbitEars.info - US TV Station and Market Database
Rank · Market Name · Total Population …+5 more
Broadcasting data provider United Kingdom - UK government and… · Catalogue reaching to the 2000s
UK National Data Library / Find Open Data
title · name · notes …+12 more
Broadcasting data provider United Kingdom, measured as one… · Current broadcast weeks for live…
BARB Main Site - Viewing Data Hub
week · Broadcaster · Programme Title …+1 more
Broadcasting data provider Global catalogue with language and… · Full historical TV catalogue plus…
The Movie Database (TMDB) API - TV Section
id · name · original_name …+19 more
Who fishes here
Choosing between them
Pick on four attributes, in this order.
Geography. UK questions resolve to Barb and Ofcom; US infrastructure questions to the FCC pair and RabbitEars; everything else to the global catalogues.
Only TVmaze, TMDB and TheTVDB span countries cleanly, via ISO country filters and language parameters.
Temporal depth. If the analysis needs history, the Barb archive starts in January 1992 and Ofcom's series mostly run 2005-2026; if it needs the newest weeks, the weekly top 50 and the news archive carry current periods.
Granularity. Programme-week rows (Barb top 50), facility records (FCC TV Query), market and subchannel rows (RabbitEars), respondent-level microdata (Ofcom, PSB tracker) and person or credit level (TVmaze) answer very different questions.
Job to be done. Measurement currencies tell you what was watched; registries tell you what exists and who may transmit; metadata catalogues power apps.
Most real projects need one of each - which is exactly how the fifteen here are arranged.
Then decide how it arrives: delivered daily, weekly, or hourly - your call.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I get UK TV ratings data?
Barb, the UK's Joint Industry Currency for television audience measurement. Its weekly top 50 ranks the most-watched programmes across broadcast channels and subscribing SVOD services with 7-day and 28-day consolidated viewing and device breakdowns, and the Barb viewing archive reaches back to January 1992. Datadory delivers both products cut to programme-level rows.
What data exists on every US TV station?
Two complementary registries. The FCC TV Query System holds roughly 30,000-plus authorised US TV facility records across DTV, Class A, DTS and LPT services - one record per facility or application, pending applications and construction permits included. RabbitEars.info adds subchannel-level detail, DMA market listings across roughly 210 markets and ATSC 3.0 rollout status.
How far back do archived TV news broadcasts reach?
The Internet Archive TV News Archive holds approximately 4.37 million US and international broadcasts dated from March 2001 through the present, searchable at closed-caption text level down to individual half-hour and hour-long programmes. Earliest holdings include San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston stations.
Is there global TV episode and schedule metadata?
Yes - three large catalogues. TVmaze scores 10/10 on Datadory's rubric with worldwide schedules filterable by ISO country code, complete future episode listings and show-to-credit granularity. TMDB adds series, season, episode, network and person-level metadata with language and region parameters; TheTVDB layers multilingual translations, artwork and awards across hundreds of thousands of series and films.
Where can I find European public service media statistics?
The EBU's Media Intelligence Service publishes roughly 40 reports a year plus PSM Datasets covering more than 60 broadcasting organisations across Europe, spanning television reach, radio listening and Eurovision audience trends, aggregated at country and organisation level.
How current is the broadcasting data Datadory delivers?
As current as you need. Every product arrives on the cadence you choose - daily, weekly, or hourly - rather than on anyone else's timetable. The underlying collections themselves range from live schedule catalogues to static research corpora such as a two-clip Jamaican Patois audio-and-transcription set.
Can broadcasting datasets be joined with adjacent industries?
Yes, and the joins are the interesting part. The FCC Political Files sit in the advertising slice, telecommunications carrier datasets in alternative carriers, and ITU indicators in communications equipment - so audience figures, political spend and infrastructure records can be analysed against each other without leaving the catalog.
See the rows before you commit
Any catch on this board, sampled against your own question. API, files, or your warehouse. Daily, weekly, or hourly..