Supply & Metadata

The industry’s most advanced content metadata engine, providing access to information needed for strategic decision-making including concept testing, infrastructure development, and supply and demand analyses.

Availabilities & New Releases

Supply-side API for title availability and upcoming releases

The Availability and Upcoming Releases API is powered by Parrot Analytics' supply-side catalog, providing information on series and movie availability as well as release date information.

  • Country-specific platform availability (OTT and linear) for 40k+ TV shows and 110k+ movies.
  • Understand which TV shows and movies are exclusively available for a platform in a market.
  • Upcoming title release date estimates for content without an official release date, across our entire TV/movie supply-side catalog (1M+ entities).

TV Genome

The industry's most advanced TV taxonomy system

TV Genome is powered by Parrot Analytics' supply-side Content Genome, providing access to 100M+ TV metadata values across 300k+ TV series.

  • Maximize the quality and comprehensiveness of your series metadata by mapping directly to industry provider IDs across 300k+ TV shows.
  • Enhance your catalog with series genes such as the release year, cast and crew information, distribution company, production company, country of origin, original language and language-specific AKAs.
  • Continuous enrichment of 175+ series genes available for on-demand querying via API (REST) or direct data delivery (AWS S3).

Movie Genome

The industry's most advanced movie taxonomy system

Movie Genome is powered by Parrot Analytics' supply-side Content Genome, providing access to 50M+ movie metadata values across 725k+ movies.

  • Maximize the quality and comprehensiveness of your movie metadata by mapping directly to industry provider IDs across 725k+ movies.
  • Enhance your catalog with series genes such as the release year, cast and crew information, distribution company, production company, country of origin, original language and language-specific AKAs.
  • Continuous enrichment of 125+ movie genes available for on-demand querying via API (REST) or direct data delivery (AWS S3).

Talent Genome

The industry's most advanced talent taxonomy system

Talent Genome is powered by Parrot Analytics' supply-side Content Genome, providing access to 25M+ talent metadata values across 550k+ talent.

  • Maximize the quality and comprehensiveness of your talent metadata by mapping directly to industry provider IDs across 550k+ talent.
  • Enhance your catalog with talent genes such as work credits, birth details, awards, gender, citizenship, main language and also-known-as (AKAs).
  • Continuous enrichment of 100+ talent genes available for on-demand querying via API (REST) or direct data delivery (AWS S3).

Frequently Asked Questions

How can entertainment companies use content supply and metadata to make better decisions?+

Entertainment companies use content supply and metadata to understand what exists in the market, where it is available, which attributes define it, and how those attributes relate to audience demand. By connecting title availability with TV, movie, and talent metadata, teams can evaluate programming, investment, licensing, production, and partnership decisions using a shared data foundation.

For streaming platforms and networks, this supports catalog management, title de-duplication, localization, recommendations, and scheduling. For studios, production companies, distributors, investors, advisors, and financing companies, it helps teams compare titles, identify market gaps, test concepts, evaluate rights, and understand how content supply aligns with audience demand.

What TV metadata matters most when a platform or network is managing a content catalog?+

TV catalog teams use metadata to identify series and seasons, connect records to industry IDs, and improve discovery, localization, and valuation.

Metadata fields such as release year, cast and crew, production and distribution companies, country of origin, original language, and localized titles help teams deduplicate records, improve title matching, align datasets, and surface the right content in each market.

Combined with audience-demand signals, this data also supports title comparisons, whitespace analysis, acquisitions, renewals, spin-offs, and original-content decisions.

How can movie metadata help entertainment executives compare films before buying or financing them?+

Movie metadata helps entertainment executives compare films by specific attributes rather than titles or broad genres alone.

Metadata fields such as release year, cast and crew, production and distribution companies, country of origin, original language, and localized titles support acquisition analysis, franchise and sequel evaluation, catalog assessment, and more accurate title comparisons.

Combined with audience-demand and success indicators, this data helps investors and financing companies test concepts, identify value-driving patterns, and avoid comparisons that overlook regional behavior or platform-specific demand.

How can talent metadata help casting, brand partnerships, and entertainment marketing?+

Talent metadata connects individuals to their work and attributes, helping teams evaluate casting, endorsement, and brand fit.

Metadata fields such as credits, birth information, awards, gender, citizenship, primary language, and alternate names help agencies compare rosters, brands assess partnerships, and studios evaluate casting options.

Combined with audience-demand data, this information helps teams measure interest in performers, compare established and emerging talent, identify traits linked to successful casts, and assess fit by platform, franchise, or market.

How can talent metadata help casting, brand partnerships, and entertainment marketing?+

Availability and upcoming-release data show where TV shows and movies are distributed, which platforms hold exclusive rights, and which titles are entering the market.

Because rights value depends on remaining distribution opportunities, this data helps teams identify market gaps, monitor competitor catalogs, plan licensing, and avoid overpaying for widely available titles.

Estimated release dates across 1 million+ TV and movie entities also help teams anticipate market crowding, time acquisitions, and plan programming and marketing before official dates are announced.

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