Broadcasts

The Broadcasts API gives you a read-only interface to PredictHQ’s Live TV Events data. The API returns broadcasts; a broadcast represents a physical event broadcasted on a television network, at a specific date, time, and location.

Search Broadcasts

Use the parameters described below to search and filter all broadcasts that are available to your account.

Visibility Window

Please note that you will not receive an error when requesting a date range and/or location that is outside of your subscription's broadcast visibility window. Instead, your visibility window will be automatically applied to your results.

Your plan’s visibility window is shown in your plan summary.

Result Limit

Please note the number of results returned will be limited to your subscription's result limit. If more results exist, the overflow field will be set to true to indicate the count number has been capped to your pagination limit.

Your plan’s pagination limits are shown in your plan summary.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

broadcast_id

Find broadcasts by unique identifier. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

E.g. ?broadcast_id=tFk2LbcpzgeuLXw8dKWa3J

broadcast_status

Find broadcasts by broadcast status. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

Possible values:

  • scheduled
  • predicted
  • cancelled

E.g. ?broadcast_status=scheduled

event.category

Find broadcasts by their physical event’s category.

Possible values:

  • sports

E.g. ?event.category=sports

event.event_id

Find broadcasts by their physical event’s unique identifier. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

Events in the Broadcasts API have the same identifiers as those in the Events API.

E.g. ?event.event_id=svbfg9xT4YSVUeeAKp

event.label

Find broadcasts by their physical event’s labels. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

Where multiple labels are provided, broadcasts which match any of the labels are returned.

Please note that all event labels are lowercase and that the search is case sensitive.

E.g. ?event.label=nfl,nba

first_seen

Find broadcasts by the time they were seen for the first time.

Supported suffixes are:

  • gt: greater than.
  • gte: greater than or equal to.
  • lt: less than.
  • lte: less than or equal to.
  • tz: time zone of the first_seen times used; a TZ Database name. Default is UTC.

The format of first_seen times for this parameter is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss

E.g. ?first_seen.gte=2020-11-30

limit

The maximum number of results to return per page.

The default limit is 10. The maximum limit is 500.

E.g. ?limit=50

location.place_id

Find broadcasts by their location's place_id. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

Places in the Broadcasts API have the same identifiers as those in the Places API.

All broadcast location places are counties, but this parameter accepts other types of places in the hierarchy. See Places for different place types.

  • If the place_id of a county is specified, broadcasts in that county will be returned.
  • If the place_id of a state (region) is specified, broadcasts in all the counties within that state will be returned. US states have the place type region. E.g. If you specify location.place_id=5332921 (California), results will contain broadcasts for all counties in California.
  • For places below the county level, broadcasts in the county that the place belongs to will be returned. E.g. If you specify location.place_id=5327684 (Berkeley), results will contain broadcasts for Alameda County; Berkeley is located within Alameda County. Some places below county level do not belong to a county, in this case, you can try using the location.origin param.

A CSV file of broadcast counties is available. It contains the place_id and name of all counties and states in the US.

E.g. ?location.place_id=5391997,5128594,5379524,5129915

location.origin

Find broadcasts in the county for the provided geopoint (a latitude and longitude coordinate). The format of the geopoint is {latitude},{longitude}.

The Broadcasts API returns broadcasts at the county level. When you specify a geopoint using location.origin the API returns broadcasts for the county the specified geopoint is within.

If you specify a geopoint within Los Angeles County then broadcasts for Los Angeles County will be returned.

E.g. ?location.origin=40.730610,-73.935242

offset

The number of results to skip.

The default is 0.

E.g. ?offset=10

phq_viewership.*

Find broadcasts by their PHQ Viewership number.

Supported suffixes are:

  • gt: greater than.
  • gte: greater than or equal to.
  • lt: less than.
  • lte: less than or equal to.

E.g. ?phq_viewership.gte=1000&phq_viewership.lte=500000

record_status

Find broadcasts by their record status. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

Possible values:

  • active: the broadcast record is valid.
  • duplicate: the broadcast record is a duplicate of an active record.
  • deleted: the broadcast record is no longer valid.

The default is active.

E.g. ?record_status=deleted

sort

Fields to order the results by. Multiple values are accepted as a comma-separated list.

The default is start, which means the broadcasts with the earliest start dates are listed first.

Possible values:

  • start: dates.start ascending.
  • -start: dates.start descending.
  • phq_viewership: phq_viewership ascending.
  • -phq_viewership: phq_viewership descending.
  • updated: updated ascending.
  • -updated: updated descending.
  • first_seen: first_seen ascending.
  • -first_seen: first_seen descending.

E.g. ?sort=start,-updated

start.*

Find broadcasts by their start time.

Supported suffixes are:

  • gt: greater than.
  • gte: greater than or equal to.
  • lt: less than.
  • lte: less than or equal to.
  • tz: time zone of the start times used; a TZ Database name. Default is UTC.

The format of start times for this parameter is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss

E.g. ?start.gte=2020-11-01T05:30:00&start.tz=America/Los_Angeles

updated

Find broadcasts by the time they were last updated.

Supported suffixes are:

  • gt: greater than.
  • gte: greater than or equal to.
  • lt: less than.
  • lte: less than or equal to.
  • tz: time zone of the updated times used; a TZ Database name. Default is UTC.

The format of updated times for this parameter is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss

E.g. ?updated.gte=2020-11-30

Broadcast Fields

Below are the fields returned by the Broadcasts endpoint. Please note that these are not the fields used for filtering – refer to the Search Broadcasts section to discover which parameters can be used to filter broadcasts.

JSON Schemas are available for the Broadcasts endpoint and for a single broadcast:

Field

Description

broadcast_id string

The unique identifier.

E.g. u5aCvebffuNFpGSGNQFiU4

broadcast_status string

The schedule status of the broadcast.

Possible values:

  • scheduled: the broadcast is scheduled to be televised.
  • predicted: the broadcast is predicted to be televised.
  • cancelled: the broadcast is no longer scheduled to be televised.

Our guide on different sport types in the API explains when the scheduled and predicted statuses are used.

E.g. scheduled

dates object

The dates field contains details about the time of the broadcast. Fields in the dates object are described below.

dates.start string

The time the broadcast is scheduled to start, in UTC. In YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

E.g. 2018-01-01T17:00:00Z

dates.start_local string

The time the broadcast is scheduled to start in the time zone of the broadcast’s location. In YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss format.

E.g. 2018-01-01T12:00:00

dates.timezone string

The time zone of the broadcast’s location. In TZ Database name format.

E.g. America/New_York

duplicate_of_id string

The active record unique identifier the current broadcast is a duplicate of. Please note that this field is only present for records with record status duplicate.

E.g. u5aCvebffuNFpGSGNQFiU4

event object

The event field contains details about the physical event that is being televised in the broadcast. Fields in the event object are described below.

event.aviation_rank number

The Aviation Rank number of the physical event. Aviation Rank represents the physical event’s impact on flight bookings by considering both domestic and international travel.

E.g. 100

event.category string

The category of the physical event.

E.g. sports

event.dates object

Details about the time of the physical event.

Fields:

  • start: the start time of the physical event.
  • start_local: the start time in the physical event’s time zone.
  • end: the end time of the physical event.
  • end_local: the end time in the physical event’s time zone.
  • predicted_end_local: the time the physical event is predicted to end in the event's time zone.
  • timezone: the time zone of the physical event.

E.g. {"start": "2018-01-01T17:00:00Z", "end": "2018-01-01T20:43:26Z","start_local": "2018-01-01T12:00:00", "end_local": "2018-01-01T15:43:26", "predicted_end_local": "2018-01-01T15:20:00", "timezone": "America/New_York"}

event.entities array

Venue entities linked to the physical event.

E.g. [{"entity_id": "wVgG7p8ZKRKEPPrNDq4my9", "type": "venue", "name": "Hard Rock Stadium", "formatted_address": "347 Don Shula Dr\nMiami Gardens, FL 33056\nUnited States of America"}]

event.event_id string

The unique identifier of the physical event. Events in the Broadcasts API have the same identifiers as those in the Events API.

E.g. svbfg9xT4YSVUeeAKp

event.labels array

The labels associated with the physical event.

E.g. ["american-football", "nfl", "sport"]

event.local_rank number

The Local Rank number of the physical event. Local Rank represents the physical event’s impact on its local geographical location.

E.g. 100

event.location object

Details about the location of the physical event.

Fields:

E.g. {"geopoint": {"lon": -80.23886040000002, "lat": 25.9579665}, "place_hierarchies": [["6295630", "6255149", "6252001", "4155751", "4164238", "4161298"]], "country": "US"}

event.phq_attendance number

The number of people predicted to attend the physical event.

E.g. 65000

event.phq_rank number

The PHQ Rank number of the physical event. PHQ Rank represents the physical event’s impact independent of its geographical location.

E.g. 100

event.title string

The title of the physical event.

E.g. Super Bowl - 49ers vs Kansas City Chiefs

first_seen string

The time the broadcast was seen for the first time. In YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

E.g. 2020-11-30T06:58:28Z

location object

The location field contains details about where the broadcast is televised. Fields in the location object are described below.

location.country string

The country code of the location where the broadcast is televised. In ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format.

E.g. US

location.geopoint object

The latitude and longitude coordinates of the location where the broadcast is televised.

E.g. {"lon": -122.4425, "lat": 37.77823}

location.place_hierarchies array

An array of place hierarchies for the location where the broadcast is televised. A broadcast record is only televised in one location.

A hierarchy is an array of place ids (see Places). The final id in a hierarchy is the place_id of the place where the broadcast is televised.

E.g. [["6295630", "6255149", "6252001", "5332921", "5391997"]]

location.places array

An array of place details for the place where the broadcast is televised. A broadcast record is only televised in one place.

A place object has these fields:

  • place_id: id of the place.
  • type: the type of the place. Broadcasts are located at counties or county-equivalents.
  • name: the name of the place.
  • county: the name of the Place’s county. This is the same as the name if the Place is a county.
  • region: the name of the Place’s region. In the US, regions represent states or federal districts.
  • country: the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the Place’s country.

A CSV file of broadcast counties is available. It contains the place_id and name of all counties and states in the US.

E.g. [{"place_id": "5391997", "type": "county", "name": "San Francisco County", "county": "City and County of San Francisco", "region": "California", "country": "US"}]

phq_viewership number

The estimated number of people in the broadcast’s location that will watch the broadcast.

E.g. 300000

record_status string

The record status of the broadcast.

Possible values:

  • active: the broadcast record is valid.
  • duplicate: the broadcast record is a duplicate of an active record.
  • deleted: the broadcast record is no longer valid.

E.g. active

updated string

The time the broadcast was last updated. In YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format.

E.g. 2020-11-30T06:58:28Z

Retrieve Broadcasts Count

This endpoint accepts the same parameters as the ones described in Search Broadcasts and can be used to get aggregated counts of all matching broadcasts that are available to your account.

A JSON Schema is available for the Broadcasts Count endpoint: broadcasts-count-response-schema.json

Visibility Window

Please note that you will not receive an error when requesting a date range and/or location that is outside of your subscription's broadcast visibility window. Instead, your visibility window will be automatically applied to your results.

Your plan’s visibility window is shown in your plan summary.

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