Local Monthlies API offers access to quarter-hour and program ratings from all Nielsen DMAs for Broadcast and Cable distributors. It includes Live+SD, Live+1, Live+3, and Live+7 time-shifted streams for the LPM, Set-Meter, Code Reader and RPD Plus markets. All markets will have Total Household and Cable sample types for the measurement periods where data is reported and Black or Hispanic data samples are reported based on NLTV availability. The API reports up to 18 months of back data, which must be licensed.
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authorization
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API call to retrieve access token.
REFERENCE APIs
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The Data Availabilities GET API provides the data availability of Quarter Hour ratings for each DMA.
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The Markets GET API returns a comprehensive list of metered Designated Market Areas (DMAs), along with reference data about each DMA (e.g., ID, rank).
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The Stations GET API reference call returns the list of stations for which cume exist in a particular DMA.
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The Programs GET API returns a program lineup for a given DMA, station, and broadcast day.
RATINGS APIs
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The Quarter Hour Ratings GET API returns quarter-hour ratings for a given broadcast day, DMA, station, demographic, and data stream.
The Quarter-Hour Bulk Ratings GET API returns rating metrics for every available 'building block' demographic for a specified broadcast day market and station.
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The Program Ratings GET API returns telecast-level ratings for a given broadcast day, station, demographic and data stream.