EIDR (Entertainment Identifier Registry) provides unique, persistent identifiers for film, television, and other audiovisual works across the entire lifecycle of a project. Similar in concept to identifiers like ISBN for books, EIDR IDs are designed for the modern media ecosystem, supporting development, production, distribution, discovery, and analytics..
EIDR enables companies to reliably identify and match works across systems, platforms, and partners. Each EIDR record can represent a title at multiple levels, including series, season, episode, edit, and specific versions or manifestations. This allows organizations to track and manage works with precision, even as they are repackaged, localized, or distributed in different formats.
As a nonprofit, industry-governed organization, EIDR is widely used by studios, streaming platforms, broadcasters, and technology providers to improve efficiency, reduce duplication, and support interoperability across the media supply chain. EIDR IDs and core metadata are publicly accessible, making them easy to integrate into workflows and applications.
- For more information about EIDR, please visit their website at www.eidr.org/.