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by tsunamino 3792 days ago
(creator here) Wish there was, but they closed down their API several years ago. It would be great to get an integration on Apple TV, which would likely require some kind of partnership with Netflix like how Rotten Tomatoes and Common Sense Media does it.
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If you want to get tricky, you could build a mobile app that can tell what netflix show you're watching based on audio data ala Shazam.

Maybe you could talk to these guys who have done exactly that for figuring out viewership numbers (maybe they'll want to share the tech): http://www.wired.com/2016/01/meet-symphony-the-company-that-...

Or maybe see if you can use http://echoprint.me/ or build your own http://royvanrijn.com/blog/2010/06/creating-shazam-in-java/

[EDIT]: Or maybe a wearable app, so that you don't have to have your phone out? It could potentially warn you about TV/movies too just by vibrating.

Building a Shazam-like thing would actually be really cool to identify what shows people were watching. This way it would bridge the Chrome extension problem and put it on TVs. The only problem is getting the database of shows in the first place. I'm afraid it would put too much on the user to input the show name and episode information since Netflix doesn't have an API anymore.
These are rad suggestions, thank you! I'll look into these!