Hey kaansoral,

This will be covered when ticket #527 gets completed. Basically, the current way release dates work needs to be completed overhauled. It's a lot of work which is why it hasn't been done yet.

Hi

Thanks for the update

I see the complexity of the situation, I'm guessing we won't see the new release_date system for some time

I'm guessing the new release dates will be accessible from a new sub-branch (like /credits /images), is there any chance to have a temporary "min_digital_release_date" similar to "release_date", that will be replaced by a derived value when the new system rolls out? (when the new release date system rolls out, the min/derived value could stay at the main /movie/id level, maybe)

The min value of the various digital release date's is particularly significant, as it represents the date when a movie is accessible online and outside the theaters

I actually don't think such a temporary value will be implemented, but just trying my chances :)

Is there an ETA for this feature? :)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9321947/how-to-get-dvd-release-dates-of-movies-programatically

rotten tomatoes API used to be a not-so-bad source for dvd release dates, however for some reason they stopped allowing people to use their API easily, would be great to replace that source of information with themoviedb

Hi kaansoral,

No ETA but it is something that will get looked at soon. Soon as in probably the next month or so.

Great to hear, thank you

Anxiously waiting :)

Hi guys,

While we still don't support specifying a country release filter on discover (this will be coming), we do now support multiple release dates per country and type (which includes digital/physical). You can read more about his here.

There's a new API method that supports returning this data which is documented here.

Cheers.

HI Travis,

Thanks a lot for the update

I personally find the minimal digital release date of importance, whether it's amazon/netflix or physical-digital, with this update, will we be able to deduct this data from tmdb?

(I also tried to find a movie with a digital release date info, but I failed)

Hi kaansoral,

With this update, will we be able to deduct this data from tmdb?

Yes, if you call the new /release_dates method you will get whatever we have added back (keyed by country with the type field). As always of course, it all depends on what data has been added to our DB though.

(I also tried to find a movie with a digital release date info, but I failed)

One I know of for sure (without doing a db query) is The Ridiculous 6.