What is Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)?
Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is a technology used to identify content played on a smart TV or connected device (AppleTV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, etc.), and allows for the collection of content consumption information automatically and anonymously at the screen level itself.
ACR technology is excellent at measuring the
number of minutes a particular title is watched.
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