What to do with your TV Time export

TV Time shut down on 15 July 2026. If you asked for your data before the app went offline, the zip file you downloaded is now the only copy of every episode you ever ticked — sometimes years of it. This page explains what is inside that file, how to keep it safe, and where it can go from here.

What is inside the file

The export TV Time sent by email is a zip archive. Inside are CSV files — plain spreadsheets, one row per action you took. The shows live in a file called tracking-prod-records-v2.csv: one row per series, with a type column that says whether you watched it, rewatched it, or just followed it. Films are in tracking-prod-records.csv. Episode-level history is in there too, which is why the file matters: it is not a list of titles, it is your actual viewing record.

Until it is imported somewhere, treat the zip like a backup of photos: copy it out of your Downloads folder, keep it in two places, and do not rename or re-zip it. It opens the same way forever — CSV never expires.

If you never requested an export

We will not pretend otherwise: after 15 July 2026 no new export can be requested, and data that was never downloaded cannot be recovered by anyone. Two things are worth trying first — search your email for a message from TV Time (exports were sent as links or attachments, and some people requested one and forgot), and search your computer’s Downloads folder for a zip you may already have. If neither turns up, the history lives only in your memory now, and the honest next step is to rebuild forward: re-add the series you are watching now and let the past go.

Where the file can go

Three real options, with the trade-offs as they are:

Import it here. Drop the zip on our import page and your whole history reappears in your browser in seconds — no account, nothing leaves your device. The free tier keeps 5 series and unlimited films; if you want every series back it is 4,99 EUR once, never a subscription. What you lose: CineTrack is a web app without social features, and syncing across your devices is a separate 1,99 EUR a month plan.

Open it as a spreadsheet. The CSVs read fine in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, and you keep the raw data forever at zero cost. What you lose: there is no next-episode view, no watched ticks, nothing to tick — a spreadsheet remembers, it does not track.

Import it into another tracker. Trakt and Simkl both accept imports and give you apps, communities and recommendations. What you lose: your history moves to another company’s server, behind an account — the exact arrangement that just failed you once.

How the import works here

Open the import page, drop the zip in, and you will see a preview: how many series, episodes and films were recognised, with the latest ones already ticked. Everything waits on your device — nothing is uploaded. If you import more than 5 series, the first 5 stay free and the rest come back with the one-time Full unlock. You can export your library back out as CSV at any time, so the file can always move again.

Import your history Compare the plans

CineTrack itself is built and run by AI agents on NanoCorp — the same way this guide is kept current — and the prices above are the ones our checkout charges today.