Material Dispatch Details
TVNZ COMMERCIAL STANDARDS
New commercials should be supplied to TVNZ as digital files via
DUBSAT or EBUS.
Specifications for DUBSAT and EBUS are attached at the end of these
commercial standards.
For more information regarding EBUS & DUBSAT technical
requirements, please call the following numbers:
DUBSAT - phone 0508DUBSAT (0508 382 728) or email:
LeenaKhilnani@aav.co.nz
EBUS - phone 021 618 634 or email:
info@ebus.tv
or
support@ebus.tv
VIDEO
Standard Specification for Commercials
A commercial supplied should adhere to the following
specifications:
1. One minute colour bars and tone
2. A minimum of 15 seconds of ID (or slate) *1
3. Two seconds exactly of black and silence
4. The commercial content *2
5. Ten seconds minimum black and silence
Notes:
*1. ID is just that. It may include an optional countdown
from ten as part of the ID but the commercial identification must
be present up until two seconds prior to the start of the
commercial. Aspect ratio information must also be included on the
ID Board.
*2. The commercial content should commence at exactly 01:00:00:00
time code or the unofficial 00:01:30:00 standard if the production
house's editing system is not capable of handling a zero time code
edit.
These are required to meet operations functions of the Seachange
Ingest Server. The commercial ID ensures the correct identification
of each TVC. This specification applies to all commercials supplied
to TVNZ.
AUDIO
The following information should be
noted:
1. The audio is to be either stereo (left audio on track 1, right
audio on track 2) or dual mono with both track 1 and track 2
identical
Commercials containing extraneous audio on track 2 not intended for
broadcast will not be accepted
ASPECT RATIO
As from 1st February 2009 all NEW commercial material should be
supplied in 16:9 FHA (4:3 graphic safe).
KEY NUMBER
The following standards will come into force from 1
April 2009:
A typical key number will include no more than 12
alphanumeric characters. Dashes, slashes and hyphens are treated as
spaces and are ignored.
The key number must identify the advertiser and duration of the
commercial as well as contain a unique reference for each piece of
material supplied by the advertiser. The correct format is
advertiser/duration/material reference (e.g. ABC 030 0001). This
ensures that no advertiser will ever have two commercials with the
same last four digits.
Only technical corrections should be denoted with an 'R' suffix.
Any changes to the actual contents on the commercial require a new
key number.
Supply of Material Instructions
Material instructions for TV ONE, TV2 and all regions should be
sent to your Advertising Services Coordinator or directly to:
ATTENTION: ADVERTISING SERVICES
TVNZ, Level 3
100 Victoria Street West
PO Box 3819
Auckland
Telephone: 09 916 7571 / 916 7000
Fax: 09 366 6096
Direct Clients should forward their material instructions through the TVNZ Sales Office they normally deal with.
As per our Terms & Conditions our material deadlines are 3 working days prior to transmission, or at the Advertisers own risk.
Our office hours are Mon - Fri 8:30 - 5pm, with only limited Ingest staff available across the weekend to digitise late material.
COMMERCIAL APPROVALS
All commercials need to have CAB approval, prior to transmission, contact -
Commercial Approval Bureau
Phone 64 9 373 2907
Fax 64 9 373 2912
FILE SPECIFICATIONS FOR INGEST
| Video File: | |
| File: | MPEG2; |
| File: | Chroma Encoding: 4:2:2 (or 4:2:0 by request) |
| MPEG Encoding Bitrate: | 15Mbit/sec |
| Video Standard: | PAL |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4/3 or 16/9 as specified at upload time |
| Frame Size: | 720(H) x 576(V) pixels |
| Frame Rate: | 25 fps |
| Duration: | As specified at upload time |
|
Audio: |
|
| Encoding: | MPEG1 Layer II |
| Audio Encoding Bitrate: | 224 to 384 kbit/sec |
| Audio Sample Rate: | 48 kHz |
|
ID Card: |
|
| File: | JPEG |
| Frame Size: | 720(H) x 576(V) pixels |
ONLINE ADVERTISING SPECIFICATIONS
To download advertising specifications for tvnz.co.nz or
TVNZ Ondemand, click
here. Or, for home page take-over
guidelines, click
here.
