Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specifications For Adstream LatAm/Caribbean
This document covers the following regions and countries:
• Latin America (NTSC)
• All Pan Regional Latin America
• Bolivia
• Caribbean
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Latin America (PAL)
Adstream LatAm
• Argentina
• Paraguay
• Uruguay
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Document Date : 2015-04
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (NTSC)
To maintain a consistently high quality product Adstream require all material for distribution
in this region to be supplied to the following HD specifications
HD File Specifications
Quicktime ProRes 422HQ
1080/59.94
Video:
Codec : Apple Quicktime ProRes 422
(HQ)
Container : MOV
Profile : HQ
Interlacing : Upper/Top Field First
Frame Size : 1920x1080
Frame Rate : 29.97 FPS
Aspect Ratio : 16:9
Audio:
Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM
Sample Rate : 48kHz
Sample Size : 24bit
Channels : Stereo
HD Video Level Requirements HD Audio Level Requirements
TV Format : HDTV • Maximum Peak : -12dBFS
Aspect Ratio : 16:9 • Reference Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
Title Safe : 4:3 • Ballistic : PPM Type II
All Video Signals Should Comply With ITU-R BT.709 And Video
Signals Should Not Exceed The Specified Limits Latin America (NTSC)
Luminance (Y) Should Not Exceed 700mV, Or Fall Below 0mV
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst Adstream and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video
levels they understand there may be instances where it is difficult
to completely avoid, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103
will allow a small tolerance, assuming no more that 1% of the
active picture is in error.
• Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(ie between -7mV and 721mV)
• RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(ie between -35mV and 735mV)
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 4.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (NTSC)
To maintain a consistently high quality product Adstream require all material for distribution
in this region to be supplied to the following SD specifications
SD File Specifications
Quicktime ProRes 422HQ Quicktime IMX50 525/59.94
525/59.94
Video: Video:
Codec : Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 Codec : Quicktime IMX50
(HQ) Container : MOV
Container : MOV Profile : YUV422P
Profile : HQ Bitrate : 50Mb/s CBR
Interlacing : Lower/Bottom Field First Chroma Subsample : 4:2:2
Frame Size : 720x486 Interlacing : Upper/Top Field First
Frame Rate : 29.97 FPS Frame Size : 720x480
Frame Rate : 29.97 FPS
Audio:
Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM Audio:
Sample Rate : 48kHz Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM
Sample Size : 16bit Sample Rate : 48kHz
Channels : Stereo Sample Size : 16bit
Channels : Stereo
SD Video Level Requirements SD Audio Level Requirements
TV Format : NTSC • Maximum Peak : -12dBFS
Aspect Ratio : 4:3 • Reference Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
Title Safe : 4:3 • Ballistic : PPM Type II
All Video Signals Should Comply With ITU-R BT.601 And Video
Signals Should Not Exceed The Specified Limits Latin America (NTSC)
Luminance (Y) Should Not Exceed 700mV, Or Fall Below 0mV
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst Adstream and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video
levels they understand there may be instances where it is difficult
to completely avoid, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103
will allow a small tolerance, assuming no more that 1% of the
active picture is in error.
• Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(ie between -7mV and 721mV)
• RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(ie between -35mV and 735mV)
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 4.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (NTSC)
Clock/Slate and Pre & Post Roll Information
Duration Example Timecode
Slate 12" 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:11:29
Black 3" 00:00:12:00 - 00:00:14:29
TVC 30" 00:00:15:00 - 00:00:44:29
Black 3" 00:00:45:00 - 00:00:47:29
Clock/Slate Information:
For this region a valid clock/slate is Mandatory
• Title*
• Clock ID*
• Aspect Ratio
• Duration*
• Post House
• Product*
• Advertiser* *MANDATORY SLATE INFORMATION
• Please note that clock ID numbers (ISCI) cannot be longer than 18 characters in length
(with the exception of Chile where the clock number cannot exceed 12 characters).
• HD & SD versions of the same material should have the same clock ID numbers (ISCI), but with a “H” suffix at the end of
the HD version.
• NO AUDIO on Slate or Countdown.
Additional Information:
Should You Require Any Further Information Or Clarification Please Contact Your Local Adstream Office
Latin America (NTSC)
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 4.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Regional Specific Supplementary Information
All Local LatAm Cable:
The following disclaimer needs to be added for all sends to Local LatAm Cable destinations:
PAUTA PUBLICITARIA VALIDA PARA (Insert relevant country here)
Font Type: Any legible easy to read font / Size: 2% of the screen height / Duration: 3 sec
Argentina
Local Stations (Open and Pay) Disclaimers
Each spot to be aired in local stations (either open or cable ones) must include the following disclaimer:
Aviso Publicitario de Producción Nacional + Registration number when it has been locally produced
-or-
Aviso Publicitario de Producción Extranjera + Registration number when it has been produced abroad.
Adstream does not take care or responsibility of the registration process
Brazil – Pan Regional
As per ANCINE requirements, the following information is mandatory for the slate, and must be completed in Portuguese:
• Titulo Original
• Titulo Versão (if applicable)
• Versão (if original, please identify as such)
• Número total de versões
• Produto
• Anunciante
• Duração
• Agência Brasileira
• Tipo
• Segmento de Mercado
• CRT
• Produtora Brasileira
• CNPJ da Produtora Brasileira
• Ano de Produção
• Data de Registro
• Direção
• ID
Chile
Megatime Code is required for delivery to Chile. Adstream will accept commercials in seconds & frames or in full duration
i.e. 00:00:59;12 or 00:01:00;00.
Colombia
Please note that clearance is required for RCN and Caracol by submitting materials and respective documents to the
privately-run clearance body, Consorcio. All other channels require standard clearance that needs to be arranged directly with Latin America (NTSC)
the channels. The approval number is not required on the slate.
Mexico
Health Disclaimers
Under COFEPRIS (Comision Federal para la protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios – Federal Commission for Sanitary Risk
Protection), health disclaimers are required for any product directly affecting health. For example: medication, alcoholic
beverages, food items, beauty and home cleaning products.
Please refer to the following website for further details:
http://www.cofepris.gob.mx/MJ/Paginas/Normas-Oficiales-Mexicanas.aspx
Venezuela
The Registro Informacion Fiscal, RIF, needs to be added to the beginning of the TVC:
In total, 12 characters long. The first character is E, I, J, or V, followed by a hyphen (-), eight digits, hyphen (-), another digit,
for example: V-12345678-0.
Font Type: Any legible easy to read font / Size: 2% of the screen height / Duration: 3 sec
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
For any other regional specific requirements please contact Adstream LatAm
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 4.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (PAL)
To maintain a consistently high quality product Adstream require all material for distribution
in this region to be supplied to the following HD specifications
HD File Specifications
Quicktime ProRes 422HQ
1080/50
Video:
Codec : Apple Quicktime ProRes 422
(HQ)
Container : MOV
Profile : HQ
Chroma Subsample : 4:2:2
Interlacing : Upper/Top Field First
Frame Size : 1920x1080
Frame Rate : 25 FPS
Aspect Ratio : 16:9
Audio:
Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM
Sample Rate : 48kHz
Sample Size : 24bit
Channels : Stereo
HD Video Level Requirements HD Audio Level Requirements
TV Format : HDTV • Maximum Peak : -12dBFS
Aspect Ratio : 16:9 • Reference Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
Title Safe : 4:3 • Ballistic : PPM Type II
All Video Signals Should Comply With ITU-R BT.709 And Video
Signals Should Not Exceed The Specified Limits Latin America (PAL)
Luminance (Y) Should Not Exceed 700mV, Or Fall Below 0mV
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst Adstream and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video
levels they understand there may be instances where it is difficult
to completely avoid, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103
will allow a small tolerance, assuming no more that 1% of the
active picture is in error.
• Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(ie between -7mV and 721mV)
• RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(ie between -35mV and 735mV)
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 3.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (PAL)
To maintain a consistently high quality product Adstream require all material for distribution
in this region to be supplied to the following SD specifications
SD File Specifications
Quicktime ProRes 422HQ Quicktime IMX50 625/50
625/50
Video: Video:
Codec : Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 Codec : Quicktime IMX50
(HQ) Container : MOV
Container : MOV Profile : YUV422P
Profile : HQ Bitrate : 50Mb/s CBR
Interlacing : Upper/Top Field First Chroma Subsample : 4:2:2
Frame Size : 720x576 Frame Size : 720x576
Frame Rate : 25 FPS Frame Rate : 25 FPS
Audio: Audio:
Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM Codec : Integer (Little Endian) PCM
Sample Rate : 48kHz Sample Rate : 48kHz
Sample Size : 16bit Sample Size : 16 bit
Channels : Stereo Channels : Stereo
SD Video Level Requirements SD Audio Level Requirements
TV Format : PAL • Maximum Peak : -12dBFS
Aspect Ratio : 4:3 • Reference Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
Title Safe : 4:3 • Ballistic : PPM Type II
All Video Signals Should Comply With ITU-R BT.601 And Video
Signals Should Not Exceed The Specified Limits Latin America (PAL)
Luminance (Y) Should Not Exceed 700mV, Or Fall Below 0mV
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst Adstream and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video
levels they understand there may be instances where it is difficult
to completely avoid, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103
will allow a small tolerance, assuming no more that 1% of the
active picture is in error.
• Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(ie between -7mV and 721mV)
• RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(ie between -35mV and 735mV)
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 3.2015.01
Adstream LatAm
600 Brickell Avenue
#1540
Miami FL 33131
Adstream File Delivery Specification For Latin America (PAL)
Clock/Slate and Pre & Post Roll Information
Duration Example Timecode
Slate 12" 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:11:24
Black 3" 00:00:12:00 - 00:00:14:24
TVC 30" 00:00:15:00 - 00:00:44:24
Black 3" 00:00:45:00 - 00:00:47:24
Clock/Slate Information:
For this region a valid clock/slate is Mandatory
• Title*
• Clock ID*
• Aspect Ratio
• Duration*
• Post House
• Product*
• Advertiser* *MANDATORY SLATE INFORMATION
• Please note that clock ID numbers (ISCI) cannot be longer than 18 characters in length.
• HD & SD versions of the same material should have the same clock ID numbers (ISCI), but with a “H” suffix at the end of
the HD version.
• NO AUDIO on Slate or Countdown.
Local Clearance:
Please contact Adstream for local clearance details for these markets.
Argentina
Cable/Pay Stations Disclaimers
The following disclaimer needs to be added for all sends to Local LatAm Cable destinations:
PAUTA PUBLICITARIA VALIDA PARA (Insert relevant country here)
Font Type: Any legible easy to read font / Size: 2% of the screen height / Duration: 3 sec
Local Stations (Open and Pay) Disclaimers Latin America (PAL)
Each spot to be aired in local stations (either open or cable ones) must include the following disclaimer:
Aviso Publicitario de Producción Nacional + Registration number when it has been locally produced
-or-
Aviso Publicitario de Producción Extranjera + Registration number when it has been produced abroad.
Adstream does not take care or responsibility of the registration process.
Additional Information:
Should You Require Any Further Information Or Clarification Please Contact Your Local Adstream Office
*Agencies are responsible for any necessary health or regional restriction/exclusion disclaimers.
Adstream does not QC material for content, only technical specifications
Adstream LatAm | +1 786 472 2615 | [email protected] Revision : 3.2015.01
