TVNZ COMMERCIAL STANDARDS

New commercials should be supplied to TVNZ as digital files via DUBSAT or EBUS. 

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MATERIAL INSTRUCTIONS

To be emailed to Brand New Media

Attention: Kristy Graham

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Must be sent 3 working days prior to on air date.

On your material instructions, please include Dub deliverey method.

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 silenceNotes: 
*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.

COMMERCIAL APPROVALS

More information can be found at www.commercialapprovals.co.nz

Tel: +64 9 373 2907

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