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Spot Specifications

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Commercial Requirements

Each spot’s content MUST BE EXACTLY 15, 30 or 60 seconds in length!

File Naming

  • Please include a spot title and company title.
  • If there are multiple versions, please add 01, 02, etc at the end


  • Title Safe Areas

    It is imperative that you set all your graphics, text, and important information within the title safe area. All spots with graphics and text outside of the safe zones will be rejected.

    * Note: The title safe area is the innermost box.

    Software Instructions:

    Please put graphics, logos, websites, etc. inside the innermost box (B).

    To view safe zones:

  • Adobe Premiere: To enable Safe Margins, click the Wrench icon in the Program Monitor, and select Safe Margins.
  • FCPX: Click on View on display window, and under overlays: Show Title/Action Safe Zones


  • Video Specifications

    Video Type: Quicktime ProRes 422 .mov files are preferred. H.264 files are permitted.

    Frame Rate: 23.976 fps (1080p) or 29.97 fps (1080i) or 59.94 fps (720p)

    Aspect Ratio: 16:9

    Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square

    Audio: PCM, 2 channel, 48kHz

    Audio Levels

  • Peak Levels should be below -4 db.
  • If possible, set your target loudness level to -24 LKFS
  • Video Levels

  • Black Levels should be 0% / 0mV
  • White Levels not to exceed 100% / 700mv
  • RGB 0% - 100% / 0mV - 700mV
  • For Political Ads ONLY: Disclaimers must be at least 4% of the total screen size.

    File Share

    Send an email to Kelly Bober, after you upload to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/RIQ7qYDYmj4243mJHTz7. Our dropbox can also be found on our website: http://www.nationalmediaspots.com (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "dropbox")

    Questions

    Any questions please contact our production and/or traffic departments:
    Don Schechter
    617-467-5540
    don@charlesrivermedia.com
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    Kelly Bober
    508-877-6737
    kellyb@nationalmediaspots.com

    Tape Delivery

    Please overnight tapes, promotional items or product samples to:

    Don Schechter / National Media Spots Inc. / Charles River Media
    73 TV Place
    Needham Heights, MA 02494
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    Rich Gold / National Media Spots, Inc.
    1257 Worcester Road, #131
    Framingham, MA 01701
    888-579-8088

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