Regions Covered
✔ Taiwan, Republic of China
To maintain a consistently high quality product XR requires all material for distribution in this region to be supplied to the following specifications.
Requirements at a glance
| Unique identifier(s): | Clock number (no standardised format) |
| Pre/post roll: | Preferred |
| HD/SD: | Both |
| Audio: | Max Peak -10dBFS |
| Clearance: |
Satellite Television Broadcasting Association (STBA). See Clearance for more info. |
Content Layout
Clock/Slate (optional)
For this region a valid clock/slate is Preferred
Where supplied, the slate should include the following information:
HD File Specification
| Format | XDCAM 1080/59.94 | Apple ProRes 422HQ 1080/50 |
| Container | MOV | MOV |
| Video Codec | XDCAM HD 422 | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) |
| GOP | Long GOP | - |
| Profile | MPEG-2 422P@HL | HQ |
| Frame Size | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 |
| Frame Rate | 29.97 FPS (Drop Frame Timecode) | 29.97 FPS |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) |
| Video Bit Rate | 50Mb/s CBR | - |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 |
| Audio Codec | Integer (Big/Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM |
| Audio Bit Depth | 24bit | 24bit |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz |
| Audio Bit Rate | Uncompressed | Uncompressed |
HD Title Safety
16:9 as per EBU R.95-1
All graphics, text, and frame composition elements should be placed within the safe title area to prevent key content from being cut off.
SD File Specification
| Preferred | Accepted | |||
| Format | Apple ProRes 422HQ 525/59.94 | Quicktime IMX 50 525/59.94 | MPEG-2 Program Stream 525/59.94 | |
| Container | MOV | MOV | MPEG-2 Program Stream | |
| Video Codec | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) | MPEG Video | MPEG-2 | |
| GOP | - | - | I Frame Only | |
| Profile | HQ | YUV422P | 422P@ML | |
| Frame Size | 720x486 | 720x486 | 720x512 | |
| Frame Rate | 29.97 FPS | 29.97 FPS | 29.97 FPS | |
| Scan Type | Lower/Bottom Field First | Upper/Top Field First | Lower/Bottom Field First | |
| Aspect Ratio | 4:3 | 4:3 | 4:3 | |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | |
| Video Bit Rate | - | - | - | |
| Chroma | - | 4:2:2 | - | |
| Audio Codec | PCM (Little Endian) | PCM (Little Endian) | MPEG1 Layer-2 | |
| Audio Bit Depth | 16/24bit | 16bit | 384kbps | |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz | 48kHz | |
| Audio Bit Rate | Uncompressed | Uncompressed | Uncompressed | |
SD Title Safety
4:3
All graphics, text, and frame composition elements should be placed within the safe title area to prevent key content from being cut off.
Video Levels
All video signals should comply with ITU-R BT.709-5 (HD) or ITU-R BT.601-7 (SD) and video signals should not exceed the specified limits.
Video levels should not exceed 700mV, or fall below 0mv
Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(ie between -7mV and 721mV)
RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(ie between -35mV and 735mV)
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst XR and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video levels, they understand there may be instances where it is difficult to completely avoid. Following EBU recommendation Rec.103-2000 they will therefore allow a small tolerance, assuming that no more than 1% of the active picture is in error.
Audio Levels
Max Peak -10dBFS
• Permitted Maximum Level : -10dBFS / +10dBu
• Alignment Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
• Ballistic : PPM Type II
Audio Channel Configurations
| Channel # | Audio |
| 1 | Stereo Left |
| 2 | Stereo Right |
Subtitles
This region can only accept open/burnt in captions.
Audio Description
Audio Description isn't currently supported in this region.
Clearance
Do you need help with clearance or regulatory compliance?
XR's Campaign Services teams can assist you! Please reach out to your local team for more information, additional fees apply.
All broadcast commercials that contain music need to be cleared by the Satellite Television Broadcasting Association (STBA). Digital commercials do not require clearance from STBA, but must be cleared with media owners of the digital/online platforms that they will be on.
Applications are made on Standard or Express service.
- On Standard, the results are available within 4 working days from application
- On Express, the results are available within 2 working days from application
STBA operates until 5pm (GMT+8) during working days, so applications need to be made before then.