Regions Covered
✔ All Pan Regional Latin America
✔ Argentina*
✔ Bolivia
✔ Caribbean
✔ Chile
✔ Colombia
✔ Costa Rica
✔ Dominican Republic
✔ Ecuador
✔ El Salvador
✔ Guatemala
✔ Honduras
✔ Mexico
✔ Nicaragua
✔ Panama
✔ Paraguay*
✔ Peru
✔ Venezuela
✔ Uruguay*
*PAL
Note: Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay require PAL format (some exceptions may apply).
To maintain a consistently high quality product, XR requires all material to be supplied to the following specifications:
Requirements at a glance
| Unique identifier(s): |
The ISCI/ADID cannot be longer than 18 characters in length (Argentina . Only dashes (-) and underscores (_) are allowed as special characters. To differentiate between HD and SD spots, the HD ID should always end in “H”. SD spots should have no “H” at the end. |
| Pre/post roll: | Yes |
| HD/SD: | Both |
| Audio: | Max Peak -12dBFS |
| Clearance: | Requirements vary, please get in touch for more information. |
Content Layout
Clock/Slate
For this region, a valid clock/slate is mandatory and should include the following information:
Important!
Slate must be mute, if there is any audio it will fail QC
For spots in Portuguese, please see Brazil (Pan Regional Only)HD File Specification
| NTSC | PAL | |
| Format | Apple ProRes 422HQ 1080/50 | Apple ProRes 422HQ 1080/50 |
| Container | MOV | MOV |
| Video Codec | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) |
| GOP | - | - |
| Profile | HQ | HQ |
| Frame Size | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 |
| Frame Rate | 29.97 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First OR Progressive | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First OR Progressive |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) |
| Video Bit Rate | - | - |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 |
| Audio Codec | Integer (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 (80% width & height)
All graphics, text, and frame composition elements should be placed within the safe title area to prevent key content from being cut off.
Regional requirements
Ecuador requires HD material to be within 4:3 Title Safe.
For Mexico, please ensure that all descending letters remain within the title safe margins; do not use the margin as a baseline.
SD File Specification
| NTSC | PAL | |
| Format | Apple ProRes | Apple ProRes |
| Container | MOV | MOV |
| Video Codec | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) |
| GOP | - | - |
| Profile | HQ | HQ |
| Frame Size | 720x486 | 720x576 |
| Frame Rate | 29.97 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Lower/Bottom Field First OR Progressive | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First OR Progressive |
| Aspect Ratio | 4:3 | 4:3 |
| Video Bit Rate | - | - |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 |
| Audio Codec | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM |
| Audio Bit Depth | 16/24bit | 16/24bit |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz |
| Audio Bit Rate | Uncompressed | Uncompressed |
Downscaling from HD
XR can create SD versions using supplied HD files, additional fees may apply.
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%
(between -7mV and 721mV)
RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(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, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103-2000 will allow a small tolerance, assuming that no more than 1% of the active picture is in error.
Audio Levels
Max Peak -12dBFS
- Permitted Maximum Level : -12dBFS
- Alignment Level : 1kHz@ -20dBFS
Audio Channel Configurations
| Channel # | Audio |
| 1 | Stereo Left |
| 2 | Stereo Right |
Captions/Subtitles
This region can only accept burnt in captions/subtitles.
Audio Description
Audio Description isn't currently supported in this region.
Clearance
Clearance requirements vary from region to region, please get in touch for more details.
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.
Other Important 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
- Files must be registered with ENACOM. The registration number is no longer required to be included on the slate.
- Broadcasters can accepts all durations as long as the exact duration is specified on the slate. Some broadcasters might round up the duration on their end.
- Clock ID can exceed 18 characters.
Brazil (Pan Regional Only)
As per ANCINE requirements, the following information is mandatory for the slate, and must be completed in Portuguese. Additionally, it is the responsibility of the client or agency to specify on the slate whether the material is captioned.
• 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
• Closed Captions* (if applicable)
Chile
A Megatime Code is required for delivery to Chile and should be added to your order. The code is obtained from your Media Agency and typically consists of 6 digits.
Some broadcasters will accept commercials with additional frames, e.g. 00:00:59:12. XR cannot guarantee that all broadcasters will accept non exact duration.
Colombia
Clearance is required for RCN, Caracol, and NTN24 by submitting materials and respective documents to the privately-run clearance body, Consorcio. XR can assist creating the file to spec and uploading to Consorcio, but we will need the slate and filename provided by the local agency submitting paperwork and payment, as it all must match. The approval number is not required on the slate.
Please reach out for additional information on Consorcio Specs for Alto Contraste, Sobreimposiciones, Congelados & Descongelados spots.
Ecuador
At least 80% of the ad must have been produced locally.
Mexico
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.
Font: Helvetica, Font Size: 18. Display on screen for 3 seconds minimum.
Please refer to the Mexican government website for more info.
Panama
Local versioning and registration is required, this must be done by a local agency.
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
General Disclaimer Recommendations
- Scrolling disclaimers are discouraged.
- Disclaimers should be visible for 3 seconds for the first line, plus 1 second for each additional line.
- Font Type: Any legible easy to read font / Font Size: 2% of the screen height / Duration: 3 sec.+
- Agencies are responsible for any necessary disclaimers (legal, health, or regional restriction/exclusion). XR does not QC content, only technical requirements.