Regions Covered
✔ Spain
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): |
It’s strongly recommended to use the following structure: MAA-ADV-PRO-CL2-020-LAN MAA: Media Agency name’s first 3 letters ADV: Advertiser name’s first 3 letters PRO: Product name’s first 3 letters CL2: Clave de emisión (see Other Important Info) 020: Duration in seconds LAN: Language (CAS=Castellano/Spanish, CAT=Catalan, EUS=Basque, GAL=Galician, VAL=Valencian) |
| Pre/post roll: | No |
| HD/SD: | HD |
| Audio: | Max PPM 6.25 (-9dBFS) Peak |
| Clearance: | Optional pre-clearance via AUTOCONTROL, see Clearance for more information. |
Content Layout
For this region a clock/slate is not required
File Specification
| Preferred | Accepted | |||
| Format | XDCAM 1080/50 | Apple ProRes 422HQ 1080/50 | DNxHD185 1080/50 | |
| Container | MOV or MXF | MOV | MOV or MXF | |
| Video Codec | XDCAM 422 | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) | DNxHD 185 | |
| GOP | Long GOP | - | ||
| Profile | MPEG-2 422P@HL | HQ | - | |
| Frame Size | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | |
| Frame Rate | 25 FPS | 25 FPS | 25 FPS | |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 | 16:9 | |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | |
| Video Bit Rate | 50Mb/s CBR | - | 185Mb/s CBR | |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 | |
| Audio Codec | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | |
| Audio Bit Depth | 16/24bit | 16/24bit | 16/24bit | |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz | 48kHz | |
| Audio Bit Rate | Uncompressed | Uncompressed | Uncompressed | |
Title Safety
16:9 as per EBU R95-1 (2017)
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 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. 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 PPM Peak
- Permitted Maximum Level : PPM 6.25 (-9dBFS)
- Alignment Level : 1kHz@ -18dBFS
- Ballistic : PPM Type II as per IEC 60268-10
Refer to EBU R68-2000 for guidance on alignment levels
Audio Channel Configurations
| Channel # | Audio |
| 1 | Stereo Left |
| 2 | Stereo Right |
Subtitles
Subtitles/Closed Captions for the hard of hearing can be added to your commercials for an additional fee. Please get in touch at clientservices.es@extremereach.com or your local team if you would like more information.
Audio Description
Audio Description (AD) makes content more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. AD can be added to your commercials for an additional fee. Please get in touch at clientservices.es@extremereach.com or your local team if you would like more information.
Sign Language
Sign language for the hard of hearing can be added to your commercials for an additional fee. Please get in touch at clientservices.es@extremereach.com or your local team if you would like more information.
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.
Asociación para la Autorregulación de la Comunicación Comercial (AUTOCONTROL) is the independent advertising self-regulatory organisation in Spain. They provide advice to advertisers, media agencies and broadcasters to ensure that all commercials adhere to the The Code of Advertising Practice. More information can be found on their website.
Other Important Info
All commercials to go to air in Spain are given a Clave de Emisión by the Media Agency normally at the time of booking, though there are exceptions where it can be assigned afterwards. This is a 3 digit alpha numeric code e.g. XY1, MN3, FJ8 and should be added to the relevant field during order placement.