Regions Covered
✔ United Kingdom Cinema
✔ Republic of Ireland Cinema
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): | Product_Title_Version_Duration |
| Pre/post roll: | No |
| HD/SD: | HD or UHD |
| Audio: | See Audio |
| Clearance: | CAA or BBFC |
Content Layout
A clock/slate is not required
HD File Specification
| 2K | 4K | |
| Format | Apple ProRes 422HQ/444 | Apple ProRes 422HQ/444 |
| Container | MOV | MOV |
| Video Codec | ProRes 422 (HQ) or ProRes 444 | ProRes 422 (HQ) or ProRes 444 |
| Frame Size | 1920x1080 | 3840x2160 |
| Frame Rate | 25fps or 24fps | 25fps or 24fps |
| Scan Type | Non-Interlaced (Progressive) | Non-Interlaced (Progressive) |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square | Square |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 | 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 |
| 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
All supers and graphics should fall within the following title safe areas:
- 1605x903 pixels for HD (1920x1080) - click here to download a title safety grid
- 3210x1806 pixels for UHD (3840x2160) - click here to download a title safety grid
Audio
In order to assist your delivery, XR can create the 5.1 mix via our Dolby approved partner. To facilitate this, please provide audio splits of the separate elements as uncompressed 48khz, 24Bit WAV files:
- VO (mono / dual mono)
- SFX and music stems (stereo) or M&E combined (stereo)
Alternatively 5.1 audio should be supplied directly to Pearl & Dean and/or DCM from a Dolby-certified posthouse. We will need to be informed of who is supplying the 5.1 mix and the name of the posthouse used.
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 cinema adverts require CAA clearance, certain types of commercials may also require clearance from BBFC.
Ready to go?
Reach out to campaignservices-emea@extremereach.com