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Industry Standards for a cable show
Hello all you creatives, im here sort of lost in the woods here, i was wondering if there’s a industry standard chart on international productions for selling in the us for minor and mid cable networks?
JOSE ZEINC
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What sort of a chart?
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
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Im talking about screen aspect ratio, format sound and all those video requirements.
JOSE ZEINC
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[Jose Zeinc] “Im talking about screen aspect ratio, format sound and all those video requirements.”
These vary by network. There is no standard for any of this. Once you have the deal in place, you’ll ask for the Technical Standards Guide from that particular network and conform your show to match up.
Especially when it comes to audio. Seems no two networks are alike in the audio department.
Some networks will require both an HD and SD master.
Some will require split track audio while others won’t.
Some will require captioning while others will do it themselves, etc…
So worry about selling the show first, then conform your show to the specific network you sell to later.
Here’s one of my articles for further reading.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/specs.phpWalter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
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Biscardi Creative Media“Foul Water, Fiery Serpent” Winner, Best Documentary, LA Reel Film Festival.
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Yeah, call a few local tv stations or cable companies and ask them to send you their broadcast spec sheet. You’ll see right away that they’re all different! Screen aspect ratio should be pretty consistent for hd content (16:9), however video and audio codecs, hd/sd, container, physical/digital media… No standards!
Cory
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Thanx..
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[Cory Petkovsek] “Screen aspect ratio should be pretty consistent for hd content (16:9), however video and audio codecs, hd/sd, container, physical/digital media… No standards!”
The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose from!
Walter Soyka
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If you can reach somebody at a local station that can even GIVE you a meaningful tech spec sheet, or know what it is you’re asking for, you’re miles ahead of the game already.
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[Cory Petkovsek] “Screen aspect ratio should be pretty consistent for hd content (16:9),”
Sure, but what codec and what frame size? Most take 1080 but some networks deliver 720p.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“Foul Water, Fiery Serpent” Winner, Best Documentary, LA Reel Film Festival.
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Uh, Walter is that a question to me? I think the rest of that sentence you quoted should clarify what I was expressing, if not the whole paragraph. It appears that you quoted half my sentence, then asked about the other half of the sentence. ??
Cory
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