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GPVM Specs by Country

This page outlines specs by country for the Global Premium Video Marketplace (GPVM) product.

Premium tier

This section provides premium tier specs by country for the GPVM product.

Australia 🇦🇺

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

Australia Publisher 1

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

Site-served: MP4

VAST: Must include three MP4 renditions in the tag

Dimensions

Site served: 1280 x 720 or higher

VAST

  • Low 640 x 360

  • Medium 1024 x 576

  • High 1280 x 720

Max file size

250 MB

Bitrate

  • Low 300-700 kbps

  • Medium 700-1,500 kbps

  • High 1,500-3,500 kbps

Audio

  • AAC

  • 48 kHZ

  • 2-channel

  • 128 kbps

Aspect ratio

16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

N/A

Duration

N/A

Loudness

  • –21 dB to –9 dB max

  • –24LKFS +/-2 dB

France 🇫🇷

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

France Publisher 1

France Publisher 2

France Publisher 3

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

MP4

Dimensions

1920x1080

Max file size

N/A

Bitrate

N/A

Audio

AAFC, Stereo, 48Khz

Bitrate 256 kpbs

Aspect ratio

16:9

Frame rate

25 fps

Duration

N/A

Loudness

N/A

File format

VAST 2.0

Dimensions

640x360

720x404

960x540

1280x720

Max file size

N/A

Bitrate

640x360: 800 Kbps

720x404: 1.2 Mbps

960x540: 2.1 Mbps

1280x720: 3.15 Mbps

Audio

  • 1x2 stereo

  • 2x1 mono

Aspect ratio

16:9

Frame rate

25 fps

Duration

N/A

Loudness

N/A

Other creative requirements

Must have ARPP requirement

File format

N/A

Dimensions

1280x720 minimum

Max file size

2 MB minimum

Bitrate

N/A

Audio

N/A

Aspect ratio

N/A

Frame rate

N/A

Duration

N/A

Loudness

-9 dB or -23 LUFS (+/- 1.0 dB)

Other creative requirements

Must have ARPP requirement

Germany 🇩🇪

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

Germany Publisher 1

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

MP4, MOV, MXF

Dimensions

1280x720 minimum

Max file size

N/A

Bitrate

Video: Minimum 7.7 Mbps (7.680 Kbps)

Total: Minimum 8 Mbps (8.000 Kbps) TDR = Video + Audio streams

Audio

N/A

Aspect ratio

16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

N/A

Duration

Video ad 30 seconds

Bumper ad 6 seconds

Sponsoring ad 7—10 seconds

Loudness

EBU-R128 standard

Program Loudness -22 bis -24 LUFS and True Peak Level max -1 dBTP

Italy 🇮🇹

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

Italy Publisher 1

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

MOV

Dimensions

1920x1080

Max file size

N/A

Bitrate

100 Mbps constant bitrate

Audio

  • Codec: Integer (Little Endian) PCM

  • Sample rate: 48kHz

  • Sample size: 24bit

  • Canali: Stereo

Aspect ratio

16:9

Frame rate

25 fps

Duration

N/A

Loudness

Must be in agreement with the AGCOM 219/09/CSP directive, including the following delivery specifications:

  • Reference level 1kHz@ -18dBFS

  • Integrated loudness program -24 LUFS

  • Weighting scale as per ITU-R BS 1770-1

  • Target level tolerance +/-0.5 LU

  • Maximum true peak -2dBTP

  • PML (QPPM) -9dBFS

  • Maximum short term momentary (3 second)

  • +5LU on the relative scale

  • Relative gating -8 LU

  • Absolute silence gate -70 LUFS

  • All commercial soundtracks must be measured using ITU-R BS 1771-1 loudness meter to ensure compliance

Japan 🇯🇵

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

Japan Publisher 1

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

MP4

  • place “moovatom” at the beginning of the file

  • DRM is unnecessary during encoding

Dimensions

1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080

Max file size

Less than 12 MB

  • 15 sec: 6MB recommended

Less than 18 MB

  • 15 sec recommended

Bitrate

CBR recommended, VRB accepted

  • 1280 x 720: 1,500—2,100 kbps

  • 1920 x 108: 2,500—3,500 kbps

Audio

  • Stereo (pseudo-stereo)

  • AAC-LLC

  • 192 kbps (recommended), 128 kbps, 64 kbps

  • 48 kHz (recommended) or 44.1 kHz

Aspect ratio

16:9

Frame rate

29.97 fps

Duration

6—90 seconds

Loudness

  • Peak value less than -3 dBFS

  • Average loudness value -24.0 LKFS +/- 1 dB

Spain 🇪🇸

Standard specs

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Standard specs plus all additional publisher specs are required.

Standard specs

UK Publisher 1

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

File format

Container

  • MXF or MOV

  • OP-1a or QuickTime

Video

  • AVC

Dimensions

1920 x 1080

  • High 4:2:2 Intra

  • 4:2:2 HD

Max file size

N/A

Bitrate

114 Mbps

Audio

  • Format: PCM

  • Sample rate: 48Khz

  • Bit depth: 16 bit (minimum)

Aspect ratio

16:9

Frame rate

25 fps

Duration

N/A

Loudness

N/A

Other creative requirements

Must have Clearcast requirement

United States 🇺🇸

NBC

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

Plus tier

File format

VAST 2.0

MP4

Dimensions

1920×1080 HD

Max file size

10 GB

Bitrate

Site-served: Greater than 15 Mbps

VAST

  • Mezz Minimum 15 Mbps required; 30 Mbps recommended

  • High 3.25-5 Mbps

  • Medium 1-1.5 Mbps

  • Low 340-460 Kbp

Audio

Site-served

  • Audio required

  • 2 channels only

  • PCM preferred; AAC accepted

  • 192 Kbps minimum

  • Stereo 16-bit or 24-bit

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • 115 KB sample size

VAST 2.0

  • Minimum 192 Kbps

  • 48 kHz sampling frequency

  • Creative volume should not exceed content volume and must be under 2dB

  • Secure HTTPS only

Aspect ratio

Site-served: 16:9

VAST 2.0

  • Mezz 16:9

  • High 16:9 or 4:3

  • Medium 16:9 or 4:3

  • Low 16:9 or 4:3

Frame rate

Preferred: 29.97 fps based on native frame rate

Accepted: 23.98 or 25 fps based on native frame rate

Duration

31 seconds max

Loudness

Must follow CALM compliance loudness average of –24LKFS +/-2

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