Technical Specifications

The specifications outlined in this document are applicable to all commissioned and in-house productions.

Any delivery in a format or specification not explicitly listed in this document will require prior written approval by Red Bull Media House Quality Management.

Content intended for Youtube should also meet these specifications, unless it is a YouTube Short which should then follow our Social Media Specifications.

One copy of each of the following must be delivered:

• Master #1 dirty - including all graphics and text (final program master)
• Master #2 dirty w/o subtitles - same as Master #1 dirty but without subtitles (only required if program contains Forced Narrative Subtitles)
• Master #3 clean - without overlay graphics and text; time code and duration identical to dirty version; a detailed definition of clean can be found in Annex: Clean Version

The Program Master delivery format that applies to your production will be determined in your production agreement or during the briefing process.

The following resolution / frame rate / codec combinations are acceptable:

Audio channels must be delivered according to the following specifications and channel layout:

• Clean and dirty versions have the same channel layout
• Discrete PCM channels at 48 kHz sample rate, depth of 16-bit / 24-bit, in sync with the picture and in phase
• Audio levels of each Full Mix must be compliant with the specifications listed in the section Audio (-23 LUFS, -8dBTP)
• For further explanations on audio channel naming and content please refer to the section Audio Glossary at the end of this document.
• If a 5.1 surround mix is commissioned, the additional audio stem deliverables will be agreed on a case by case basis.

Production Partners are only required to deliver a separate closed caption file if explicitly asked to do so!

File naming convention: VIN_LanguageISOCode_CountryISOCode_CC/SUB/FNS.xml Example: MI201712290219_en_US_FNS.xml (Underscores must be used as separators)

Important: Time code and duration of the Clean version must be identical to the Dirty version.

Color Grading: Footage in the Clean version must have the same color grading as in the Dirty version.

Clean files MAY contain:

• Show Open (if applicable), VFX, animations or CGI, assuming any transitions that alter or otherwise compromise surrounding footage are removed (such transitions include dissolves, wipes, or morphs, for example).
• Full screen graphics or images that do not overlay any footage.
• Black gaps, where graphics had to be removed

Clean files SHALL NOT contain:

• Lower thirds, including lower third backgrounds
• Any text or numbers (to allow for future re-versioning in additional languages, including non-Latin type-faces such as Chinese, Cyrillic etc.)
• Corner bugs, including any show or series packaging graphics
• Open captions (burned in subtitles)
• Bumpers
• Credit rolls

General Notes:

• As it may be difficult in certain cases to determine whether or not certain elements should be removed, please consult Red Bull Media House Quality Management during the creation of animations and other graphic elements, should you have any questions or concerns.
• For graphic elements that overlay other footage during transitions (overlay graphic with alpha channel; e.g. show open), any underlying material that is visible during the transition must be present in the Clean version.

This section provides further explanations and synonyms for our audio channel terminology.