AXS TV & HDNET Movies Delivery Spec Sheet

AXS Delivery Coordinator: Kate O’Connor koconnor@axs.tv

HDNM Delivery Coordinator: Diana Ritter dritter@axs.tv

Broadcast Format

  • HD-SDI 1080i/29.97 SMPTE 292-M standard
    • Starting timecode 00:00:00;00 is preferred
    • Closed Captioning (embedded CEA 608/708 AND .scc sidecar)

Digital Delivery Options

  • Aspera • Media Shuttle (Preferred)

https://axstv.mediashuttle.com

https://hdnetmovies.mediashuttle.com

Digital Delivery Format

Format Name: MPEG HD422 (XDCAM HD)
Container: MXF
Operational Pattern: OP-1A
Video Coding: MPEG-2 422P@HL
Bit Depth: 8
Color Sampling: 4:2:2
Frame Size: 1920 x 1080
Scanning Type: Interlace
Frame Rate: 29.97
Video Bit Rate: 50 Mbps (CBR)
Audio: PCM 8 ch/24 bit/48 kHz

Program in-point (first audio & video) should occur at 00:00:00:00 for files. All internal breaks are one second.

Audio Mapping Stereo (preferred for AXS TV) 5.1 (if avail.)
Channel 1 Full Mix Left Front Left
Channel 2 Full Mix Right Front Right
Channel 3 VOX (if avail.) Center
Channel 4 M&E (if avail.) LFE
Channel 5 N/A Rear Left
Channel 6 N/A Rear Right
Channel 7 DV (if avail.) DV (if avail.)
Channel 8 DV (if avail.) DV (if avail.)