LAS VEGAS – The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) and the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) unveiled two new technical specifications for the delivery of finished air-ready programs for North America.
Nine major North American broadcasters – including Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, ABC/Disney, Fox, HBO, NBCUniversal, PBS, TimeWarner and Turner, have agreed on a common file format, structure and wrapper based on the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) AS-11 UK DPP specification implemented in the UK in 2014.
“The announcement of these new specifications represents notice to the industry that will enable production and post-production companies and equipment manufacturers to ready themselves for the transition to common specifications,” said NABA director-general Michael McEwen, in Tuesday’s news release.
“NABA and the DPP share the same philosophy,” added DPP managing director Mark Harrison. “We both recognize that the national and international exchange of media will only increase – and that we need to make this process simpler, easier and cheaper for the whole supply chain if our industry is to thrive.”
The transition to the new technical specifications will begin over the next 12 months.
The new specifications are the first output from the strategic partnership formed between NABA and the DPP in last April, and the two organisations have also pledged to look at Ultra High Definition for North America and at the development of a Mastering Format.
