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NABA, DPP announce new delivery specifications for North America

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...