STANDARD STREAMING VIDEO AD SPECIFICATIONS

Specification List

Streaming Video

Companion Ad Unit

Video Duration :15/:30 N/A
Display Dimension 640x480 N/A
Encoded Resolution Minimum 640x480 N/A
Framerate 30fps N/A
Format .FLV N/A
Clickable Yes N/A

Tracking & Serving

3rd Party Trackable Yes - start/click trackers only N/A
3rd Party Servable Yes - via redirect url to .flv N/A
3rd Party Max Filesize N/A N/A
Site Served Max Filesize N/A N/A

Lead Time:
10 Business Days

Assets Requested:
Physical Assets:

  • Digital Beta
  • Beta SP Tape
Digital Assets
  • Format: .AVI/.MOV (Animation or Uncompressed Code)
  • Resolution: 640x480 Minimum Quality Accepted
  • Format: MPEG-2: 5-10Mbit
  • Resolution: 640x480 Minimum Quality Accepted
  • FPS: 30
  • Audio: 224kbps MP2 audio sampled at 48kHz stereo
  • Supported: Sony:IMX 4:2:2, MXF D-10, VSR2000HD, SeaChange, Pinnacle MediaStream, Omneon, Quantel Clipnet, Leitch and Grass Valley.

FULL AND CLIP PLAYER SPECIFICATIONS

Video Ad Product

Streaming Video

Clip Player Video Length :15 to :30 seconds, or any length in-between
Full Episode Player Video Length Pre-roll - :15 seconds
Ad Breaks - :15 to 2:00, or any lenght in-between (user may skip after :30 sec)
Dimensions 640x480
Frames Per Second 29.97fps

Accepted Formats


Accepted Formats

Contact and Upload Information

DigiBeta / Beta SP Tape
-RECOMMENDED-
Please overnight to:
MTV Networkds Digital
c/o Walter Sanchez or wesley Chin / Comedy Central
345 Hudson Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Uncompressed QuickTime Please upload to the Viacom FTP site:
ftp.viacom.com
Username: asp_client
Password: client12
Folder: comedy central

COMPANION AD UNIT (COAD):
Comedy Central does not support Video Ad Companion Units

*NOTE: Should the Video Ad not adhere to the specifications listed above they will need to be revised.

Click here to view an example
Click here for downloadable spec .pdf or .xls

MTVN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY RICH MEDIA ADVERTISING WITHOUT EXPLANATION, AND TO MODIFY AND/OR APPEND THESE GUIDELINES WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE