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Acquisitions

Delivery requirements for acquisitions differ from originations and are set out below.

BBC Wales Delivery Site

New Compliance Policy

e-Commissioning

Member of the public with ideas can get information here

Writers Room Link

Durations - don't make your programme too long for your slot - check programme and credit durations here

Interactive TV ideas are submitted to the normal genre teams

What you MUST deliver

• 16x9 Digital Beta Transmission Master
• Music Cue Sheet - (either by Distributor's website or email)
• Publicity Pack
• Commercial release DVD
• Electronic Copy of Script

For certain titles (usually high profile) the BBC will request:

• Electronic press kit - format Digital Beta
• Clean dialogue track - format DAT

Delivery Location

Material being delivered from a London address can be collected by a BBC van service.

This can be arranged through Sharon Maitland.

By registered post to:

Sharon Maitland
Room 6023
BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane
W12 7RJ

All material shipped from outside the UK should be sent via:

Broadcast Freight Services Ltd
Unit 2 , Viscount Industrial Estate , Colnbrook, Slough
SL3 ODF

Delivery Contact : Sharon Maitland  

Email sharon.maitland@ BBC .co.uk

Delivery Date (feature films and acquired series)

You will be contacted 120 days pre the licence start date and will be expected to supply technically acceptable material 90 days pre licence start date.

Technical Specification

See the BBC Technical Standards here (particularly section 4.1 Video Requirements and section 4.2 Audio requirements).

Aspect Ratio

16x9 (Full Height Anamorphic) Digital Betacam ONLY (unless the title was originally shot in 4x3 (1.33:1 or 1.66:1) and/or presented theatrically in this ratio)

Note that the following formats are not acceptable:

• Linear letterbox or aspect ratio conversions from a linear letterbox format to 16x9 FHA
• Aspect ratio conversions from a lower aspect ratio to a higher one eg from 1.33:1 (4x3) to 1.78:1 (16x9)
• 21x9 (cinema ratio 2.35:1) - Distributors often refer to this as a 16x9 master but this format (often the DVD master where the 21x9 image is squeezed into a 16x9 format with blanking top and bottom) is unacceptable.

Compliance

All material will be quality assessed for technical compliance. Any material that fails to reach the approved standard will be rejected. A replacement will expected within 14 days.

Should this replacement also not reach the required standard you will be contacted by Head of Legal and Business affairs (Prog Acqs) who will request that a replacement title is provided or that the cost of the rejected film be deducted from the agreed fee.

Duration Compliance

It is understood that it is not the distributor's responsibility to supply material to pre set durations.

Credit Guidelines

Full information on our credit requirements is available here .

The following are not required

Standby Tape, OFT Form, Transmission Form, Billing, PasC Form (Programme as Completed), Editorial Guidance Form