When developing mezzanine assets or for publisher hosting/serving, follow the below video specifications. 

*Please note: 2 videos with corresponding bitrates are required as highlighted below.

**For VOD, refer to your vendor's ad specifications.

***For 3P VAST or VPAID specifications and approved vendors, contact your FNG account team. 

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Size: HD 

• Aspect Ratio 16:9-1920x1080
• No black bars
• 4:2:2 ColorSpace
• Video Bitrate:
• ConstantBitrate(CBR)15-30Mbps
• 800-1200kbps

File Formats

• MP4 and M3U8 are required. No MOV. 

Audio

• 2 channels only 
• PCM (preferred) or AAC codec 
• 192 kbps minimum 
• 16 or 24 bit only 
• 48 kHz sample rate 
• Audio is required 
• Loudness - All program elements should have an average loudness of -24LKFS (+/- 2) 

Frame Rate

• 23.98, 25, or 29.97 based on native frame rate 
• Remove any pull-down added for broadcast 
• Constant frame rate only 
• Please make content progressive using adaptive de-interlace with no frame blending

Codec

• H.264 codec 
• Interlaced video is not accepted

Max File Size

• 5GB  

Ad Duration

• :60 Max (otherwise pre-approval required) 

Leaders/Slates

• Video must be submitted without leaders (i.e. slates, countdowns)