Video: Commercial Delivery

Here is the information on how to supply Video assets for Linear TV, all VOD, Big Screen, SFVOD, NOW and One Campaign

Linear TV, all VOD, Big Screen, SFVOD, NOW and One Campaign

Linear TV, All VOD, Big Screen, Clickable, NOW and One Campaign

Creative Agencies need to upload their commercial copy to Clearcast and copy instructions via Caria
Clearcast gives Sky Media’s Commercial Operations team the required approvals and when instructions are sent via Caria, copy begins to transcode automatically once it has been delivered.
VOD copy needs to be fully approved for Linear by Clearcast
Creatives have a choice of three delivery centres (Adstream, Honeycomb, Peach) to supply commercials and they need to be delivered to BOTH Sky UK/TV AND Sky Online.
Clickable campaigns can be supplied to Sky Online only.
Copy and instructions need to be delivered 6 working days prior to start of campaign to allow time for sales/campaign managers/ops to set copy to live, and potentially to fix any technical issues.
One Campaign is our new way to buy TV, combining live with On Demand as a single sales proposition.

Instructions & Contacts:

For further details on copy delivery and the full technical specifications please download our short guide here

Push VOD

For Push VOD Campaigns copy needs to be delivered to SKY HD, Sky UK TV via IMD, Adstream or Honeycomb.

The Video needs to conform to their specification.

Please send copy instructions/rotations through to CARIA (To Sky Push VOD) alternatively to VODCopyRotations@sky.uk

Please supply all Push VOD copy at least 2 working days before campaign start date. Failure to do so may result in the campaign starting late.

All Copy must have Full Clearcast Approval for Linear from Clearcast.

The TV VOD Product does not support any 3rd party impression or click tags.

SFVOD

Videos should be sent as 16:9 and ClearCast copy approval is not compulsory. The maximum video length is 30 secs, anything over this can only run on YouTube with a maximum of 60 secs.

We also accept assets being sent in over as:

.MP4
.MXF
.MOV
YouTube Links (YT lines only)

In addition to this we accept most VAST and VPAID tags made to IAB standards:

VAST: http://www.iabuk.net/resources/standards-and-guidelines/vast-20

VPAID: (O&O only): http://www.iab.com/guidelines/digital-video-player-ad-interface-definition-vpaid-2-0/

We support the ‘Coalition for Better Ads’ initiative to create a better user experience on desktop and mobile web. As such, all our ad formats and creative specifications fall within and must adhere to the Better Ads Standards as defined here.