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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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National and Provincial Party Elections Broadcasts and Political Advertisements Amendment Regulations, 2024

Annexures

Annexure C : Technical standards and quality

 

ANNEXURE C

 

TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND QUALITY

 

Audio and video recordings must be clearly labelled to indicate the name of the political party or independent candidate and nominated representative.

 

Audio and video recordings must be submitted electronically or physically to the BSL.

 

HD (High Definition)

▪ Commercials to comply with the 1920 x 1080i HD Standard in a 16:9 aspect ratio at 25 frames per second
▪ Digital Audio Reference level is defined as 18dB below the maximum coding value (-18dBFS) as per EBU recommended practice R128.
▪ Timecode of commercial start is at 10:00:00:00.
▪ Stereo audio on tracks 1&2, (Any additional audio tracks should not be MUTE but rather be duplicates of track 1&2)
▪ Fade to silence at commercials end.

 

File format:

MXF OP-1a (SMPTE 378M), XDCAM HD 422

 

Video:

Codec: MPEG-2 422P@HL LongGOP

Bit rate mode Constant

Bit rate: 50 Mb/s (CBR)

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Interlacing: Upper Field First

Display aspect ratio 16:9

Frame rate: 25 fps (50i).

 

Audio:

Track 1 (AES1) Stereo Left / Lt

Track 2 (AES1) Stereo Right / Rt

Codec: Uncompressed (PCM)

Sample Rate: 48 kHz,

Sampling Size: 24 bit

Additional tracks: Duplicate tracks 1&2.

 

[Annexure C substituted by section 12 of Notice No. 4443, GG50204 dated 26 February 2024]