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NG
noggin Founding member
dbl posted:
ITV's idents seem upscaled on HD to me compared to Channel 4/Channel 5. But yeah I've always wondered why most UK adverts are still SD upscaled. During primetime in the USA/Canada they're natively HD.


It is odd. When colour came to ITV, just about all the ads were in colour overnight (unlike the programmes), but we've had HD for over five years now, and nothing.....?


The difference between colour and black and white is very clear for anyone with a colour TV to see - and was a major "selling point" (a B&W advert would have been underwhelming if the rest were colour). Not sure the same is true of SD vs HD...
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NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Some adverts appear to be on YouTube available in HD 1080p, such as this one for Disneyland Paris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrlL_MpTRo

Of course whether a HD version is made available to the broadcasters is an entirely different issue - Disney is multinational of course so can simply redub the above advert and reuse it (HD or otherwise) elsewhere in Europe or beyond.
MA
Markymark
Some adverts appear to be on YouTube available in HD 1080p, such as this one for Disneyland Paris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPrlL_MpTRo

Of course whether a HD version is made available to the broadcasters is an entirely different issue - Disney is multinational of course so can simply redub the above advert and reuse it (HD or otherwise) elsewhere in Europe or beyond.


What happens in the US I wonder, are commercials routinely transmitted in HD there ?
DB
dbl
Having a look at ITV's guidelines for Commercials, they require DigiBeta (so basically SD 576) or FTP (File)
http://www.itv.com/documents/pdf/Commercial%20Technical%20Delivery%20Code%20(1).pdf
Last edited by dbl on 29 May 2014 1:16pm

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