IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Click on the links below to download the TV and Radio deadlines for the Queen’s Birthday public holiday and Western Australia Day –
TV Deadlines
Radio Deadlines
EASTER LONG WEEKEND AND ANZAC DAY DEADLINES
To ensure your material is in on time, please download the Broadcast deadlines from the links below :
For TV Easter deadlines, click here
For Radio Easter deadlines, click here
For TV ANZAC Day deadlines, click here
Cinema material due at Val Morgan for the Easter long weekend must have the Adstream booking and all native files provided by 12 noon on Tuesday 26 March. Material that arrives after this time will be processed for delivery after the long weekend.
Val Morgan Cinema material on air Thursday 25 April must have the Adstream booking and native files delivered by 12 noon on Wednesday 17 of April. Material that arrives after this time will be processed the following business day.
Please note that all Radio material on air Thursday 25 and Friday 26 April must be despatched by 3pm AEDST Wednesday 24 April 2013.
Broadcast, Print and Digital support will operate as per normal during this period.
QUICKCUT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
Adstream will be performing scheduled maintenance to GRADS (Publisher Database) this weekend.
Updates to specs submitted by 3pm Friday 15 February will be completed by COB the same day. Please note that no updates will be actioned on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February.
A short period of outage will occur on the evening of Saturday 16 February. The outage will prevent Quickcut products from synchronising for a short period, but normal service will resume on the morning of Monday 18 February.
BROADCASTER DEADLINES FOR WAITANGI DAY IN NZ
Please note that Wednesday 6 February 2013 is the Waitangi Day public holiday in New Zealand.
The broadcasters have advised that normal NZ deadlines apply. Ie. Material must be on station 2 working days prior to broadcast. If you cannot make this deadline, you will need to notify each broadcaster.
That means all material must be delivered to the station by 3pm AEDST on Monday 4 February.
LONG WEEKEND BROADCASTER DEADLINES FOR AUSTRALIA DAY AND ANNIVERSARY DAY (NZ)
Australian Stations
For TV material on air Tuesday 29 January 2013, broadcasters require bookings in Adstream to be visible by 12 noon on Friday 25 January and material to be on station by 11am (AEDST) Saturday morning.
Exceptions:
SBS – for material airing Saturday 26, Sunday 27, Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 January, SBS require bookings in Adstream to be visible by 5pm Thursday 24 January and material to be on station by 12 noon (AEDST) Friday 25 January.
The Playroom and SC10 – require material airing Saturday 26, Sunday 27, Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 January to be on station by 2pm (AEDST) Friday 25 January.
Ten – require material airing Saturday 26, Sunday 27, Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 January to be on station by 5pm (AEDST) Thursday 24 January.
New Zealand Stations
Normal NZ deadlines apply. Ie. material must be on station 2 working days prior to broadcast. If you cannot make this deadline, you will need to notify each broadcaster.
TVNZ MATERIAL ON AIR THIS WEEKEND
Due to system upgrades at TVNZ, all material on air this weekend must be delivered to Adstream no later than 1pm AEDST on Friday 18 January 2013.
For further information, click here
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRADING AND CONTACT DETAILS
Click here for all details
Please note that Cinema services will be unavailable from Tuesday 25 December to Tuesday 1 January 2013 (inclusive).
NEW TVC LOUDNESS REQUIREMENTS
Effective 1 January 2013, all TVCs must be -24 LKFS, ie. OP-59 compliant. For more information, click here
BOOKING IDS MANDATORY FOR FAIRFAX MEDIA PYRMONT AND THE MELBOURNE AGE
Effective 1 January 2013, all advertising material delivered to Fairfax publications must contain a valid booking ID. Fairfax have advised that advertisements with invalid booking IDs will not be processed, & possibly not be published. Therefore, inputting invalid booking IDs or ‘N.A.’ will no longer be acceptable for Fairfax booking IDs. For further information, click on the applicable link below -
Quickcut LITE/PRO Users
Quicksend Users
TV AND RADIO DEADLINES FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
Please download the deadlines for material running over the Christmas and New Year period below -
Click here for the TV Deadlines
Click here for the Radio Deadlines
HELP SUPPORT BEYONDBLUE
Get behind beyondblue’s ‘Our Goal is 1 Million’ campaign, inviting Australians to support beyondblue on Facebook and help raise awareness of depression and anxiety and give stigma the boot. Over 1 million Australians are living with depression.
Shout out to our team in Melbourne for helping out with the ad edit for the campaign due to launch at this Friday night’s beyondblue Cup between the Hawks and Geelong.
Like beyondblue on Facebook and you could win a signed and framed Hawks or Geelong footy jumper (comp closes 19 August 2012).
Click here to be in it to win it, with the added incentive of making a difference to the lives of people with depression and anxiety.
CHANNEL 9 DARWIN DELIVERY CHANGES
Nine Network have just advised that as of Tuesday 29 May 2012, all commercials to be broadcast on Channel 9 Darwin (NTD-8) should instead be delivered to the National Nine Network Playout Centre (NPC) in Sydney.
From Tuesday onwards, the NTD-8 destination will appear as a channel in the NPC dropdown menu.
Transfer of all spots delivered to NTD-8 over the last 12 months will be managed by NPC.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY LONG WEEKEND – JUNE 2012
For a full list of TV and Radio material deadlines during this period, please click here
NEW TV DESTINATIONS
Setanta Sport is a new Pay TV destination that can be accessed via Adstream. Setanta Sports is a specialist football channel that will exclusively broadcast the UEFA Euro Championships this year. Note Captions will not be broadcast on Setanta Sport.
Pluk NZ is a commercial monitoring and reporting service available in New Zealand. TVCs can now be delivered to Pluk NZ via adstream. Please note that monitoring and reporting services need to be arranged directly with Pluk. A new freeview channel in New Zealand, Choice TV, is also now available as a destination within adstream4. For an updated list of broadcast centres, click here
NEW NZ DESTINATIONS: PLUK NZ AND CHOICE TV
Pluk NZ is a commercial monitoring and reporting service available in New Zealand. TVCs can now be delivered to Pluk NZ via adstream. Please note that monitoring and reporting services need to be arranged directly with Pluk.
A new freeview channel in New Zealand, Choice TV, is now available as a destination within adstream4. For an updated list of broadcast centres, click here
NEW NZ TV DESTINATION: CHOICE TV
A new freeview channel in New Zealand, Choice TV, is now available as a destination within adstream4. For an updated list of Broadcast Centres, click here
ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY DEADLINES
Deadlines for all Broadcast material on air Wednesday 25 April – Friday 27 April (inclusive) are available here
EASTER LONG WEEKEND DEADLINES
The long weekend is fast approaching. To ensure your material is on time, please download our Broadcast deadlines from the links below -
For TV deadlines, click here
For Radio deadlines, click here
Broadcast and Print support will operate as per normal during this period.
PETER MILLER ON GROWTH IN THE AD INDUSTRY
NINE NETWORK DELIVERY CHANGES
The Nine Network has advised adstream that as of Monday 6 January 2012, all deliveries to QTQ9, TCN9 and GTV9 are to be sent to the new destination of ‘Nine National Playout Centre’.
If you require assistance when placing an order, please contact our Client Service team on 1300 4 adstream.
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, MAKE SURE YOUR TV AND RADIO MATERIAL IS IN ON TIME
Please download the deadlines for material running over the Christmas and New Year period below -
For TV deadlines, click here
For Radio deadlines, click here
ITALENTCAST MAKES CASTING A BREEZE
Available on your computer and as an iPhone app, Adstream is pleased to announce the launch of iTalentCast (iTC).
iTalentCast is a unique online auditioning and casting tool, complemented by an iPhone app, that allows talent to audition for roles from virtually anywhere and industry professionals to easily watch auditions from any device with web browser access.
“Time is money, as they say, and iTalentCast gives those in the casting business a real advantage,” Adstream Managing Director, Peter Miller, said.
Industry professionals can post jobs by entering a performance brief and sample script. The system then filters through the talent to find those that match the posting and notifies them via email or SMS. Actors and performers respond to postings by recording and uploading their audition via the app or website for review by the person who posted the job.
The system enables agencies and advertisers to shortlist their favourites, add comments and even share auditions with directors, clients and creatives.
Once the talent is cast, their agent can be contacted and the booking made.
“It’s often difficult getting time in diaries for everyone to be in the same place at the same time, so being able to cast a job from your desk is an incredible benefit for people who are time poor,” Miller said.
“iTC is also a win for the talent who often have to drop everything to rush across town for an audition. With the application on their iPhones, they can audition for a job from anywhere in the world.”
iTalentCast from adstream. Casting opportunities your way.
To view the demonstration video, click here
For enquiries, please contact Grace or Murray on 1300 4 adstream.
NEW RADIO REQUIREMENTS
As of July 1, Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) directed radio stations to only accept wav 48000 16 bit audio files. MP3 files will not be accepted. Stations will also not accept any audio files via email.
For further information about sending your radio ads via adstream, please contact Liz Millo on 02 9467 7577
TEN NETWORK DEADLINES FRIDAY 6TH MAY
TEN Network will be having a planned power outage this Friday.
As a result, material running on TEN Network must be received by 3pm on Friday.
What do you need to do? Orders should be placed first thing Friday morning so that TEN Network can see them. Material submitted after 3pm needs to be done via our Express or Red Hot services to ensure that they get to the stations on time.
If you have any questions, call 1300 4 adstream (237 873).
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