You can’t watch the highly-anticipated commercials during the Big Game on AFN. But you can watch your own! Produce and submit your own ad and watch it live during the game on Monday, February 3rd! Technical specifications, production guidelines and submission procedures are listed below:
Production Guidelines:
- Commercials must be exactly 14 or 29 seconds.
- They cannot mention or feature brand names or logos of any kind.
- Commercials cannot promote membership-based organizations or promote non-DoD websites that solicit donations.
- Commercials will not endorse or promote non-profit organizations nor solicit funds directly or indirectly for them or any DoD-sanctioned fund drive.
- Can only include royalty free music.
- Must be appropriate. Keep it clean.
Technical Specifications:
Dimension: 1280 x 720
Frame Rate: 29.97 drop frame
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Audio Limit: -10 dBTP
Timecode: 29.97 drop frame
Composite Luma Range: 90-100 IRE
File Type: MP4
Codec: H.264
Bitrate: 15 Mbps MINIMUM
Audio format: AAC or MP3 (320 KBPS)
Audio: 2 channel stereo at 44100 Hz, 16 bit, 128 to 320 kbps, CBR
Submission Procedures:
DoD Safe (CAC card required)
https://safe.apps.mil/
Drop off file to dma.sembach.afn.mbx.afne-traffic@mail.mil
Submissions are due by 29 January 2020.