[SBE] The life of a spot after DG sends it to you...

[Ryan Salazar]

Everyone,

I figured this would be the best place for me to ask this question...

We send spots (post production facility), to DG Fast Channel via automation. DG always tells us the spots look great, in fact, better than most spots they receive. They then send the spot to stations via their "Spotbox".

Recently, we had an instance where they sent a spot to CBS-National. CBS then fed the spot live via satellite to a local station. That local station then fed it to the viewers. We received a complaint that the spot was pixelated and blurry. I will admit, our disclaimers were way to small, but we had strange artifacting that we don't normally have an issue with. I also saw a considerable amount of blocks on the screen during fast movement of graphics. I've seen this before after files were converted over and over.

I assume this is because of all the levels the file went through. Us to DG, DG to CBS. Then, CBS via Satellite to the station and the station broadcasts.

Any ideas? I know I can't really control all the points, but want to see what else I can come up with.

Thanks!