Conforming TV spots and Videos to Screenvision and National Cinemedia Specs - If you have a local or regional advertiser that is running their ad in your advertising preshow, we can convert their NTSC format TV spot to the standards required by Screenvision, National Cinemedia, or any other digital preshow service. We accept video in the following formats: DVD (preferably anamorphic 16:9 format, but standard 4:3 format is ok) and Beta SP.

Some Tips on making your spot look the best it can for a digital preshow:

Provide us with a 16:9 ratio original if possible. The best quality will come from an anamorphically enhanced DVD. If this is not available, we can work from 4:3 material - however, to fill the 16:9 ratio of the digital preshow, it will be necessary to either ZOOM IN on the picture area, which will remove some top and bottom information, or "Windowboxing" the picture (adding black on the sides to fill out the area). Windowboxing is usually done because titles appearing in the picture area would not be visible if the picture were zoomed in on.

Provide us with an UNTEXTED copy of your spot, if available, along with art files of your text and/or logos. Because an NTSC video spot must be enlarged to conform to the digital preshow, there will be some softness to titles; also, some titles may not be within the cut-off area for 16:9 format. By providing us with a clean video master and separate art and text files, we can avoid windowboxing AND make your onscreen titles much sharper than if they were included in the video. You can also provide us with a texted copy for reference so we know when and where to place the titles in your spot.

You may have your advertiser contact us direct or go through your theatre or circuit. We charge $295 per 30 second spot, payable in advance. This also includes shipping the converted spot to the appropriate service. We will provide discount rates on longer material or multiple spots.

Please give us the name of the spot, when the spot is scheduled to run, and any other contact information that we need to know to get your spot to the right person in time for the scheduled run. For further information or to schedule a spot conversion, please email us at preshow@preshowproductions.com or call 210-342-2141.