Source material must be uncensored, and content delivered as a long-play single asset, not split into multiple parts. 

• PSE compliance testing (to ITU-R BT.1702-1 guidelines) is mandatory for all animated content. 

IMF Specifications 

• Deliveries must comply with SMPTE ST 2067-21 Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Application #2E. 
• Packages with immersive sound must also comply with SMPTE ST 2067-201 Immersive Audio Bitstream Level 0 Plug-in. 
• IMF Packages should be created from color timelines or intermediate mezzanine assets, delivering UHD or HD resolutions as appropriate. 
• Final IMF package components include: Asset Map XML, Packing List XML, and one or more Composition Playlist XML files per audio language. 
• For Dolby Atmos titles: include image virtual track, IAB virtual track, and optionally surround (6ch) and stereo (2ch) virtual tracks. 

Audio Specifications 

• For Dolby Atmos IMF deliveries, 5.1 and 2.0 channel-based audio tracks are optional but 5.1 is required separately for dubbing reference. 
• 29.97 or 59.94 IMF segments must have frame counts divisible by 5 to preserve integer audio samples; trimming may be needed. 
• Track files with timed text essence are not currently supported. Video Specifications 
• Deliver video at native capture/editing frame rates without 3:2 pulldown flags. ● Maintain original aspect ratio; no acceptance of alternate aspect ratio versions. ● Video must contain full program with 1 second of black and silence at head and tail. 
• Redeliveries’ supplemental IMPs may include video inserts or full replacements as appropriate. 
• Video must exclude commercial blacks, color bars, slates, ads, ratings, warnings, branding, or overlays except URLs in end credits.
• Video must be non-subtitled (main and end titles allowed but no burned-in dialog subtitles). 
• Video mastered in Dolby Vision must embed L1 dynamic metadata for color volume transform frame-by-frame. HDR10-only mastered material is unsupported. 

For full details, GEM partners should consult the Partner Help Center Delivery Specifications and their project-specific delivery lists.