Digital Commercials Delivery
IMD TV
IMD TV streamlines the distribution process for TV commercials in the UK and Ireland. Digital connection to all major broadcasters ensures that we can guarantee to deliver your commercial on time, every time.
Our cost-effective, high quality and reliable service is regarded as indispensable within the advertising creative production community. IMD has always believed in working closely with ad agencies, post production companies, brand owners and broadcasters when developing our service and the results speak for themselves.
IMD TV is now well established in Germany and launching in France.
To find out more contact our salesteam and visit the UK website for IMD TV.
Why Use IMD TV?
Market leader
IMD is the UK's market leader in digital distribution, with the highest quality, fastest service. We assure your peace of mind by guaranteeing your campaigns get delivered on time, every time. We don't let our clients down : our clients have never paid late copy because of us.
Exceptional customer service
IMD is renowned for superior service. We distribute over 400 commercials a week for our loyal client base, working with half the top 20 creative agencies. Our experienced TV team will guide you through the ordering process, deal with any problems and ensure your order is processed accurately and on time. IMD's user friendly and secure website enables you to place, track and verify orders online.
Unique 60 minute Express service
IMD is the only distributor to guarantee digital delivery to broadcasters within 60 minutes of receiving copy. Now you can make those all important last minute changes and still eliminate the risk of missing airtime, avoid late copy charges or change copy mid-campaign. IMD guarantees to get copy there no matter what.
Digitally connected to more broadcasters
IMD is digitally connected to more broadcasters than anybody in the UK and provides files to broadcasters to their exact specifications. This enables us to offer a fast, secure and cost effective delivery to on air locations.
True Digital Delivery®
IMD has developed True Digital Delivery® - our file based delivery system that avoids the need for broadcasters to transfer copy via SDI playback, so there are no delays or quality problems playing back video. We produce and quality control transmission quality files at IMD so that broadcasters can transmit them without further processing. What's more we don't have to process them at the broadcaster when they arrive which avoids the risk of "blind" processing without quality control. True Digital Delivery® is the fastest, highest quality available end to end process.
Longer opening hours plus 24/7 staffing
We are open from 08.30 to 21:00 Mondays to Fridays and we can arrange weekend and late deliveries. Our clients don't work nine to five, so nor do we. Our on call system means you can always speak to someone - even Christmas Day.
Capacity & 50i MPEG2 Archive
IMD will only accept the highest quality master files, 50i MPEG 2 and deliver them through our network of 100MB fibre connections. This means we can always guarantee the fastest delivery of your commercials in the highest possible quality with no queuing at the broadcaster end. Our competitors can only receive in 25i - half the quality level that we handle - and their network is lower capacity. We will even hold the file indefinitely allowing you to retransmit when required for future campaigns eliminating the cost of sending us more copy.
Peace of mind
You'll get a full report listing clock numbers/sites delivered and the date and time that ads reach each broadcast site.
IMD's easy to use website also enables our clients to access any job history, place orders online and view copies of commercials already distributed by IMD. Our operation of CARIA® means that our list of stations and understanding of sales house and channel relationships is second to none.
IMD Index
IMD's digital asset management system enables you to view your commercials and keep all associated metadata in one place - vital for managing a busy workflow. The facility to also upload relevant paperwork makes IMD Index an invaluable tool for the TV administrator or producer. It's a complete archive for every clock and a failsafe disaster recovery mechanism. You'll always have access to your essential client documents and information.
CARIA® Integration
IMD recommends CARIA®, the industry gold standard system widely used by UK agencies and TV operations departments for exchanging copy information. It saves time and reduces errors. CARIA® is seamlessly integrated with IMD's ordering system, saving you valuable time. No need to send two separate instructions. Once a copy rotation has been put through CARIA®, you can place an order with IMD.
To find out more contact our salesteam.