Production End Credits

[9] Production End Credits Time limit:

For 60 or 90 minute programs you have up to 45 seconds (including the 3 second animated logo and other logos for Minority Consortia and Station Partners)

For 30 minute programs you have up to 30 seconds (including the 3 second animated logo and other logos for minority consortia and Station Partners)

A few notes on formatting:

End credits can be displayed as text on cards or in a roll. Whatever you choose to do, it must be over dymanic moving images.
You must have audio, either ambient audio from your dynamic background or music.
Try not to use unnecessary punctuation marks, and keep formatting consistent.
PBS does not allow for city or state information to be used unless it is part of the legal name of a company or organization.
If you would like to credit an individual and the company he/she works for you will need to do it separately as in the example taken from the sample template:

Sound Mixer and Engineer
Ulysses S. Grant

Sound Mix Facility
The House of Representatives

a) Thanks Section: PBS only allows for one “thanks” section, which must be in alphabetical order.

-- If you would like to thank your parents they must be listed using their proper names.
-- You must keep this section in a list format with no more than two columns.\You cannot display more than one person per line unless these people are married couples.
-- You cannot list a person and the organization/company that he/she works for. PBS considers this as double crediting so you’ll have to choose to display either the person or the organization/company, but not both.
-- No one in the “thanks” section can be credited anywhere else in the End Credits. This is also considered double crediting.
-- This section is used for the specific reason of acknowledging individuals or companies/organizations who have given in-kind contributions.

b) Fiscal Sponsors: should be acknowledged after the special thanks section as follows: “Fiscal Sponsor…XXX” If you have a prior contract with a fiscal sponsor/agent that includes crediting requirements different from the above example, you should alert your production liaison as soon as possible to clear it with PBS.

c) Executive Producer credit should also be included in your End Credits:

Executive Producer for NAPT
Shirley K. Sneve

d) Co-production credit should be displayed after the Executive Producer credit. Please refer to your Production Agreement for the exact wording. The following is an example from the sample credits:

The First President is a co-production of George Washington
and Native American Public Telecommunications with major
funding provided by the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

-- You should also display a documentary disclaimer if appropriate, and a copyright notice. Both must be on screen for at least 3 seconds.

The First President is produced by George Washington
who is solely responsible for its content

e) 3 second animated logo should be displayed after your copyright notice. Please read the next section for more specifics on timing.

f) NAPT's 3 second animated logo can be downloaded at www.nativetelecom.org/presskits/logos.

g) More on Timing: NAPT and Station Partner logos are allotted up to 6 seconds out of the 45 seconds of End Credits for 30, 60 or 90 minute programs. The examples listed below are based on a 60 or 90 minute program. You should determine which example to use based on your funding situation. If your program has a PTV Station Partner, you will need to display their logo as well. The following are examples of these various situations.

Example for logo:

End Credits 42 seconds
+ animated logo 3 seconds
= 45 seconds

Example for NAPT and Station Partner logos:

End Credits 39 seconds
+ animated logo 2 seconds
+ NAPT logo 2 seconds
+ Station Partner logo 2 seconds
= 45 seconds