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UK broadcasters (DPP)

UK broadcasters SDH (DPP-EBU-TT)

UK broadcasters' shared subtitle exchange format (DPP-EBU-TT v1.0), prepared English SDH in EBU-TT Part 1

Validate a file with this profile uk-dpp-sdh-en-gb-ebutt@2014.1.0
Format
ebutt
Destination
UK broadcasters (DPP)
Language
en-GB
Specification
reviewed
Interoperability
unverified
Last checked
2026-09-30

Validation rules

RuleSeverityParametersApplies when
REQUIRED_METADATA error fields=originalProgrammeTitle originalEpisodeTitle subtitleListReference countryOfOrigin publisher editorsName always
MAX_CHARACTERS_PER_LINE warning max=37 always

Always checked

Whatever the profile's rules: how the file is read (file reading, FILE_FORMAT_MISMATCH, NO_SUBTITLES_READ), the timing of a delivery (NON_POSITIVE_DURATION, SUBTITLES_OUT_OF_ORDER, SUBTITLE_OVERLAP) and the language of the subtitles (SOURCE_LANGUAGE_MISMATCH).

Sources

  1. Digital Production Partnership (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

    official

    Subtitle Exchange Format (DPP-EBU-TT), 1.0 (March 2014)

    Retrieved 2026-09-30 Open source document

  2. EBU

    official

    EBU Tech 3350 (EBU-TT Part 1), 1.0 (2012)

This is a CueNorm profile based on published specifications. It is not endorsed by UK broadcasters (DPP).

Resolved profile hash, recorded in every report and deliverable:

8d5c93c3515a8470381f1b88ec975df11b1c80d817eb2d7977b8e4d9d16015b3