All producers are required to submit their deliverables according to the following production schedule.This information is entered in ORION.

Due Date		Deliverable
Immediately		Preliminary Program Information
		Orion Program Record Request
		Program Funder Names
		Program Scripts, Rough Cuts/Fine Cuts
Immediately upon request		On-Air Treatment for Production Credits
Immediately (prior to final picture lock)		Program Format
		List of Production Credits
Immediately (at least 8 weeks prior to final picture lock)		On-Air Treatment for Produced Underwriting Spot
17 weeks prior to the first day of the month of air		Content Outline for pbs.org
13 weeks prior to airdate		Site Map and Wireframes for pbs.org
12 weeks prior to airdate		Episode Titles, Descriptions and Educational Objectives
11 weeks prior to first day of month of air		Program Acceptance Agreement (PAA)
10 weeks prior to air date		On-Air Offer Clearance Form
10 weeks prior to first day of month of air		Underwriting Credit Clearance Form
		Promotional Print Materials
		Page Design for pbs.org
8 weeks prior to the first day of the month of air (prior to final picture lock)		Interactive Web Tag Announcement Clearance Form
6-8 weeks prior to airdate		Screening Cassettes (Clean)
Prior to delivery of Master and Backup Tapes		Media Inventory and Barcode
30 business days prior to airdate		Master and Back-up Tapes with Video Tech. Evaluation
6 weeks prior to airdate		Music and Visual Arts Cue Sheets
		On-Air Promotional Spots
6 weeks prior to first day of month of air		Proto Site for pbs.org
3 weeks prior to airdate		Final Site for pbs.org
At Feed		Live Feeds: Program producers planning to deliver their program live (or "near live," meaning within a period of time where there would be no time to deliver the program via other means) to PBS are required to obtain a redundant, diverse path for such a program feed. This means the producer must secure a fiber path and a satellite path for a live feed, dual satellite feeds or use diverse fiber feeds from different common carriers for the feed into PBS. This is at the producer's expense. Further information on this is available in the TOS.
After airing until end of term		Site Maintenance: Site must be maintained and any requested changes from Interactive for compliance with current web practices and accessibility demands made during term.
Upon Request		Seasonal Press Kit Materials/PBS Press Materials
		Additional Video Material
Prior to payment		Invoice (PDF; Adobe Reader required). Producers with a contract with PBS are required to submit invoices to receive contract payments.
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