Quality control & safety checks · Specialist
Broadcast safe
Also called: legal levels
ELI5
Within the signal limits and technical requirements particular by a broadcaster or delivery standard.
Used in conversation
“The delivery specification asks for broadcast safe, so post needs to plan for it now.”
Definition
Within the signal limits and technical requirements specified by a broadcaster or delivery standard.
Here “Broadcast safe” means: Within the signal limits and technical requirements specified by a broadcaster or delivery standard.
Pitch context
You may encounter “Broadcast safe” in editing, colour, post & delivery conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.
Sources & evidence · 4
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Blackmagic Design — DaVinci Resolve Reference ManualSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / ACES — ACES Glossary and User GuidesSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- Netflix — Partner Help Center Delivery SpecificationsSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- European Broadcasting Union — EBU R 128 Loudness Normalisation and Permitted Maximum Level of Audio SignalsSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14