EMBER Images

To include an image with a program or station in your catalog, use the Image element. Accepted image categories are background, cover, poster, episodic, title, and logo. The examples on this page show appropriate images for each image category across different program types. For more details about the Image element, see Image in the Enhanced Metadata Bridge for Entertainment Resources (EMBER) element documentation.

• Image sizes
• Program image examples
• Station images

Image sizes

The following table lists the specifications and sizes of each image category for programs.

Category	Specification	Size
Background	16:9 JPEG without title	Preferred size: 3840 x 2160 px Minimum size: 1920 x 1080 px
Cover	16:9 JPEG with title	Preferred size: 3840 x 2160 px Minimum size: 1920 x 1080 px
Poster	2:3 JPEG with title	2000 x 3000 px
Episodic	16:9 JPEG without title (usually a still from the content)	Preferred size: 3840 x 2160 px Minimum size: 1920 x 1080 px
Title	5:2 PNG with title	1000 x 400 px
Logo	16:9 PNG	Preferred size: 3840 x 2160 px Minimum size: 1920 x 1080 px

Program image examples

The following table shows appropriate examples of each image category for movies, TV programs, sports programs, extras, and other.

Movie Mission: Impossible Fallout	Background	Cover	Poster	Title
TV series Blue Bloods	Background	Cover	Poster	Title
TV season Blue Bloods	Background	Cover	Poster
TV episode Blue Bloods	Episodic
Sports program Super Bowl	Background	Cover	Poster	Title
Sports program Serie A Soccer Match	Background	Cover	Poster	Title
Extra	Episodic
Other	Background	Cover

Station images

The following table shows specifications, sizes, and examples of appropriate images for a station.

Station	Cover	Poster	Logo
			Black background: Color background: Gray background: White background:

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Last updated: May 27, 2026