VITC and broadcast clock

I have posted about this topic before and the responses were great. I am however struggling with a few more things about some broadcast requirements. I am to upload an MPEG2 music video to fastrax IDM via FTP.

Firstly is the VITC. Here is what they ask:

"We require Broadcast Standard 625/50 (PAL) @ 720x608 resolution including VITC on lines 19 & 21."

I dont really understand VITC, is this something that is automatically on the video or must I insert this onto the video?



Secondly is the clock. Here is what they ask:

This is an example using a 3’ 00” Music Video:

Clock:
09:59:50:00 Unique slate and countdown from 10’’
09:59:57:00 Black and silence
10:00:00:00 Video/Audio In Point (Start of Message)
10:02:59:24 Video/Audio Out Point (End of Message)
10:03:00:00 End of file

Should I make my own slate for this? I understand how to insert the slate and countdown, as I have found some examples on the internet. However, it seems that after the countdown the clock continues throughout the video, is this right? If anyone could give me a more specific example of how to do this, i would be very grateful.


Thanks for your help :)
Lloyd Stas