Burn DVD wiithout menus or themes

I was wondering if it is possible to burn a DVD withOUT menus or themes? My goal is to submit a DVD to a TV station. The thing is that they just want to put in the DVD and have it start playing without going to any themes or menus. Is this possible?
Thanks in Advance?

Hi Karsten,
the good old german Zynismus is always very welcome on these warm beaches
actually I'm busy trying to come to terms with Adobe Premiere Pro and it's funny Media Encoder - don't ask me why... - and didn't have access to my little database.
.... and I think all the options were to much for most people
going to the beach bar now - time for a cold one
mish

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SMC Version (system):            1.54f36
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