Rich Media Advertising

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Ad Unit Initial Size Expanded Size File Size Delivery 3rd Party Tag Formats Turn Around Time
Leaderboard 728 x 90 728 x 420 SWF: 100k max
Backup GIF: 40k max
3rd party served JavaScript 5-7 business days
Medium Rectangle 300 x 250 565 x 350 SWF: 100k max
Backup GIF: 40k max
3rd party served JavaScript 5-7 business days
Skyscraper 160 x 600 685 x 600 SWF: 100k max
Backup GIF: 40k max
3rd party served JavaScript 5-7 business days
Half-Page 300 x 600 600 x 600 SWF: 100k max
Backup GIF: 40k max
3rd party served JavaScript 5-7 business days
Homepage Pushdown 970 x 90 Site Hosted: 970x420
3rd Party: 970x400
SWF: 100k max
Backup GIF: 40k max
Site hosted or 3rd party served* n/a 5-7 business days

*If unit is site hosted, 3rd party clicks & impressions are allowed. If no 3rd party URLs are provided, click-thru URL must be sent with assets.

Behaviors:

  • Unlimited animation looping is allowed.
  • Ads must open a new browser window upon click.
  • Creative can only expand on user-initiation (click or mouseover), and must collapse with same method.
  • Audio must be user-initiated (click or mouseover). Creative must contain an identifiable muste, stop, or pause button.
  • User-initiated ads can have any length audio/video as long as it stops when the user chooses to collapse the ad.

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