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THIRD PARTY RICH MEDIA ADS: UNICAST HOMEPAGE AND SPORT INDEX STANDARD + STRIP EXPAND    


STANDARD    

    Dimensions:
300x250

    File Size:
40K or less, Flash
40K or less, Gif/JPG
For Vendor served assets only, Polite download file sizes allowed:
- Initial download: 40k
- Secondary user-initiated: 500k
- Secondary auto-load: 500k; auto loading additional files must use Polite technology ("What is Polite Download").

    Audio:
Accepted: Yes.
Must be user-initiated, on click.
Must include a "Mute" button.

    Video:
Accepted: Yes.
Must be user-initiated.
Video file must include "Play", "Pause", and "Mute" buttons.
File size cannot exceed 500K (vendor served assets only).

    Accepted File Types:
Gif, Animated Gif, JPG, Flash (see General Flash Guidelines).

    Looping:
Accepted: Yes (limited to 20 seconds and no more than three loops of animation).

    Lead Time:
Allow five business days for testing and review.

    Third Party Ad Serving Requirements:
Accepted: Yes, from Unicast

    Alt Text:
30 characters max

    Additional Details:
No expandable rich media allowed within 300x250
Looping is limited to 20 seconds, and no more than three loops of animation
Any use of additional third party tracking, including survey or research scripts must be approved previous to start


STRIP EXPAND    

    Dimensions:
924x250 (full expand size)
924x50 Strip (non-expanding and back-up file required)

    File Size:
924x250 Strip Expand:
55K or less, Flash
55K or less, Gif/JPG
924x50 back-up Strip:
40K or less, Flash
40K or less, Gif/JPG
For Vendor served assets only, Polite download file sizes allowed:
- Initial download: 55k
- Secondary user-initiated: 250k
- Secondary Auto-load: 250k; auto loading additional files must use Polite technology ("What is Polite Download").

    Audio:
Accepted: Yes.
Must be user-initiated, on click.
Must include a "Mute" button.
Note: Audio initiation must be its own action, if user ‘clicks to expand’ ad there must be a second control to initiate audio.

    Video:
Accepted: No.

    Controls:
Expand must include a "Close" button (vendor served assets only, does not apply to site-served assets - see additional details below)
Re-Expansion of 924x50 must be user-initiated, on-click.

    Accepted File Types:
Gif, Animated Gif, JPG, Flash (see General Flash Guidelines).

    Looping:
Accepted: Yes (limited to 20 seconds and no more than three loops of animation).

    Lead Time:
Allow five business days for testing and review.

    Third Party Ad Serving Requirements:
Yes, from Unicast

    Alt Text:
30 characters max

    Additional Details - Vendor served assets:
The top-Right 35x35 pixel area should not have text or graphics, this area needs to include the expand/close button for all units, click here for information on adding the expand/close button
Auto expand experience is limited to 8 seconds – on 9th second ad must ‘retract’
924x50 backup non-expanding strip required
Looping is limited to 20 seconds, and no more than three loops of animation
Any use of additional third party tracking, including survey or research scripts must be approved previous to start