Hearst Only Ad Specs

IAB AD Units
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Super-Banner
AKA: Leaderboard

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728x90 20K GIF
Animated GIF**
JPEG
HTML (with gifs or jpgs)
Flash
All Index and story pages, slideshows and video player
Skyscraper

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160x600 20K GIF
Animated GIF **
JPEG
HTML (with gifs or jpgs)
Flash
All Index and story pages, slideshows and video player
Display Ad
AKA: Square

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300x250 20K GIF
Animated GIF **
JPEG
HTML (with gifs or jpgs)
Flash
All Index and story pages, slideshows and video player

Homepage Local Titlebar Richmedia
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Part 1: Titlebar Logo

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100x34 4K .png only Homepage Only
Local ads run on local headlines widget
Part 2: Rich Media Drop Down

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320x130 20K swf file
12 fps for 8 seconds which means it should be 96 frames in length
Stop action should be included on the last frame
Homepage Only
Local ads run on local headlines widget

Section Sponsorship - Index page
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Part 1: Sponsorship Header

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320x80 10K GIF
Animated GIF **
JPEG
Flash
Main Section Pages (index pages) above tab box in second column
Part 2: Titlebar Logo

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100x34 4K .png only Main Section Pages (index pages) on top titlebar in the second column
* if top widget is a sales widget placement can be dropped.

Section Sponsorship - Detail page
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Part 1: Sponsorship Header

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250x80 8K GIF
Animated GIF **
JPEG
Flash
Sponsored Section Story Pages (detail pages) in story at top right
Part 2: Story Footer Logo

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100x34 4K .png only Sponsored Section Story Pages in footer area(detail pages)
* appears on every story in the section.

Local Text Blurb
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Part 1: Image

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80x60 4K GIF
JPEG
Channel Sections Only
Right Column Top
Part 2: Text

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One sentence of promotional text n/a n/a
Channel Sections Only
Right Column Top

Content Integration Widget
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Part 1: Image

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80x60 4K GIF
JPEG
Main Section Pages (index pages)
3rd Column below skyscraper
Part 2: Text

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Headline and one sentence of promotional text n/a n/a
Main Section Pages (index pages)
3rd Column below skyscraper
Part 3: Titlebar and Logo

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100x34 image and titlebar text image size: 4K .png only Main Section Pages (index pages)
3rd Column below skyscraper

Web Vision
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Index Page Web Vision 180x135 Video in a SwF (using Sorenson Squeeze) SWF with JPEG back up Main Section Pages (index pages)
3rd Column above skyscraper
Weather Page Web Vision 240x180 Video in a SwF (using Sorenson Squeeze) SWF with GIF or JPEG back up Main Section Pages (index pages)
3rd Column above skyscraper

Video Player: Pre-roll Flash Ad
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Flash Ad 300x250 20k SWF Animation time: 10 sec
* The ad should have a stop action on the last frame because it will continue to display until the video is done buffering.
If Ad is produced by the client, both the .swf and .fla file are required

Video Player: Pre-roll Video Ad
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats
Video Ad 320x240 Run Time:10-15 sec Acceptable Video Ad Formats - Digitized
MPEG-2
MPEG-1
AVI - HuffYUV
Indeo 5.x or DivX codecs
They should have a data rate of at least 1700 kbps.

Acceptable Video Ad Formats - Non- Digitized
DVC-PRO
Beta SP on tape
Note: turn around time to digitize is 5 days
Examples - NEED

Flash Video
Ad Type Dimensions Size Formats Locations Ad Appears
Flash Ad 160x120 SWF Animation time: 15 sec
* A back-up jpg, the same side as the flash, is needed and will show up after the flash video has played. Location is the top of far right column.

Video Player: Additional Information
Is Video Player Ad Clickable? Yes
If video or flash is produced by someone other than IBS, our click tracking code will need to be added to the link in order for Internet Broadcasting to track
Examples - NEED
Additional Ad Positions In The Player Leaderboard (728x90)
Can be tied to run with the video or without.
Note: firefox and mac users may not see banner/video synchronization.
Can Skin/Wrapper of Player be sponsored? No
Targeting Targeting is based on the "categories" available in the player. These mimic the main site sections for the most part: news, sports, health entertainment, etc.
Ads can be targeted to particular videos or whole categories.
Note: Editors have discretion to turn of pre-loading ads on news stories of serious or tragic nature, however banner ads continue to run on those videos.
Can 3rd Party Ads be targeted to the player? Flash Ads: Yes
Video Ads: No
Scheduling Info Video Ads can be scheduled as exclusive in a category or particular video or they can be set to meet specific impression goals. One ad per session.