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INTERSTITIAL SPONSOR

PLACEMENT

Before Area Development Online feature articles

Frequency capping to ensure unique impressions over the course of the sponsorship

CREATIVE

• 300x270 "Rectangles"

Creative Requirements

POSITION

See placement on sample page to right.

PRICING

One Month: $2010 *   
Three Months:
$4990*  
Six Months:
$7650 *

*net rates

Area Development Online Payment Policy

CREATIVE REQUIREMENTS

One ad for each creative dimension must be submitted. Multiple versions for each creative dimension will also be accepted. Rotation and/or targeting of multiple versions of ads within the sponsorship campaign will be subject to discussion.

• 300x270 "Rectangles" (40k max) type: GIF, JPG, Flash

AD SERVING

Publisher Served

ANIMATION

Closed loops must have a 20 second delay between the last frame and the first frame

FLASH

In order to track click throughs and other click initiated reporting, all swf files must contain the ClickTag parameter:
on (release) {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
Click here for full documentation on the clickTAG parameter and proper coding of Flash files.

AUDIO

Click-initiated audio only. Must have prominent mute button

BORDER/BACKGOUND

Border not required

NOTES

Must open new window when clicked on

 

AREA DEVELOPMENT ONLINE PAYMENT POLICY

Payment for online sponsorship packages must be received no later than five business days before the sponsorship launch date for sponsorships of three months or less.

For sponsorship's longer than three months, partial payment is required subsequent to each three month period of the sponsorship resulting in full payment at the closure of the sponsorship.

If payment is not received in accordance with above, sponsorship launch dates will be delayed until payment is received.

 

Sample Interstitial Ad Sample Interstitial Ad Step 1 – reader clicks on the link to an Area Development feature article


Sample Interstitial Ad Step 2 – before the reader’s browser redirects him/her to the article page an interstitial page appears with the sponsor’s banner ad


Sample Interstitial Ad Step 3 – the reader is re-directed to the article after 10 seconds or after clicking “skip”