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    REQUIRED ELEMENTS SIZE OPTION 1 OPTION 2   SHARED ACTIVITY
     Adunit           Background
    DIMENSIONS 234x60 300x250 300x600 300x250                485x480
    NINEMSN SERVED SPECS - NOT AVAILABLE 3RD PARTY ADSERVED SPECS
    Accepted 3rd Parties Mediamind only
    Accepted Format swf/jpg/gif/html swf swf     swf/jpg                   gif/jpg
    Image File Size 20kb n/a n/a     25kb                      100kb
    Flash File Size (swf) 30kb 30kb 30kb     30kb                       n/a
    Rich Flash File Size n/a 100kb 100kb     100kb                     n/a
    Video/Sound n/a 1mb 1mb     1mb                       n/a
    Expanding   Left & Down Up & Left  
    ANIMATION SPECIFICATION
    Duration n/a
    Frame Rate 21 frames per second is standard
    Looping Permitted
    IMPORTANT INFORMATIONa. For rollover to expand creative: There must be a 2 second delay between rollover and expansion for the expanded panel.
    b. Creative must expand up and to the left for 300x600 and down and to the left for 300x250 expanded panels.
    PLEASE NOTE: Rich Media is not supported in the conversation window of windows live messenger. Rich Media is only allowed to run in the Buddy List window
    GENERAL NOTES
  • PLEASE NOTE: Rich Media is not supported in the conversation window of windows live messenger. Rich Media is only allowed to run in the Buddy List window
  • Maximum width is 300 pixels and maximum height is 250 or 600 pixels (depending on the option of Expanded panel). This must be taken into account when designing the creative - Expands left 300, down 250 pixels (for expanded panel 300x250) or Up 600 pixels (for expanded panel 300x600).
  • Expanded Panel must expand from right to left.
  • The Expanded Panel can expand on roll over or click, however it must retract by the same method.
  • Expanding Panel Z-index should be setup as highest possible integer (9999).
  • Video/Sound (FLV)
  • Streaming Video/Sound allowed
  • Sound can be on by default on expansion
  • Sound must stop on roll-off/close
  • Sound must be at 15% of the original maximum volume
  • Video/Sound asset must not exceed 1MB in file size
  • DESIGN AND PERFORMANCEa.Content - To protect our brand please ensure that the ad does not try to launch parts of the ad in a new browser window(pop up/pop under) or shake the browser window.
    b.Performance -Please try to minimise the CPU load of any Ad Units submitted. Any ads that cause excessive CPU load and damages user experience once tested on the page will not be accepted.

    Note: All ad executions are subject to approval and ninemsn reserves the right to request changes to content and/or execution for brand equity/user experience reasons. If you are unsure about a concept that you are working on please submit it to your sales rep for feedback.
    TIMELINES AND DELIVERYa. All 3rd party creative should be delivered to Ninemsn via 3rd party ad serving tags.
    b. All material must be delivered at least five (5) working days prior to campaign launch to ensure technical compatibility and internal concept approval

    Note: If creative is late an estimated % of impressions equivalent to the prorated daily inventory level will be cancelled from the total impressions booked cancelled from the total impressions booked
    RESOURCES
  • Email MediaMind (formerly Eyeblaster) for specs and a Flash template