Rich Media Opportunities on Tablet Apps

CNN Mobile offers a wide variety of compelling rich media opportunities to help you achieve your advertising objectives and strengthen brand awareness.  Opportunities include:
  • Filmstrip Ad
  • Full Page Overlay Ad
  • In-Banner Video Ad
  • Push Overlay Ad

All rich media ads are served through FreeWheel, and go through a round of QA testing to ensure they work properly.  This may require some additional functionality updates to the creative.  Only rich media ads units created by approved third party vendors can run on CNN Mobile.  For a complete list please, visit the Mobile Approved Third-Party Vendors section under Mobile Guidelines or click here.

Filmstrip Ad

Overview: The ad unit will run on mobile tablet apps and remains contained in the ad space.  Users can interact with the ad by tapping on directional buttons, allowing them to view additional frames with content.
FILE FORMATS: GIF, JPG, PNG, HTML5 RICH MEDIA FILE SIZE
Dimensions Ad Product Max Initial File Rich Media Expanded
Dimensions
Max Initial File Max Polite File Total File Size
(initial + polite)
iPad App
240x400 Section Front Ad < Filmstrip Ad 40k Yes - 60k 150k 210k
300x250 In Article < Filmstrip Ad 40k Yes - 60k 150k 210k
 
EXAMPLE 1:
To view on your iPad or PC Safari Browser, please visit:
https://ibsys.celtra.com/preview/0a80881e
Placement:
The opportunity has been approved to run across the entire tablet app on the following applications:
  • iPad App

Functionality:
- Within the tablet app a user is presented with a display banner.
- Inside of the ad container are two directional arrows.
- Tapping on either of the arrows presents the user with a new frame and additional content.
- Frames can contain functionality such as photo galleries, videos, puzzles, etc.
- The filmstrip has a circular navigation, so once a user gets to the last frame they navigate back to the beginning frame.

Frequency:
- The ad does not need to be frequency capped, since it is user initiated.

Requirements:
- A banner unit with a call to action, instructing users on how to navigate the ad:

    • Suggested three to five calls-to-action / touch-points.
    • Click through URLs for each call to action if necessary.

Full Page Overlay Ad

Overview: The ad unit will run on mobile tablet apps and expand to full screen upon user initiation.
FILE FORMATS: GIF, JPG, PNG, HTML5 RICH MEDIA FILE SIZE
Dimensions Ad Product Max Initial File Rich Media Expanded
Dimensions
Max Initial File Max Polite File Total File Size
(initial + polite)
iPad App
240x400 Section Front Ad < Full Page Overlay Ad 40k Yes 768x768 60k 150k 210k
300x250 In Article < Full Page Overlay Ad 40k Yes 768x768 60k 150k 210k
 
EXAMPLE 1:
To view on your iPad or PC Safari Browser, please visit:
http://creator.celtra.com/preview/19594
EXAMPLE 2:
To view on your iPad or PC Safari Browser, please visit:
https://turner.celtra.com/preview/30c5dc27

Placement: The opportunity has been approved to run across the entire tablet app on the following applications:

  • iPad App

Functionality:
- Within the tablet app a user is presented with a display banner.
- Tapping on the ad will expand to full screen.
- The ad panel will have a clear "X" button that can be tapped by the user at any time to close the panel.
- When the ad is collapsed, a user can chose to re-expand by tapping on the display banner.

Frequency:
- The ad does not need to be frequency capped, since it is user initiated.

Requirements:
- A banner unit with "tap to expand" or similar call to action.
- An expansion panel with:

  • Prominent close button.
  • Suggested one or three calls-to-action / touch-points.
  • Click through URLs for each call to action.

In-Banner Video Ad

Overview: The ad unit will run on mobile tablet apps, and display a video within a banner.
FILE FORMATS: GIF, JPG, PNG, HTML5 RICH MEDIA FILE SIZE
Dimensions Ad Product Max Initial File Rich Media Expanded
Dimensions
Max Initial File Max Polite File Total File Size
(initial + polite)
iPad App
240x400 Section Front Ad < In-Banner Video Ad 40k Yes See note below* 60k 150k 210k
300x250 In Article < In-Banner Video Ad 40k Yes See note below* 60k 150k 210k
*NOTE: The ad can expand to a Full Page Overlay Ad, a Push Overlay Ad, or take the user directly into a full screen video.

Placement: Placement: The opportunity has been approved to run across the entire tablet app on the following applications:

  • iPad App

Functionality:
- Within a 240x400 ad on the section front, or an article page that contains a 300x250, the In-Banner Video Ad will appear and the video will begin playing.
- The video will play for no longer than 15 seconds.
- Afterwards, the video can either stop on a call-to-action, or continue to play on loop.
- Audio is not permitted on the In-Banner Ad, only upon expansion.
- A user can chose to engage with the ad by tapping on the display banner to continue the ad experience, at which point the ad can expand to a Full Page Overlay Ad, a Push Overlay Ad, or take the user directly into a full screen video.

Frequency:
- The initial ad does not need to be frequency capped, and expansion will be user initiated.

Requirements:
- A banner unit with "tap to expand" or similar call to action wrapped around the video.
- Upon user initiation: Either a full length video that will play within the apps native video player or an expansion panel with:

  • Prominent close button.
  • One or two calls-to-action / touch-points.
  • Click through URLs for each call to action.

Push Overlay Ad

Overview: The ad unit will run on mobile tablet apps. It will auto-expand upon page load, remain open for a set period of time, then auto collapse into the banner, unless the user interacts with the ad. The unit will be frequency capped to minimize the impact on the user.
FILE FORMATS: GIF, JPG, PNG, HTML5 RICH MEDIA FILE SIZE
Dimensions Ad Product Max Initial File Rich Media Expanded
Dimensions
Max Initial File Max Polite File Total File Size
(initial + polite)
iPad App
240x400 Section Front Ad < Push Overlay Ad 40k Yes 600x600 60k 150k 210k
300x250 In Article < Push Overlay Ad 40k Yes 600x600 60k 150k 210k
 
EXAMPLE 1:
EXAMPLE 2:

Placement: The opportunity would be reserved for Home Page, Section Fronts and Full Mobile App takeovers.  It can also be included as part of a sponsorship.  Only the user initiated overlay would appear within article pages.  It can run on the following applications:

  • iPad App

Functionality:
- Upon entering the tablet app for the first time, the ad unit will auto-expand to a standard size expansion panel.
- The ad panel will have a clear "X" button that can be tapped by the user at any time to close the panel.
- After 5 seconds, the ad would time out and collapse into a corresponding display banner on that page.
- When the ad is collapsed, a user can chose to re-expand by tapping on the display banner.

Frequency:
- The auto-expanded ad unit will be frequency capped based on the campaign.  After a user reaches their cap, they will get a user-initiated version of the expandable ad.

Requirements:
- An expansion panel with:

  • Prominent close button.
  • One or two calls-to-action / touch-points.
  • Click through URLs for each call to action.

- A banner unit with "tap to expand" or similar call to action.


Please direct any mobile questions or specifications inquiries to Tiago Barros at SIG-Digital@turner.com.