For publication specific products, please refer the respective brand pages below:
Retail Group: Travel Weekly | TravelAge West | TravelPulse
Meetings Group: NMG | SportsTravel
Corporate Travel: Business Travel News
Travel Technology: PhocusWire
Deliverables
Submission Lead-Time: Creative files and click-through URLs must be submitted to Northstar no later than 5 business days prior to launch. HTML5 submissions are due 10 business days prior to launch.
Specifications| Creative Unit Name | Dimensions
width x height (px) | File Types
| File Size Limit
(kilobytes) |
|---|
| Static Image Medium Rectangle | 300x250 | .jpg, .gif, .png | 60 KB max initial load |
| HTML 5 Medium Rectangle | 300x250 | HTML5 | 200 KB max initial load |
| Expandable Medium Rectangle | 300x250 expands to 600x500 | HTML5 | HTML5: 200 KB max initial load;
300 KB subload |
| Static Leaderboard | 728x90 | .jpg, .gif, .png | 60 KB max initial load |
| HTML 5 Leaderboard | 728x90 | HTML5 | 200 KB max initial load |
| Expandable Leaderboard | 728x90 expands to 728x300 | HTML5 | HTML5: 200 KB max initial load;
300 KB subload
|
| Billboard | 970x250 | .jpg, .gif, .png, HTML5, 3rd party tag | 60KB
|
| Billboard on Revisit | 970x90 | .jpg, .gif, .png, HTML5, 3rd party tag | 60KB
|
| Half Page (Static) | 300x600 | .jpg, .gif, .png | 60 KB max initial load |
| Half Page (HTML) | 300x600 | HTML5 | 200 KB max initial load |
| Interactive Expandable | 300x600, expands to 600x600 | HTML5 | 200 KB max initial load;
300 KB subload
|
| Mobile Banner | 320x100 | .gif, .jpg, .png | 50KB |
Animation: Allowed for this unit.
See more at
Expandable Ad Specs.
A copy of our HTML5 expandable template is available
for download
here.
- Expansion Direction: Left
- Expansion Method - Expand: On Click
- Expansion Method - Close: On Mouse-Off or On Click
- Expansion Controls on Edge - Replay, Close X
Video & Audio: Allowed for this unit.- Image and Video combined cannot exceed 1 MB in total file size.
- Audio Starts with Video after User Initiation
- Video: Minimum 24fps. Resolution 240x180 or greater.
- Preferred file formats: *.mpg, *.avi, *.flv, *.mov and *.mp4.
- Length: 15 seconds maximum
- Video Controls: Play, Pause, Rewind, Volume.
- Controls on Edge - Replay, Close X
3rd Party Hosted Required for HTML5 units not being built by Northstar. See General Guidelines for additional information. Northstar will not provide video
metrics on 3rd party hosted creative.