Ad Specifications

Review the requirements for ad units within our college sports video player.

Explore our ad specifications to understand exactly what it takes to advertise through our college sports video player. Note that all sizes are in pixels.


At Digital Sports Ventures, we follow ad format guidelines and best practices from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). For more information, visit www.iab.net. If you have questions about our ad specifications, please contact us.



Medium Rectangle Banner Ad
Video Player Layouts Full-Page, Horizontal and Vertical
Size 300 x 250
Format JPG, GIF, PNG, SWF and standard third-party tags
File Size 40 KB maximum
Click Event Provide landing page URL
Leaderboard Banner Ad
Video Player Layouts Full-Page
Size 728 x 90
Format JPG, GIF, PNG, SWF and standard third-party tags
File Size 40 KB maximum
Click Event Provide landing page URL
Pushdown Ad
Video Player Layouts Full-Page
Size 955 x 50; expands to 955 x 300
Format SWF
File Size 60 KB maximum
Click Event Provide landing page URL
Pre-Roll (with Optional 300 x 250 Companion Ad)
Video Player Layouts Full-Page, Horizontal and Vertical
Duration 5-15 seconds; 15 second maximum
Resolution 640 x 480
Bit Rate Greater than 2 MB per second
Frame Rate Minimum 15 frames per second
Aspect Ratio 4 : 3
Audio Rate 44.1 or 48kHz stereo
Format All formats will be converted to FLV
Click Event Provide landing page URL
Optional Companion Ad See "Medium Rectangle Banner Ad" specifications
Video Overlay
Video Player Layouts Full-Page, Horizontal and Vertical
Size 300 x 50 minimum; will scale to fit the size of the player
Format JPG, GIF (non-animated) and SWF
Opacity Text and image = 100% opaque; background = 70% maximum
File Size 150 KB maximum
Click Event Provide landing page URL
Title Card Ad (HTML)
Video Player Layouts Full-Page, Horizontal and Vertical
Duration 7 seconds maximum
Size 300 x 250
Format JPG, GIF and SWF
File Size 150 KB maximum
Click Event Provide landing page URL