The Carousel
The Carousel Ad is an interactive Video Format in the Goldbach Video Network, in which your campaign Video is combined with a swipeable product or content gallery. While the spot is running, users can discover more content in the player, such as different products or stories that lead directly to your landing page with a click.
Available on these networks
Goldbach Video Network
Watch the Carousel Ad in action
General
Basic specifications analogous to Video Onestream.
File weight images/logos: max. 150 KB
File format: VAST or MP4 (physical delivery)
Assets
The following assets are required for a Carousel Ad.
- Campaign video and logo
Campaign video, two logos (1x regular and 1x mouseover) Max. 150 KB per logo - Carousel
Number of product images unlimited (1x regular and 1x for mouseover) Max. 150 KB per image - Landing pages
At least two landing pages/URLs - Background
Size 16:9. If no image is supplied, Goldbach will take a screenshot.
Additional information
For studio implementations, TKP-Zuschlag von 1.50 CHF
Delivery times
Standard formats: 3 working days before the start of the campaign.
Special formats: 5 working days before the start of the campaign.
Data delivery Online advertising material
Number of subjects
Max. 3 subjects (incl. tracking) for physical delivery. (Native Ads: A maximum of 5 text-image combinations are possible per language region and campaign).
For more than 3 subjects, delivery must be made via 3rd party tag and the exchange of advertising material must be carried out on the customer’s side.
The exchange of physical subjects during an ongoing campaign is only permitted in exceptional cases.
Animations
The length of the animation within an advertising banner is not limited. However, the recommended maximum duration is 30 seconds.
For more than 3 subjects, delivery must be made via 3rd party tag and the exchange of advertising material must be carried out on the customer’s side.
The exchange of physical subjects during an ongoing campaign is only permitted in exceptional cases.
Sound
Activation only through user interaction.
Flash
Activation only through user interaction.
SSL
All third-party tags, tag-in-tags and references in an HTML5 file must be delivered via SSL (https://).
HTML5
- The maximum weight (according to specifications) refers to all files together in unzipped state.
- The target URL and tracking must be stored in the HTML5 banner.
- The target URL must be opened in a new tab (target=’_blank’).
- Advertising material tests must be possible locally in the browser.
- UTF-8 encoding
- Special characters that are not displayed correctly in the browser with UTF-8 must be manually encoded (example [&]auml; instead of ä).
- References in the advertising material to external resources (JS libraries, videos, fonts) must all be delivered via SSL (https://).
Skip Button
To activate the “Skip button” for Instream videos that use a VAST redirect, the “Skip Off-Set” parameter must be added by the customer in the VAST redirect.
General information
- A timely campaign start is only guaranteed if the delivery deadlines are met.
- The advertiser is responsible for the smooth functioning of the advertising material.
- A campaign may be withheld if it does not meet the specifications.
- Max. 1 count pixel and 1 click command (PreRoll [&] Bumper, Desktop [&] Mobile)
- Advertising from the erotic sector requires prior clarification and may be rejected by the publisher.
- Advertising materials are tested on the most common devices, screen resolutions and browsers. Certain individual settings or configurations can lead to deviations in the display of the advertising materials.
