Advertisement on the Housing Movie Channel 16 is open only to the following groups. Click on the group to which you belong to learn more about how to advertise on HMC16.

Carnegie Mellon University Administration

Carnegie Mellon University Student Organizations

Vendors

Cost is $200.00 per week for a guaranteed running to 3200 residents in on-campus residences for hundreds of times a week (internal university vendor cost is $100.00).

***Spring semester 2005 is free to all advertisers as an introductory period.

AD INFORMATION
*Ads will be 10 second spots.
*Ads will run for the time requested on the HMC16 Advertising Form with a month being the longest time an ad can run. After a month, one may have the opportunity to renew their ad.
*Ads will be run on a rotating basis between movies on the Housing Movie Channel 16 to the 3,200 residents on Carnegie Mellon’s campus.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR CREATING AD
The proper format is 800 pixels wide, 600 pixels high, JPEG file type. Other submissions will not be accepted.

Take into account the limitations of being displayed on TV sets, so:
*Use the largest text size possible
*Avoid having important information near the edges of the slide (a 50 to 75 pixel wide border)
*Avoid clashing colors and avoid deeply saturated colors
(especially red).

We will reserve the right to deny ads that promote ideals that are contrary to CMU’s stated values and educational mission. Questionable ads will be reviewed by the Cable TV Policy Board for final disposition.

THE PROCESS
1. Carefully read all information above.

2. Use guidelines for creating an appropriate advertisement. Ads that do not follow these guidelines will not be posted.

3. Completed a HMC16 Advertisement Form. Each advertisement must have a different form accompanying it.

4. Attach your completed HMC16 Advertisement Form and your JPEG advertisement to an email message and send it to univhous@andrew.cmu.edu with subject HMC16 Ad at least one week before you would like your ad to begin running.

5. You will receive a confirmation email once the ad is reviewed and ready for rotation.

If you have questions, please email univhous@andrew.cmu.edu with subject HMC16 Ads or call Housing Services at 412-268-2139