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coskel
Roku Guru
4 years ago
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How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

I'm using a JSON file (JSON Feed Manager) for my live fast channel on Direct Publisher. How do I setup a pre-roll ad to playout?

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  • sattun's avatar
    sattun
    4 years ago

    Hi coskel,

    To enable pre-roll ads in your Roku Direct Publisher channel, do the following:


    1. Go to you channel's monetization section and enter your VAST url in the AD server URL (see below).

    2. In your JSON feed add the ad breaks to your content (00:00:00 is for pre-roll).

    3. Re-ingest your content feed and publish your channel.

    Keep in mind that Roku DP has some limitations when it comes to ads,  e.g. when a viewer installs the channel, the first 15 minutes of content will be ad-free, I list all the Roku Direct Publisher limitations in the following post:

    https://ottfeed.com/posts/increase-your-roku-ad-revenue-by-3x

     

    Also, if you are looking for a robust solution to manage your content feed, then check out our OTTfeed.com platform, it will save you a lot of time and frustration managing and debugging your feed.

    Here are some of the features:

    • Supports all types of content (Movie, Series, Episodic, TV specials, Short-form and Live)
    • Create categories and playlists and organize by tags or titles
    • Preview content before publishing your feed
    • Specify ad breaks for each video in addition to global ad breaks
    • Build a cast library and add credits to each video
    • Connect and import video metadata from Vimeo account with access token
    • Supports multi-images, trickplay, closed caption, subtitles and much more
    • Content feed is secure and hosted on a CDN

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    Cheers,

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  • Baradanikto's avatar
    Baradanikto
    Roku Guru
    4 years ago

    In the early days of Direct Publisher, preroll ads were allowed by simply setting an adBreak object to "00:00:00".  Since then, Roku has changed the policy on preroll ads for some content types.  For instance, the Movie object policy is:

    Movie Ad Guidelines
No adBreaks should be listed during the first 10 minutes of playback
No pre-roll ads
Noted adBreaks should occur during natural scene breaks
7 mins or more between each adBreak
No adBreaks within 8 minutes of end credits.

    Having said that, there is no guidance in the Roku DP spec for LiveFeeds.  However, the Roku Partner Success site states the following:

     Where can I enable video pre-roll ads in Direct Publisher?
Pam

    3 years ago Updated 

Issue

Can't find where to enable pre-roll ads in Direct Publisher. 
Environment

Direct Publisher
Answer

Pre-roll ad logic is built into Direct Publisher, while mid-roll ads can be set within a JSON feed. You can find more information about our ad policy and frequency rules on our Ad Monetization page for Direct Publisher.

     

    • coskel's avatar
      coskel
      Roku Guru
      4 years ago

      Thank you, that answers the can I or can't I?

      Now for the how?

      Can I put a VAST tag in the JSON file and set it for 30 minutes?

      • Baradanikto's avatar
        Baradanikto
        Roku Guru
        4 years ago

        There is no construct for using a vast tag in the feed file. Ad breaks are defined using an adBreak object. Consult the DP JSON spec for more info