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coskel
Roku Guru

How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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?

Channels: Go Live Sports Cast/Audion - Audiobooks On Demand
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
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sattun
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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).Screen Shot 2022-04-15 at 9.38.38 AM.png

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

Screen Shot 2022-04-15 at 9.48.54 AM.png

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

If you are interested go to https://OTTfeed.com and click “Start 7-day free trial”.

Cheers,

OTTfeed: Lease a custom Roku SDK for $99/month go to https://OTTfeed.com/lease

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Baradanikto
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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. 

 

FREE Windows desktop software for converting Direct Publisher channels to SceneGraph (SDK), for creating BIF (Trick Play) files, Roku (MRSS, JSON) feed files, and FireTV feed files @ GitHub/rrirower.
coskel
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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?

Channels: Go Live Sports Cast/Audion - Audiobooks On Demand
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch."
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Baradanikto
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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 

FREE Windows desktop software for converting Direct Publisher channels to SceneGraph (SDK), for creating BIF (Trick Play) files, Roku (MRSS, JSON) feed files, and FireTV feed files @ GitHub/rrirower.
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sattun
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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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).Screen Shot 2022-04-15 at 9.38.38 AM.png

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

Screen Shot 2022-04-15 at 9.48.54 AM.png

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

If you are interested go to https://OTTfeed.com and click “Start 7-day free trial”.

Cheers,

OTTfeed: Lease a custom Roku SDK for $99/month go to https://OTTfeed.com/lease
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sattun
Roku Guru

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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Here is a link to Roku Direct Publisher JSON specs:

https://developer.roku.com/docs/specs/direct-publisher-feed-specs/json-dp-spec.md

OTTfeed: Lease a custom Roku SDK for $99/month go to https://OTTfeed.com/lease
mattk27
Binge Watcher

Re: How to setup pre-roll ads in DPublisher?

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Here's a SDK converter with a one-time purchase option to include a VAST Tag as well:  https://sdkconverter.com/

Screenshot 2024-01-08 at 12.46.34 PM.png

Matt
https://sdkconverter.com/
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