Blog Archive : video

In-Banner Video

No Video Content? We have heard from many publishers that they want to start offering video ads, but often the thing that is holding them back is they have no content videos on their site. Even some publishers who do have video content are stuck because they host their video on a platform such as YouTube. In both cases publishers ...

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Uploading Video

Supported Formats AdvertServe allows you to upload video files up to 200 MB in size in any of the following formats: 3GP F4V M4V MOV MP4 MPG WMV Video Encoding and Output Videos are automatically encoded using the H.264 main profile and will be output at up to 720p HD resolution with double-pass rendering for optimal quality and playback speed. ...

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VAST Prefetch Requests

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Video Non-Linear Banners

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Video Companion Ads

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Mid/Post-Roll Video Ads

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Third-Party VAST Wrapper

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Pre-Roll Video Ads

What is VAST? The IAB's Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) specification is a universal XML schema for serving ads to digital video players. It provides support for linear pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll MP4/FLV/WebM video ads as well as non-linear GIF/JPG/PNG, Flash (SWF), text, HTML, <IFRAME> and <SCRIPT> banners. In addition to this it also specifies video tracking events, which enables ...

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Video Ads with Bits on the Run

Attention! The BitsOnTheRun video hosting service has been discontinued and replaced by JW Player. Since this article was written we now support video ad serving through all VAST 2.0 compliant digital video players. Please see our series of articles covering VAST for more up to date information. What is Bits on the Run? Bits on the Run manages the complete ...

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