Monetize a live stream
Maximize revenue with seamless ad integration for a live stream
Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) facilitates seamless transitions between video content and advertising breaks, eliminating buffering or delays. By enabling this feature on your Broadcast Live streams, you provide your viewers with a smooth viewing experience and capitalize on the monetization opportunities for your live broadcasts.
Prerequisites
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Stream SCTE-35 Markers | SCTE-35 messages within the media stream to signal ad breaks (splice_insert) and their respective durations (time_signal) in a binary format
JWP monitors and parses these SCTE-35 messages to determine the precise moments to deliver midroll ads to viewers during the live stream. Preroll ads do not depend upon these messages. |
| JWP Entitlements | Unlocks feature access:
Contact your JWP representative for more information. |
| Property-level enablement | Toggle turning on the feature for an entitled property
Use the following steps to enable this feature:
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| Ad Config | Advertising settings that enable SSAI
At least one ad config must be set up within the property. |
Configure SSAI for a Broadcast Live stream
Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle
Follow these steps to configure SSAI for a Broadcast Live stream:
- From your Media Library, click the name of the stream. The details page for the stream appears.
- Under the preview window, click the Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle to ON. The SSAI settings appear.
- From the dropdown menu, select an Ad config.
- (Optional) Under Manifest URL, choose a streaming protocol and copy the URL to use in a third-party player.
You can now embed and start broadcasting content through the stream.
FAQs
Why are midroll ads not playing in my Broadcast Live stream?
Verify that you have created a stream that uses the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol.
RTMP streams do not support SSAI midroll ads.
Updated about 2 months ago