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:
  • Per Media Ads
  • Server Side Ads

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:
  1. On the Properties page of your JWP dashboard, click the name of the property. The settings page for the property appears.
  2. On the General tab, under Server-Side Ad Integration, click the Enable SSAI toggle to ON.
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

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Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle


Follow these steps to configure SSAI for a Broadcast Live stream:

  1. From your Media Library, click the name of the stream. The details page for the stream appears.
  2. Under the preview window, click the Preview media with server-side ads (SSAI) toggle to ON. The SSAI settings appear.
  3. From the dropdown menu, select an Ad config.
  4. (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.