Vertical Video Discovery ᴮᴱᵀᴬ

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A vertical video discovery experience allows you to create an interactive and swipeable vertical video experience activated through Dynamic Strategy Rules placements with native monetization options.

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Before integrating Vertical Video Discovery into your strategy, consider these limitations:

• Vertical Video Discovery should not be embedded in an iFrame, as this may lead to performance issues.
• Motion thumbnails are not supported by Vertical Video Discovery.

Prerequisites

Define a vertical video discovery experience

Follow these steps to create a vertical video discovery experience:

1. On the strategy tree, click + Add Experience > Vertical Video Discovery. The Vertical Video Discovery details page appears.
2. Under Vertical Video Discovery, enter a Name.
3. Customize media curation.
4. Customize advertising settings.
5. Click Done. The experience appears on the decision tree.

Now a vertical video discovery experience have been defined as part of a strategy, you can link the strategy to a placement.

Media Curation

Follow these steps to curate media:

1. On the 1 Media curation tab, under Playlist settings, select a media Type.
2. Select a single media or playlist from the dropdown menu.
3. (Optional) Select Use a key for media if available (for a single media) or Use a key for playlist if available (for playlist) and enter the key for custom data in the field that appears.

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   If the key is present on the page, the value of the key determines the single media or playlist to use. The selected single media or playlist will be used if the key is not found on the page.

4. (Optional) Define the Recommendations settings:
   1. Click the Show recommendations toggle to ON.
   2. Select a Recommendations playlist.
   3. Select Use key for playlist if available and enter the key for custom data in the field that appears.

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      If the key is present on the page, the value of the key determines the Recommendations playlist to use. The selected playlist will be used if the key is not found on the page.

5. (Optional) Under Advanced curation (Optional), curate videos by pinning media to a playlist position.
   
   
   Single media

   
   Follow these steps to pin a single media:

   1. Under Type, choose Single media.
   2. Choose the media to display through one of the following approaches:
      • Select Use Key for media if available and enter the key for custom data in the field that appears.
      • Select a media item from the dropdown menu.
   3. (Optional) To curate more content beyond the Second play settings, click + Subsequent Play and repeat steps 1-2.

   
   
   Playlist

   
   Follow these steps to pin a playlist:

   1. Under Type, choose Playlist.
   2. Choose the media to display through one of the following approaches:
      • Select Use Key for playlist if available and enter the key for custom data in the field that appears.
      • Select a playlist from the dropdown menu.
   3. (Optional) To curate more content beyond the Second play settings, click + Subsequent Play and repeat steps 1-2.

   
   
   None

   
   Follow these steps to not pin media:

   1. Under Type, choose None.
   2. (Optional) To curate more content beyond the Second play settings, click + Subsequent Play and repeat steps 1-2.

   
   

Advertising

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Vertical video advertising only allows for pre-roll ads.

Follow these steps to define advertising settings:

1. On the 2 Advertising tab, Select your Ad Client.
2. Under Ad Event, enter the Ad Tag URL.

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   Macros can be added to each ad tag to target the ads returned. These macros are replaced in real time. It is common to add 10+ macros to a single ad tag.

3. (Optional) Click Use Key for Ad Tag if available. Enter the key for the custom data in the textbox that appears.
4. Under Ad frequency rule, in the Start on playlist item # field, define the vertical video before which the first pre-roll ad appears.
5. In the Repeat every 'x' videos field, define how frequently subsequent pre-roll ads appear.

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