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Streaming Video Wiki
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THE STREAMING VIDEO KNOWLEDGE BASE

Explore the world of streaming video.

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Ad Avail

A time in an Ad Break where an ad insertion--or a replacement or deletion of existing baked-in ad--can occur. An Ad Break can consist of one or more…

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Ad Break

A time in digital content where ad insertions--or replacements or deletions of existing baked-in ads--can occur without the action impacting the underlying entertainment programming. An Ad Break can…

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Ad ID

Ad ID is a term that generally has two references: 1) a unique identifer for an advertising asset, commonly associated with a registry such as Ad-ID.org or an…

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Ad Identifier

The Ad Identifier (Ad-ID) is the advertising industry standard unique identifier for all commercial assets airing in the United States. Previously the industry used the ISCI system until…

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Ad Impression

The measure of an ad being viewed by whoever is watching the content in which the ad is delivered. This metric, or some form of it, is often…

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Ad Pod

An individual Ad Pod is a group of ads that have, or are expected to, play back-to-back in one Ad Break.

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Ad Server

Technology used by both publishers (sell-side ad server) and brands (buy-side ad server) that decides which ad to show to a viewer and tracks whether the ad was…

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Ad-ID.org

Ad-ID.org is an industry organization focused on providing an identity system and a consistent set of naming conventions for advertising assets. By creating a registry of unique IDs…

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Adaptive Bitrate

Adaptive Bitrate is a method of video streaming that adjusts video quality based on network conditions to improve video streaming over HTTP networks. This process involves encoding source…

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Addressable TV

TV advertising model where different ads are shown to different audience segments watching the same TV program. Those segments could be defined by behavioral, demographic, and geographic factors…

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Advanced TV

TV content that has evolved beyond traditional linear television delivery models. This umbrella term is inclusive of the following: Interactive TV (iTV), Connected TV (CTV), Smart TV, Linear…

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Advanced Video Coding

Video compression standard, published in 2004, with the goal to succeed MPEG-2/H.262 by reducing bitrate up to 50% while maintaining the same perceptual video quality (PVQ).

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