We’ve simplified the dashboard’s Current reported usage section to make understanding your account activity and usage easier.

New Feature

The dashboard now displays an updated set of usage metrics designed to better reflect your account activity. 

This streamlined view provides:

• A clearer, more concise snapshot of your usage
• Metrics directly aligned with your account activity
• Improved consistency between what you see in the dashboard and in your contract

For definitions of the new metrics, please visit our Usage Metrics Reference.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to your account representative.

Our v8.36.5 release resolves several issues to improve ad handling, performance, and gallery display.

Bug Fixes

• Consent data passes correctly for Freewheel ad requests without overwriting values.
• HLS.js debug mode defaults to disabled to prevent excessive console logging.
• Thumbnails load correctly across all pages in gallery view.

Use this new dataset to gain insights about play session data over large time periods.

New Feature

You can now easily access monthly aggregates of your play session data through a single dataset: Play Session Monthly Aggregates.

We're excited to introduce the Streaming tab, which replaces OTT Analytics in the dashboard. This new tab provides comprehensive insights and improved visualizations.

New Feature

The Streaming analytics tab helps you monitor and analyze your streaming performance, offering better visibility into audience engagement and device usage:

• Streaming analytics replaces OTT Analytics, providing a more comprehensive view of your data.
• Enhanced device detection, particularly for Smart TVs, delivers more precise reporting.
• Looker-powered analytics improves data visualizations and enables faster publication of new metrics.

To start exploring these improved analytics, go to the Analytics overview page and click the Streaming tab.

We've enhanced placement creation and management for a smoother experience.

New Feature

You can now create, link, and unlink placements, as well as view placement embed scripts, directly from the strategy tree.

JWP has introduced the Tags page, allowing you to easily create and manage tags from a central location in the dashboard. 

New Feature

The JW Platform now provides a property level Tags page. Follow these steps to access the page: 

1. On the Properties page, select a property. The property settings appear. 
2. Click the Tags tab. A list of all existing tags in the property appears.

From here, you can create, edit, merge, and delete tags. See our documentation for more information. 

This release corrects ad event tracking, ensuring accurate reporting for VAST advertising configurations.

Bug Fix

ClickTracking events now correctly trigger and send as expected when using VAST ad configurations.

JWP dashboard users can now edit media titles upon upload. 

New Feature

When selecting media items for upload, you can now edit their titles in the dashboard, streamlining your content management experience. 

For more information, learn how to upload videos. 

With today's release, we've introduced several navigation and design changes.

New Features

When managing your content, building a new player, or setting up advertising, enjoy a more intuitive navigation experience with these key updates:

• Optimized Information Architecture: We have organized the main (sidebar) navigation for better accessibility and clarity.
• Clearer Navigation Labels & Refreshed Design: Visible labels help you easily and intuitively find products and features within the cohesive interface
• Streamlined Property Selection: You can quickly switch between properties from the Property selector at the top of the main navigation.
• Quick Access to Property Settings: You can access all the Property settings from the bottom of the main navigation.

We've introduced a new strategy panel to enhance usability.

New Feature

A new side panel lets you define a strategy name during creation and edit it later if needed. This improves workflow and clarity. Additional strategy settings will be introduced in future updates.