JWP now provides native support for Google Publisher Provided Signals.

New Feature

When Google Publisher Provided Signals* is enabled, IAB contextual segments are automatically passed through the ad tag to improve programmatic monetization.

You can enable this feature in one of several ways:

• Within a Strategy Rules ad experience
• Through player customization in your JWP dashboard
• By setting the advertising.enablePPS property in the on-page configuration

* Google Publisher Provided Signals needs to be enabled by JWP. Contact your JWP account representative to opt in.

With JW 8.33.2, we're upgraded the OM SDK.

New Feature

• OM SDK has been upgraded to version 1.4.12

Android 4.17.0 resolves crashes targeting Android 14, improves ad display and event handling, fixes null pointer and ConcurrentModificationExceptions, and improves compatibility with Kotlin 1.9.21.

Bug Fixes

• A fatal crash when targeting Android 14 (API 34) has been fixed.
• The onAdPause event now accurately identifies clickthrough as the reason for pausing instead of visibility.
• A null pointer exception has been fixed.
• Cycling through full-screen modes no longer causes a rare crash.
• Kotlin version 1.9.21 is now compatible with the SDK.
• A ConcurrentModificationException related to OMID has been addressed.
• When the Learn More button is clicked during an IMA or DAI ad, ad playback pauses, and the webpage for the ad opens.

All Broadcast Live streams now support real-time clipping of key moments from 24/7 live channels and live events.

New Features

• Live Clipping enables the creation of clips of key moments as they occur during a live stream. 
• A live clip can be created from any point of a live event up to the live edge of the stream.
• Once created, live clips appear in the Media Library and can be posted to social media accounts and other digital channels.
• Live Clipping is supported in 24/7 Broadcast Live channels and live event streams.

All JW Platform accounts now include the v2 Uploads entitlement by default, allowing you to smoothly handle large video files. 

Additionally, you can now upload and manage your SRT track files more effectively. 

New Feature

All accounts now leverage v2 uploads in the dashboard, increasing the maximum dashboard upload size to 100 GB.

Bug Fixes

• Track times persist after editing SRT track files in the Captions Editor 
• SRT track files with the correct timecode format appear when uploaded 

iOS 4.18.0 introduces new JWCaptionStyle features, improves player setup performance, and addresses numerous bug fixes, enhancing playback stability and UI consistency.

New Features

• Developers can explicitly set backgroundOpacity, textOpacity, and fontSize through the JWCaptionStyle.
• Developers can use a new .overrideStrategy(_:) method on JWCaptionStyleBuilder to override the user’s device settings to meet specific business needs or use cases.
• Player setup performance has been improved to decrease the likelihood that the HLS algorithm selects the lowest-quality stream.

Bug Fixes

• The didReceiveAccessLogMetadata access log entry delegate method fires as expected.
• Navigating away during the player setup no longer causes a crash.
• Fast-forward and rewind controls are now available in Picture-in-Picture mode for DAI VOD assets.

The JWP dashboard now offers more playlist filtering and sorting options to simplify your content management. 

New Feature

On the Playlists page, you can quickly locate playlists using JWP's new filter and sorting options:

• Created Date. Sort your list of playlists by date of creation. 
  
• Custom Parameters. Filter your list to include only playlists that contain a specific custom parameter. Currently, you can only filter playlists by one custom parameter. 

Service release. No new features.

JWP has removed the MRSS video URL parameter from import and output feeds.

Bug Fix

To enhance your feed security, the mrss_video_url parameter will no longer be added to imported MRSS feeds and will not appear in MRSS or JSON output feeds containing new imports.

To keep this parameter in future feed imports or to remove it from previous imports, contact JW Support.

The usage cards have been removed, and a new usage data metric is now available.

New Features

• Removing the usage cards on both the JW dashboard homepage and the Current Reported Usage page has improved the page performance of both pages. All usage metrics can be viewed and downloaded from the Usage History table.
• A new SSAI usage metric has been added to the Usage History table: SSAI Ad Insertions.