Web: 8.37.1
Bug Fix
- Resolved an issue affecting the Freewheel ad plug-in.
This release addresses minor dashboard issues affecting Data Sharing, Article Matching playlists, and Advertising.
?search=__CONTEXTUAL__
query parameter to properly match videos to the page content.You can now include gpid
and pos
fields in bid requests for Player Bidding.
Player Bidding now supports the imp.ext.gpid
(Global Placement ID) and pos
(Ad Position) fields. These optional values give demand partners better context about where an impression appears, improving targeting and consistency across platforms.
gpid
: Publisher-defined string that uniquely identifies an ad placement across platforms and SSPspos
: IAB-defined ad position type, which indicates the location of the ad within the contentLearn More:
Android SDK 4.19.0 enhances caption management, upgrades core playback components, and addresses critical stability issues with advertisements.
Broadcast Live now includes stream preview, reusable static ingest URLs, SRT support, time-shift functionality, up to 32 languages per stream, embedded captions, and improved SSAI monetization workflow.
We've made an API route name update and expedited the advertising workflow with JWP’s Broadcast Live to VOD workflow with SSAI.
GET /v2/sites/{site_id}
/suggested_tags/
) and create (POST /v2/sites/{site_id}
/suggested_tags/
) routes in the v2 Management API have been renamed to tags
(List tags and Create a tag associated with a given site) to better fit their purposes as well as to better align the endpoint nomenclature with the other existing remove_tag
and rename_tag
routes.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:
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.
JW 8.31.0 adds loadAdTag()
, deprecates playAd()
, and enhances loadAdXml
method. Additionally, various bugs have been addressed.
playAd
method now correctly triggers adBreakStart
and adBreakEnd
.generateSEOMetadata
allows Google to index video key moments in all cases.A fix for bid requests has been released.
In Player Bidding, the advertising.bids.settings.consentManagement.usp
configuration correctly appears in bid requests.
Your Consent Management Platforms (CMP) settings just got easier with disableConsentManagementOnNoCmp
. Designed for regions where GDPR is not applicable, this setting ensures that Player Bidding adapts its user privacy and compliance if a CMP does not return a tcfapi()
value.
Please see our Advertising reference for more details.
We resolved a Player Bidding issue where player configurations using autostart failed to send bids with the correct video.playbackmethod
in prebid requests. This fix ensures improved accuracy and compliance in our Player Bidding system.