This release includes accessibility improvements for player controls and timestamps, along with refinements to DASH livestream playback behavior.

New Features

• Player controls and timestamps have been updated to meet accessibility contrast requirements.
• Tooltips and screen reader labels have been added to improve control accessibility.

Bug Fix

• MPEG-DASH livestreams without DVR now pause on the last frame, consistent with DVR and HLS streams.

These updates address visual and messaging issues, supporting media management.

Bug Fixes

• When selecting a thumbnail for a vertical video on the media details page, the previews now display correctly in the 9:16 aspect ratio.
• In the preview section for failed MRSS imports, the error message provides clearer information.

For Dynamic Strategy Rules, we've introduced more precise page URL targeting and resolved several display bugs.

New Feature

• Condition branches now support the Ends With operator for the Page URL condition to allow for more precise targeting.

Bug Fixes

• The display of long names within a Dynamic Strategy Rules (DSR) decision tree has been improved.
• On the DSR Advertising page, the descriptions of Dynamic Ads has been improved.
• When cloning a row in the DSR library, display names appear correctly.

We’ve introduced built-in analytics for Dynamic Strategy Rules to make performance tracking more actionable.

New Feature

Dynamic Strategy Rules analytics gives you insights to adjust and improve strategy performance:

• View traffic flow across rule branches and compare performance between strategy versions, all within a decision tree. 
• Access node-specific data in tabular (with optional .csv export) or visual format. 

Service release. No new features.

Bug Fix

• Resolved an issue affecting the Freewheel ad plug-in.

We’ve made several UI improvements across the JW Platform to ensure a more consistent and polished visual experience.

New Features

The following pages have been refreshed for improved visual consistency and clarity:

• Players
• Playlists
• Real-time analytics

As part of this update:

• The Customize branding CTA has been moved to the header of the player details page for easy access
• Dark theme has been removed from all updated pages

These changes are part of our ongoing efforts to streamline the dashboard and improve usability.

This release includes accessibility enhancements and improvements to ad and metadata behavior.

New Features

• The web player now supports direct VMAP XML input via the adschedule configuration.
• Player controls and timestamps enhanced to meet accessibility contrast requirements.
• MPEG-DASH livestreams now pause correctly on the last frame.

Bug Fix

• Chapter metadata is now formatted correctly for Google indexing.

This release addresses minor dashboard issues affecting Data Sharing, Article Matching playlists, and Advertising.

Bug Fixes

• Data Sharing setup page links now open the Snowflake instance and support pages in a new tab.
• The Embed playlist panel for Article Matching playlists now displays the correct JavaScript embed code. This embed requires the ?search=__CONTEXTUAL__ query parameter to properly match videos to the page content.
• The label for Time between Ads on the Ad schedule page is corrected.

You can now include gpid and pos fields in bid requests for Player Bidding.

New Feature

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 SSPs
• pos: IAB-defined ad position type, which indicates the location of the ad within the content

Learn More:

• Player Bidding
• Player Bidding within Dynamic Strategy Rules
• Player advertising configuration