Ad schedules allow you to add ads to a player configuration. You can create as many ad schedules and player configurations as you want. This makes configuring different advertising setups easy and flexible without the need to write code. If you'd like to define ads using programming, review our advanced advertising.
Note: You have to create one or more ad tags before you can set up an ad schedule in Wowza Video. If you're using VAST or SSAI ad schedules, create ad tags in Wowza Video. If you're using the GAM DAI schedule for SSAI, you'll create the ad tags in Google Ad Manager.
There are three types of ad schedules in Wowza Video:
- Video Ad Serving Template – Creates a VAST ad schedule where ad placement is pre-defined. Insert ads pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll in VAST ad schedules. Used for CSAI ad insertion.
Note: For live streams, we only support pre-roll ads.
- GAM (Google Ad Manager) Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) – Creates a Google DAI schedule where ads are dynamically chosen by Google Ad Manager. Wowza Video supports both pre-roll and mid-roll ads in DAI ad schedules. Used for SSAI ad insertion.
Note: To set up a dynamic ad insertion ad schedule in Wowza Video, you should have access to Google Ad Manager. DAI is currently only available for videos and not for live streams.
- Server-side Ad Insertion (SSAI) – Creates a server-side ad insertion ad schedule where ads are inserted in the ad insertion points that are added to a video. Insert ads pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll in SSAI ad schedules.
Note: The SSAI ad schedule feature is currently offered under limited availability, meaning the functionality is available to select Wowza Video users. If you need this functionality, please email us at customerservice@wowza.com.
Server-side ad insertion is currently only available for videos and not live streams.
