the centerpiece

Follow an ad request, step by step

Ten numbered actions take a viewer from clicking play to a billable impression — roughly three hundred milliseconds, eight systems, one shot.

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1Setup

Advertiser loads a campaign

An advertiser uploads a 15-second video creative to a DSP, sets a budget cap, audience segments, and flight dates. Nothing has been shown to a user yet — this is the off-line setup that makes every later step possible.