Apple to expand iAd options with full-screen video ads this year - report
Advertisers may soon gain a new way to reach users with Apple's iAd service, as the iPhone maker is reportedly poised to make a new full-screen "interstitial" advertising option available later this year.
Apple will make the new units available through its recently-launched real-time ad exchange, according to Advertising Age. If true, the move would mark the first expansion of iAd's in-app advertising inventory since the service's launch in 2010.
Widely deployed on the web, interstitials are designed to appear in between user actions, such as clicking from one article to another on a news site. Some third-party mobile networks such as Google's AdMob have already given app developers the option of including interstitials in mobile apps, but their use on mobile devices is less widespread.
Interstitial advertisements tend to command a premium over more pervasive banner ads because they are displayed automatically, rather than by a tap or click, and command the subject's attention. There is no word on just how much more Apple would ask advertisers to pay, nor is there a definitive timetable for their implementation.
Neeraj Kochar, an executive at ad buyer Magna Global, told the publication that the idea of full-screen interstitial in-app iAds is "compelling," but that advertisers would likely approach the new units with caution. "Advertisers will test into it, potentially as part of bigger deals with Apple," Kochar predicted.
Apple will make the new units available through its recently-launched real-time ad exchange, according to Advertising Age. If true, the move would mark the first expansion of iAd's in-app advertising inventory since the service's launch in 2010.
Widely deployed on the web, interstitials are designed to appear in between user actions, such as clicking from one article to another on a news site. Some third-party mobile networks such as Google's AdMob have already given app developers the option of including interstitials in mobile apps, but their use on mobile devices is less widespread.
Interstitial advertisements tend to command a premium over more pervasive banner ads because they are displayed automatically, rather than by a tap or click, and command the subject's attention. There is no word on just how much more Apple would ask advertisers to pay, nor is there a definitive timetable for their implementation.
Neeraj Kochar, an executive at ad buyer Magna Global, told the publication that the idea of full-screen interstitial in-app iAds is "compelling," but that advertisers would likely approach the new units with caution. "Advertisers will test into it, potentially as part of bigger deals with Apple," Kochar predicted.
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Full screen, eh? That probably means 1920x1080 ads.
OH HEY LOOK VIDEO IADS FOR THE APPLE TV JUST LIKE I SAID.
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According to those "in the know" it's TV-like ads but delivered to iPhones and iPads.
1) Could be. I can see a use case in the manner previously mentioned, but I think the Apple TV is a more important avenue for this delivery method.
2) This still doesn't make it feel as dirty as how Ad Sense target's users since the ads will still be isolated to a specific app, and not an aggregate of all your internet usage as you search and visit different sites.
Apple doesn't have it's own search engine yet.
Not, but there users that opt-in, and allow their usage to be tracked for advertisers.
Full screen, eh? That probably means 1920x1080 ads.
OH HEY LOOK VIDEO IADS FOR THE APPLE TV JUST LIKE I SAID.
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I haven't read that it would be video. iAd has supported full screen interstitial ads on iPad only since iOS 4.3 but not actual video to my knowledge.
Does Apple have customers opt-in or opt-out?
The default became opt-in for iAD ad targeting with iOS6 (or was it 5). I don't think it changed with iOS7. It's still kinda hidden away if you want to opt-out isn't it?
EDIT: Was your question about search or ad targeting? Sorry if you meant the first one.
Advertisers may soon gain a new way to reach users with Apple's iAd service, as the iPhone maker is reportedly poised to make a new full-screen "interstitial" advertising option available later this year.
Interstitial advertising is the best for devs because users can't escape it, so the devs make more money from the advertising. Apple has always been good to the devs!
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-considers-launching-ad-exchange-2013-5
Longtime Apple fan here, but now Samsung is really tempting me:
... the idea of full-screen interstitial in-app iAds is "compelling," ...
Yes it is. Imagine fully-interactive TV iAds that a user can explore with no time constraint, that contain discoverable content, and that return those all-important customer-engagement analytics to Apple and to the advertiser. I'd expect Apple to show "compelling" iAds like that to ad executives and ask them "Name one other company, in the entire world, who can do that for you. We'll wait."
The downside, for us end-user TV viewers, is that iAds won't be skippable. 100% guaranteed engagement for each and every one of them. So maybe Apple could have a two-tier system: free with iAds, paid with no iAds. And guess what. The advertisers and/or sponsors would get paid either way. I think that could make everybody happy.
So yeah, the very first time I saw that Nissan Leaf iAd, my first thought was "That would be great on HDTV."
I think Apple designed iAd for TV from day one.
Longtime Apple fan here, but now Samsung is really tempting me:
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You new to the forum spamming business?
Because you sure did the newbie thing there.
Oh, never mind. I see you have 3 posts. All spam?
It's so weak, too.
Opt-in, I do have a iPod Touch and a iPad mini.
I'm sending you a burner phone so you can call someone who cares.
Regarding the topic of iAds...when you pay extra because you go over your data plan, will there be a separate counter that will log the gigs of non-wifi data used on your iPhone or iPad plans when you are forced to watch these ads? Will Apple, your carrier, or the vendor give you data credit or reimburse you for the data used watching their ads? People who watch a 1/2hr TV show seem to tolerate nearly 10 minutes of commercials. Seems like a goal for mobile ads, now videos, that you will pay for & go over plan, unless you cut back your data usage in other areas.
Apple doesn't have it's own search engine yet.
'Internet' Search engine.
ITMS and AppleTV has plenty of apple developed search engines.