How to trigger ads and start earning revenue? – Shoutcast

TargetSpot has ads ready to go so you can generate revenue for the countries listed below:

United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy)

You need to set up the ad-stitching method you will use to trigger ads in the Shoutcast Radio Manager under the "Monetize" section.

More info about ad-stitching methods here.

1-Ad-Injection:

(We insert ads directly on your stream by pausing it and deliver only ads available for each listener)

Set up Ad-Stitching in Radio Manager
Choose maximum duration of your ad-breaks (we will deliver only available ads for each listener and won't exceed the duration you've set up)
Schedule a 20 milliseconds MP3 files of with the tag "Advert:" in the artist and title section
The advertising server is case sensitive, so make sure to use Capital “A“ and the colon.

2- Ad-Replacement:

(Replace an element of your stream by an ad-break of the duration of your choice)

Fix Duration Break:

Set up the duration of your ad-breaks in the Radio Manager (up to 3 minutes)
The metadata to activate the ads is "Advert:" in both Artist AND Title fields.
Schedule MP3 files with the tag "Advert:" in the artist and title section, choose files of the duration you've set up.
The advertising server is case sensitive, so make sure to use Capital “A“ and the colon.
The audio MP3 file will be heard by listeners that don’t have ads running.
You should put audio in the file (or files) that you would want people to hear if they’re not hearing the Shoutcast triggered ad at that time.
You can trigger as many ad-breaks you want.

Also Advert: can be replaced by Advert! when the colon is not supported.

Flexible Duration Break:

Set up Flexbreak in Radio Manager
Schedule MP3 files with the tag structure "Advert!XXX:" (XXX = duration in seconds) in the artist and title section, choose files of the duration you've indicated into the tag. For instance you'd like to place a 2 min ad-break at 2pm: insert tag Advert!120: in metadata of a 2min audio file. If you want to fire a longer break at 6pm (3min), insert tag Advert!180: in metadata of a 3min audio file.
The tag needs to be activated in both Artist AND Title fields of your files.
The advertising server is case sensitive, so make sure to use Capital “A“ and the colon.
The audio MP3 file will be heard by listeners that don’t have ads running.
You should put audio in the file (or files) that you would want people to hear if they’re not hearing the Shoutcast triggered ad at that time.
You can trigger as many ad-breaks you want of any duration.

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