Do We Really Need Apple's New Full-Screen, In-App Video Ads?

By Adam Musa


According to several reports, Apple is planning to debut full-screen, TV-like video commercials that launch automatically on iOS devices, including the iPad and iPhone, later this year. The iAds mobile ad network will be used to manage the new video ads.



Apple has not yet said how long the new video ads will be nor whether they will be pre-roll, post-roll or intermittent-rolled during app use. The reality is that we will probably see a lot more people resorting to Jailbreaking their iOS devices in order to block advertisements if Apple decides to allow big-brand names to publish loud, long, full-screen advertisements that appear to serve only to hinder a person's ability to use an app.

Apple has not released a concrete statement about the up-and-coming full-screen video ads, but it is assumed that the video ads will be designed so that they are not too intrusive. It is unlikely that the ads will just suddenly start playing when an iOS user is in the middle of carrying out an important task in an app. The video ads will most likely be designed as post-roll or pre-roll units.

We do not yet know how exactly Apple plans to sell these new full-screen in-app video commercials, but there is a lot of talk online about an ad exchange auction. It is thought that many companies will be able to simply re-purpose their current TV ads for mobile viewing and thus eliminate the cost of shooting new commercials.

Apple are said to be introducing the new full-screen video ads in an attempt to attract new advertisers to the iAds network and to encourage existing advertisers to spend more money. As of yet, Apple has not released any details about the cost of the new video ads. It is safe to say that Apple will be hoping to attract many major advertising partners, such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Nissan and McDonald's.




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