Allow Ad Style Choice in Ad Scheduler
In the Ad Scheduler (Until you have the ability to actually Manage Ads then this feature needs to be Renamed) there should be an option to choose which type of Ads your channel shows, ie Lower Thirds, pic-in-pic, display or audio.
For example most Broadcasters may actually be open to showing 22min/hour of ads (current max setting in scheduler) if those 3mins of ads every 8min on stream were lower thirds ads that didn't block access to viewing the stream or listening to its audio.
Then in the Scheduler which you could now call a Manager, show what the potential commission would be on showing each ad-type (Obviously full screen & audio ads would payout more vs lower thirds etc)
Give Broadcasters CHOICE and we will use your tools/features especially if it potentially means higher revenues for the broadcaster & a better viewing experience for the viewer.
On a side note; have the ability to choose which ad types get shown would be a key metric that your Internal Ad Sales Group could use to see what Inventory they can fill and what ad rates they can get from those sales. For example if everyone wants to show 10min+ of lower third ads per hour then the sales group could then go out and fill those advertiser/marketing orders faster. It's like the whole Wishlist factor, a wishlist interest proves the potential of a future sale.
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Titokhan
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I'm all for this..
Better yet, why not give creators the option to choose whether their primary ad breaks are full screen (with the stream in the corner that you cant see), or somewhat minimally invasive (the bottom and right side banner styles) as a default. I fully suspect you'd see quite a few choose the bottom/right side banner ads by default, and have them air far more frequently, knowing they won't be quite as bothersome to their viewers.
While you could also give them access to a full screen ad button in their twitch panel, for things like a bathroom break or they want to get a quick snack. and the followers who know that this is coming don't get put off by the ad, because they know its for a specific reason (instead of the streamer swapping to their BRB scene).
Or better yet, perhaps would be providing a browser source url to add to their BRB scene, which is linked to their account, that would auto air ads in the provided space whenever the BRB scene is used