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Pause Ads: The Ad Break That Viewers Choose

calendar_today October 8, 2026 person James Varndell domain bitmovin

Every time a viewer presses pause, they create an ad slot that didn’t exist a moment before. Pause ads fill that slot with a sponsored message, shown only while playback is stopped and dismissed when the viewer resumes, so no content is interrupted and the ad has the screen to itself whenever the viewer looks… The post Pause Ads: The Ad Break That Viewers Choose appeared first on Bitmovin .

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