BBC Studios offers 24/7 curated content across comedy, sci-fi, travel, crime, documentaries, and award-winning entertainment. It’s leveraging its iconic library of programming to meet growing demand for premium, ad-supported viewing, delivering the right stories to the right audiences, anywhere.
Extend reach to new audiences and platforms at scale – 100M+ hours viewed in 2024/25
Ads appear alongside premium content spanning a range of popular genres & titles
Ideal for brand building and awareness among streaming-first audiences
Target ads to relevant, brand-safe content
VAST 2.0 required for CTV, Web and App
H.264 (MP4) assets must be included in the VAST tag and we only accept one VAST tag per creative length. A minimum of three different bit rates required. Recommended bit rates are below
8-30 Mbps
500, 1,200 or 3,000 kbps
H.264 (MP4)
Peak audio range between -12db and -24db Stereo
44.1 - 48 kHz sampling rate AAC-LC
16x9
1920x1080, 1280x720, 854x480 and 640x360
Monitoring tags ONLY
Blocking tags are not accepted
The following 3P vendors are accepted on BBC News FAST: DoubleClick (DCM), Innovid, Sizmek, Flash Talking, DoubleVerify, Extreme Reach
Skippable ads NOT accepted. Do not include .3GPP file format. A max of (1) VAST wrapper redirects. We do not accept tags by platform/device. iSport & videoAmp ARE accepted pixels, will only run on digital. All tags must be SSL compliant (HTTP). Third party tags must be able to serve via SSL (HTTP://S). All subsequent calls to third parties after the initial ad request must also use SSL.