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Recommended Reading. MRC Mobile Viewable Ad Impression Measurement Guidelines Public Comment Draft Media Rating Council Mobile Viewability Standards Are About To Get Real Ad Exchanger Mobile ad buyers, sellers at odds over payment, viewability standards By David Kirkpatrick • Aug. 21, 2015 Nearly four years ago, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Media Rating Council (MRC) created a standard definition of ad viewability: At least 50% of an ad must be in view for a minimum of one second for display ads or two seconds for video ads. Dive Brief: The ad viewability guidelines set by the Media Rating Council and Interactive Advertising Bureau—that video ads need to be 50% in sight for two seconds, display for one second—continue to get push back from marketers.; Some agencies are requiring their own standards of ad sellers: GroupM is requiring a user-initiated play, with the sound on, and 50% of the ad play while in view. New Viewability Guidelines Bring Much-Needed Third Dimension To Ad Buying - 04/04/2014 The Media Research Council (MRC) and the IAB this week issued viewable impressions guidelines for both static Smart Deals can use MRC Viewability Standard (Default) or GroupM Viewability Standard. 100% Viewability Our 100% Viewable Marketplace provides advertisers that are required to buy impressions on a 100% Viewability basis the ability to remove the media buying risk, and only paying for impressions deemed 100% in view. June 2014 - MRC formally issued Viewable Ad Impression Measurement Guidelines, which codified parameters for measuring viewable impressions for both display and video ads; included new provisions "The finalization of the Mobile Viewability Guidelines provides important parameters for measuring the delivery of mobile ads, marking a pivotal moment in the journey towards our common goal of establishing cross-platform metrics for ad campaigns." View the full release on the MRC's website. Tags: News Media Digital Channels In March 2014. the MRC supported by 3MS and other industry groups issued viewability guidelines for display ads—50% of pixels in view for 1 second. In August 2015, MRC added viewable impression guidelines for video —50% of pixels in view for 2 seconds. This was focused on desktop behavior, so in 2016, similar guidelines were issued for mobile. A mobile Viewable Impression requires a minimum of 50 percent of pixels in view for one consecutive second for display and two consecutive seconds for video. These time requirements apply equally Note: We are accredited for a few additional viewability metrics required by MRC's Viewability Guidelines. What's the industry saying about viewability? Well, they are saying a lot. While opinions certainly vary, it seems the common consensus is that the new viewability standard is, at the very least, a step in the right direction: To earn MRC accreditation, C3 Metrics successfully completed an audit by independent CPAs engaged by the MRC of the technologies, systems, and processes that contribute to its viewability To earn MRC accreditation, C3 Metrics successfully completed an audit by independent CPAs engaged by the MRC of the technologies, systems, and processes that contribute to its viewability The MRC viewability requirement states that at least 50% of a video ad must be in view on-screen for 2 seconds before it counts as viewable. So, what does "viewed" really mean? Viewability is pointless if there is no guarantee that it is a hum