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CTV, Video & Audio
Pod Bidding
Programmatic auctions, supported in OpenRTB 2.6, where buyers bid on multiple slots in an ad break at once, enabling competitive separation and deduplication.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
Pod bidding is a programmatic auction method, supported in OpenRTB 2.6, where buyers bid on multiple ad slots within a single ad break at once. It lets streaming publishers fill commercial pods more efficiently. Pod bidding also enables competitive separation and creative deduplication, so viewers avoid seeing rival brands or the same ad twice.