Description
Calculate supplied unfilled ad-break time or overbooking.
Advertising records distinguish nominal reach, impressions, visibility thresholds, disclosure order and content budgets. New unique people are supplied rather than deduplicated, and caption duration alone does not establish accessibility. Code-point truncation can split a grapheme even when it meets a numeric text budget.
Calculate supplied unfilled ad-break time or overbooking.
When to use this tool
Use Broadcast Ad Break Fill Gap when you already have breakDurationSeconds, bookedDurationSeconds and need to calculate supplied unfilled ad-break time or overbooking.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter breakDurationSeconds, bookedDurationSeconds. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read unfilledSeconds, overbookedSeconds. Use the output convention below.
Require break/booked durations>=0; return separate nonnegative max differences.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| breakDurationSeconds | Break Duration Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| bookedDurationSeconds | Booked Duration Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| unfilledSeconds | Unfilled Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
| overbookedSeconds | Overbooked Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"breakDurationSeconds": 180,
"bookedDurationSeconds": 150
},
"output": {
"unfilledSeconds": 30,
"overbookedSeconds": 0
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Equality gives two zeros. No actual broadcast, transitions, contracts, scheduling permissions or advertising compliance is verified.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review actual audience, media, creative and transaction records with the complete measurement and applicable disclosure rules. Verify definitions and rendering before interpreting local counts or flags as effectiveness, billable delivery or compliance.
References
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