{"id":15749,"date":"2026-10-05T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/october-2026\/companion-banners-for-audio-creatives"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:41:33","slug":"companion-banners-for-audio-creatives","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/october-2026\/companion-banners-for-audio-creatives","title":{"rendered":"Companion Banners for Audio Creatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release Date: October 6th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companion Banners are available for both First Party and Third Party Audio creatives. Companion Banners are uploaded directly as image files and are hosted and prepared for delivery by Pontiac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Audio creative has been uploaded, a new Companion Banners tab will become available on the creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-142016-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-142016-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-142016-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-142016-767x569.png 767w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-142016.png 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Companion Banners<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navigate to the <strong>Companion Banners<\/strong> tab and select <strong>Add New Companion<\/strong> to upload an image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once uploaded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A preview of the Companion Banner will display.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional Companion Banners can be added as needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Existing Companion Banners can be removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-125228-1024x332.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-125228-1024x332.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-125228-767x249.png 767w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-125228-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-125228.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pontiac will automatically prepare uploaded Companion Banners for delivery with the Audio creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported Sizes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following Companion Banner sizes are supported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>300\u00d7250<\/strong> \u2013 Medium Rectangle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>728\u00d790<\/strong> \u2013 Leaderboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>160\u00d7600<\/strong> \u2013 Wide Skyscraper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>320\u00d750<\/strong> \u2013 Mobile Banner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>300\u00d7600<\/strong> \u2013 Half Page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported File Types<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companion Banners can be uploaded as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PNG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JPEG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GIF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding, replacing, or removing a Companion Banner after the creative has been audited will return the creative to <strong>Pending<\/strong> status so the updated creative package can be reviewed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Companion Banners are currently supported for Audio creatives only. While they can be associated with both First Party and Third Party Audio creatives, the Companion Banner itself is uploaded and hosted as a First Party asset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":15699,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15749","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15753,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15749\/revisions\/15753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15699"}],"next":[{"title":"Deal Exchange Compatibility Check Update","link":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/october-2026\/deal-exchange-compatibility-check-update","href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15724"}],"prev":[{"title":"Campaign Line Allocation Updates","link":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/?docs=platform-updates\/new-features\/october-2026\/campaign-line-allocation-updates","href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.pontiac.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=15749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}