To prevent competing adverts from playing in the same advert block, you need to assign the same Category to advert campaigns that contain competing products or services.

Setting up Categories:

When creating or editing an Advert Campaign, assign categories that represent competing business types. For example, you might use categories like "Fast Food", "Car Dealerships", "Mobile Networks", or "Banks". Advert campaigns that share the same category will never be automatically scheduled in the same advert block.

How Categories Work:

The PlayIt Live advert scheduler automatically ensures that campaigns with identical categories are kept separate. When scheduling adverts for a block, the system will not place two adverts from campaigns that have the same category name, preventing direct competitors from appearing consecutively.

Category Setup Process:

1. Go to Manage > Advert Campaigns
2. Select the campaign you want to edit or click Add New
3. In the Categories field, enter each category name and press Enter to add it
4. Repeat this process for competing campaigns, using the same category names
5. Click OK to save the campaign

Multiple Categories:

A single campaign can belong to multiple categories if needed. Simply enter each additional category name and press Enter to add more categories. This provides flexibility when dealing with businesses that operate in multiple competing sectors.

The category system works automatically during advert scheduling - you don't need to manually check conflicts as the scheduler will handle separation automatically when generating the advert log.