Invoices

For Pandora Users.

• The seller must send invoices that contain the media, client, estimate, product, and station. They must also include a date, time, length and cost for each spot.  The date provided on the invoice will correspond to the spot(s) in the system.  If a spot represents the week, the date will likely be the Monday day of the week represented by the buyline. The invoice time will be provided, as it is required by the electronic specification.  The invoice time in this context, however, has no real meaning for digital buys.
• If the Seller can write to the 4A’s invoice spec they can send the invoice electronically.
• If the invoice is not sent electronically, it can be entered in manually in the Affidavit Entry/Match program. Refer to your online Help for Affidavit Entry/Match instructions

• For ODS (on-demand spot) Invoices impression and rating proof of performance is strongly recommended.  The electronic invoice specification has been modified to allow vendors to send actual impressions or ratings.
• An invoice may reference impressions and ratings for a single demo.
• The ordered impressions/ratings by spot shall be applied to each invoice spot as a demographic override. NOTE – At this time, Pandora will only send Impression delivery via the electronic invoice.

• Mediaocean A|V Broadcast users will use the Import EDI Affidavit option to import invoices into the system or go through a FTP site.

Specific Requirements for Pandora Invoices

• EDI invoices will be generated monthly. The month definition is based on broadcast month.
• The EDI invoice shall contain spot by spot information for corresponding spots on buylines.
• Companion banners to cross platform, and audio everywhere spots may be sent on an invoice as separate :02 (seconds), no charge spots.
• A date and time will be allocated to each ordered spot. This date and time will be within the day/time parameters of the buyline.
• Ordered impressions per spot will be based on the impression guarantee presented by the Pandora planner or seller.
• Billable impressions will be divided among the spots per week.*
• Cost per spot will be adjusted for under delivery, unless the agency has requested to bill on scheduled dollars.
• Added value impressions for tile and banner impressions by spot will create additional invoiced items.
• These spots will have $0 and a  unique seconds length of :02
• Added value impressions are available for Audio Everywhere and Cross Platform products only.
• Pandora will suppress added value spots on the invoice by default. If the agency prefers to have added values spots on an invoice, they must communicate their preference with Pandora prior to the creation of the invoice. Once the invoice is created, the agency will no longer have the option to switch their preference.

How are billable impressions defined?

Billable impressions definition - Pandora does not charge for over delivery of impressions. Therefore if 80,000 impressions were ordered, and 105,000 were delivered, the invoice will only show 80,000 as the amount of billable impressions. The billable impressions per spot will be calculated based on the monthly impression delivery.  

How are added value impressions defined?

Added value impressions are defined as the tile and banner impressions viewed with the audio spot. The tile and banner impressions are available with Audio Everywhere and Cross Platform products.