
{"id":349722,"date":"2026-08-17T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/apac-media-qualitys-most-nuanced-market\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:30:00","slug":"apac-media-qualitys-most-nuanced-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/apac\/insider\/apac-media-qualitys-most-nuanced-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The APAC Balancing Act: Media Quality\u2019s Most Nuanced Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"349722\" class=\"elementor elementor-349722 elementor-349250\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1607fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"38833\" data-id=\"f1607fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dd7189\" data-eae-slider=\"14694\" data-id=\"2dd7189\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ea91d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90ea91d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC&#8217;s 2025 media quality profile is harder to sum up than a regional average suggests. The region has the lowest made-for-advertising (MFA) rate globally at <\/span><b>0.7%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, yet its brand suitability fail rate is <\/span><b>1.3X baseline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, above the global average.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bigger story is the variation between markets. Australia and Japan, for example, are more than 20 percentage points apart on video viewability. Integral Ad Science (IAS)&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/uk\/insider\/ias-media-quality-report-21st-edition\/\">21st Edition Media Quality Report<\/a><\/span>, based on more than 300 billion daily digital interactions, shows why advertisers operating across APAC need to look beyond regional benchmarks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c21045a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"10259\" data-id=\"c21045a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a218cb8\" data-eae-slider=\"26853\" data-id=\"a218cb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eec7ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5eec7ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How APAC Compares With North America and EMEA\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c6df05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"43919\" data-id=\"6c6df05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e290376\" data-eae-slider=\"76698\" data-id=\"e290376\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a4404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a4404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North America, EMEA and APAC each have a different media quality profile.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/what-north-americas-media-quality-data-reveals\/\">North America<\/a><\/span> recorded the lowest suitability fail rate of the three regions at <\/span><b>1.0X baseline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with the highest IVT rate at <\/span><b>1.36%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the highest MFA rate at <\/span><b>1.5%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/navigating-brand-suitability-across-languages-and-markets\/\">EMEA<\/a><\/span> had the highest suitability fail rate at <\/span><b>1.5X baseline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while its fraud metrics were comparatively lower.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC falls between the two on several measures, but its combination of results is distinct.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>0.7% MFA rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the lowest of any major region, compared with 0.9% in EMEA and 1.5% in North America. APAC&#8217;s <\/span><b>1.1% IVT rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also falls between the other two regions. Its suitability fail rate, however, is <\/span><b>1.3X baseline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, higher than North America&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC has relatively low levels of MFA and a lower IVT rate than North America, but content suitability remains a concern. Low MFA should not be treated as an indication that every aspect of media quality risk is equally low.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41bed20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"47288\" data-id=\"41bed20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f608115\" data-eae-slider=\"41175\" data-id=\"f608115\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c49150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c49150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What APAC's Suitability Risk Means for Campaigns\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9b9c10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"14342\" data-id=\"b9b9c10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d81374b\" data-eae-slider=\"94415\" data-id=\"d81374b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8caa10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8caa10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An impression can meet a brand safety threshold while still appearing alongside content that does not fit a brand&#8217;s positioning.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC&#8217;s <\/span><b>1.3X baseline suitability fail rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> points to the potential for that kind of exposure. For advertisers running broad-reach campaigns across the region, those impressions can add up quickly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That makes pre-bid optimization important. Filtering suitability risk before an impression is purchased can reduce wasted spend and help budgets reach environments that align with a brand&#8217;s requirements.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IAS data also shows that across verticals, advertisers that shifted from monitoring to proactive pre-bid filtering achieved sharp reductions in suitability fail rates and recaptured spend.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e727a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"93246\" data-id=\"2e727a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58794d8\" data-eae-slider=\"9022\" data-id=\"58794d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6b477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a6b477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Australia and Japan Show Why Regional Video Benchmarks Fall Short\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff435e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"65607\" data-id=\"ff435e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfbe925\" data-eae-slider=\"37978\" data-id=\"dfbe925\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-297229c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"297229c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC&#8217;s overall video viewability rate was <\/span><b>80.2%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2025, close to the global average of 79.7%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That figure alone does not show how differently individual markets performed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia recorded <\/span><b>83.83% video viewability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the second-highest rate among the top 10 global markets. Japan recorded <\/span><b>63.21%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the lowest among those markets.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference is more than 20 percentage points.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both markets sit within the APAC regional benchmark, but their video viewability results are very different. Using the regional average as the main performance reference can therefore create a misleading picture: advertisers may overestimate performance in Japan while underestimating it in Australia.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Country-level benchmarking provides a more useful basis for evaluating and optimizing campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a88564 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"55370\" data-id=\"1a88564\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e943af3\" data-eae-slider=\"18956\" data-id=\"e943af3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f38e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90f38e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the APAC Media Quality Data Means for Advertisers\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fecbbd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"21779\" data-id=\"fecbbd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e977ac\" data-eae-slider=\"75411\" data-id=\"4e977ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a7dd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7a7dd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MQR data points to a few considerations for advertisers operating across APAC.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Fraud is relatively controlled.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APAC&#8217;s <\/span><b>0.7% MFA rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the lowest among the major regions, giving the region a structural advantage over markets with higher levels of made-for-advertising inventory.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Suitability needs active management.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a <\/span><b>1.3X baseline suitability fail rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, advertisers need controls that address content adjacency before impressions are purchased. Broad-reach campaigns can increase exposure to environments that fall outside a brand&#8217;s suitability parameters.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Performance varies significantly by country.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia&#8217;s <\/span><b>83.83%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> video viewability and Japan&#8217;s <\/span><b>63.21%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show how much can be hidden by a single APAC benchmark. A strategy based only on the regional average will not reflect performance in either market accurately.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For advertisers, an APAC-wide strategy cannot rely on one set of regional assumptions. Campaign management needs market-specific benchmarks, suitability controls aligned with local content environments, and measurement that separates performance by country.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41cd5bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"34023\" data-id=\"41cd5bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d52666\" data-eae-slider=\"41827\" data-id=\"5d52666\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06931e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06931e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Explore the Full APAC Media Quality Picture\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ce0d1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"19823\" data-id=\"9ce0d1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bfed88\" data-eae-slider=\"32279\" data-id=\"1bfed88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f69ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f69ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download the full 2025 Media Quality Report to explore APAC\u2019s latest media quality benchmarks, uncover market-level differences, and discover data-driven strategies for optimizing campaign performance across the region.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4322e82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"97249\" data-id=\"4322e82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7af4ac5\" data-eae-slider=\"33978\" data-id=\"7af4ac5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c653582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-button\" data-id=\"c653582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/media-quality-report-21st-edition\/\" class=\"btn m-0     btn-primary d-inline-block      btn-md\"     ><span class=\"font-weight-bold \" >GET THE REPORT<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APAC&#8217;s 2025 media quality profile is harder to sum up than a regional average suggests. The region has the lowest made-for-advertising (MFA) rate globally at 0.7%, yet its brand suitability fail rate is 1.3X baseline, above the global average. 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