Specifying multiple cultures in the AdRotator control

Question

I am using the adRotator control with my Windows Phone 7 app. They have a file that specifies what ads to play based on the country you are in:

<AdSettings> 
    <CultureDescriptors> 
        <AdCultureDescriptor CultureName="en-US"> 
            <Probabilities Probability="60" AdType="Smaato" /> 
            <Probabilities Probability="40" AdType="AdMob" /> 
        </AdCultureDescriptor> 
        <AdCultureDescriptor CultureName="en-GB"> 
            <Probabilities Probability="60" AdType="Smaato" /> 
            <Probabilities Probability="40" AdType="AdMob" /> 
        </AdCultureDescriptor> 
        <AdCultureDescriptor CultureName="de-DE"> 
            <Probabilities Probability="80" AdType="Smaato" /> 
            <Probabilities Probability="20" AdType="AdMob" /> 
        </AdCultureDescriptor> 
    </CultureDescriptors> 
</AdSettings>

As you can see I am specifying 3 different cultures (en-US, en-GB and de-DE). However, 2 of them have settings that are exactly the same (en-US, en-GB).

Is there a way to specify multiple cultures on the same node? I tried the following, but doesn't seem to work.

<AdSettings> 
    <CultureDescriptors> 
        <AdCultureDescriptor CultureName="en-US, en-GB, da-DK"> 
            <Probabilities Probability="60" AdType="Smaato" /> 

Answer 1

The answer is no. I've downloaded the code and looked at it - so it's a single culture per node.

Answer 2

WP Unified Ad control supports multiple countries in one node like following and also it provides multiple events which can help to get more controls on ads and ad space.

<AdCountryDescriptor Country="US, GB" InitialAdProvider="AdMob">
      <Probability Value="70" AdProvider="PubCenter" />
      <Probability Value="10" AdProvider="AdDuplex" />
      <Probability Value="10" AdProvider="MobFox" />
      <Probability Value="10" AdProvider="AdMob" />
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="NoAd" />
    </AdCountryDescriptor>
    <AdCountryDescriptor InitialAdProvider="PubCenter">
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="PubCenter" />
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="AdDuplex" />
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="MobFox" />
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="AdMob" />
      <Probability Value="20" AdProvider="NoAd" />
    </AdCountryDescriptor>

Answer 3

You can add a CultureDescriptor with the name of default. If you want common settings, then just add specific cultures that differ from the default.