MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) is the open, vendor-neutral counterpart to Apple's HLS — video delivered as small HTTP segments described by a manifest (MPD instead of m3u8), with adaptive bitrate switching. Android TV and many non-Apple CTV platforms support DASH natively. SSAI platforms that serve both ecosystems need to stitch ads into both HLS and DASH manifests correctly, since the cue signaling format differs slightly between the two.