I previously mentioned this as a comment in a previous discussion but thought that it would be prudent to start a new discussion on it.
This is the earlier comment.
http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/5100/admob-ads-in-ios-not-respecting-setalignment-in-some-cases-#Item_4When iAds is used as the provider and setAlignment is given on initialization and Event.AD_RECEIVED and Event.AD_DISPLAYED it still appears at the top the first time the app is launched.