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Streaming TV Campaign Overview

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Written by Andrew Laba
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Reach viewers where they're watching - on streaming platforms across smart TVs, connected devices, and mobile apps. Skybeam makes TV advertising accessible to businesses of all sizes with precision targeting and flexible budgets.

What is Streaming TV Advertising?

Streaming TV advertising, or Connected TV (CTV) advertising, delivers video ads through internet-connected television devices like smart TVs, Roku, Apple TV, and many more.

Unlike traditional TV's linear programming, streaming is on-demand - viewers choose what to watch and when. This creates a different advertising model: it combines TV's premium viewing experience with digital advertising's precision targeting. You can target specific households based on demographics, location, interests, and behaviors, meaning different viewers can see different ads even when watching the same content. Streaming provides access to cord-cutters and younger demographics who have abandoned traditional television, while maintaining the impact and engagement of the TV screen.

Also useful article for you to compare streaming with traditional: Traditional TV Campaign Overview

How Streaming TV Works

Streaming TV advertising combines the visual impact of television with the precision and flexibility of digital advertising. Here's what makes it different and how the advertising process works.

Precision Targeting

Target viewers by demographics, interests, and behaviors - not just geography. Choose from 200+ audience segments to reach exactly who matters to your business. This precision targeting makes streaming TV efficient both for awareness and performance-focused campaigns. You can also create multiple audience segments within a single campaign, testing different messages with different viewer groups to optimize your results.

You can find more details about targeting capabilities here.

Flexible Campaign Management

Streaming TV campaigns operate more like digital advertising than traditional TV. You can launch campaigns quickly - as soon as the next day - and make adjustments as your campaign runs. You have more control over pacing with options for both daily budgets and overall campaign budgets, allowing you to manage spending more granularly.

Real-Time Reporting

One of streaming TV's biggest advantages is near real-time performance data. You can track impressions, completion rates, and audience delivery as your campaign runs, allowing you to monitor performance and make data-driven decisions quickly.

This immediate feedback loop means you can identify what's working, adjust targeting or creative if needed, and optimize your campaign while it's still active rather than waiting for post-campaign reports.

Learn more about Skybeam's reporting capabilities here.

Campaign Launch & Management

Streaming TV campaigns can launch immediately - no advance scheduling required.

The process:

  1. Create your campaign anytime

  2. Ads begin serving on the chosen date

  3. Adjust campaign settings in real-time

  4. Pause or stop instantly if needed

Streaming TV Characteristics

Precision Targeting

  • Demographics: age, gender, behavioral segments

  • Geography: down to ZIP code level

Measurable Performance

  • Real-time impression tracking

  • Conversion attribution

  • Website visit tracking using Pixel

Flexible Control

  • Start, pause, or adjust anytime

  • Optimize based on performance

  • Choose different campaign objectives based on your specific needs

More details in this article: Learn more about each Campaign Objective

The Bottom Line

Smart TV advertising isn't about choosing one channel forever - it's about using each channel where it performs best. Streaming TV's frequency control and stable incremental costs make it the efficient choice for:

  • Younger audiences

  • Precise targeting needs

  • Measurable performance goals

  • Finding new viewers after Traditional TV saturates

The winning approach? Let audience data and cost efficiency guide your investment across both channels.

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