Singular now supports CTV to mobile app attribution, meaning measuring the performance of ads that promote mobile apps and that are being served on streaming content on a Smart TV.
Mobile app attribution for CTV, or CTV-to-mobile attribution, means measuring the performance of ads that promote mobile apps and that are being served on streaming content on a Smart TV.
If you advertise your mobile apps on OTT (over-the-top television, meaning TV content served over the internet), Singular can measure the mobile app installs that result from these ads.
The typical use case for CTV attribution is as follows.
- The advertiser creates an ad campaign for a mobile app.
- A CTV-enabled network partner serves the ads on a TV streaming service.
- End-users watch the ad on their Smart TV.
- End-users use their mobile device to download and install the app.
- Singular measures the number of installs connected to the ad viewing.
There are different ways to measure the performance of an ad across platforms. Singular's CTV attribution offering relies on devices in the same household commonly using the same IP address. This lets Singular measure the ad view on the television and connect it to mobile app installs that use the same IP address.
To use CTV attribution as an advertiser, you need the following:
- A CTV-enabled network partner. Some Singular partners support CTV already, and others may support it in the future.
- A CTV-enabled Singular Link. When creating a link, make it a view-through (impression) link, enable the CTV option, and set the View-through probabilistic install window to 24 hours. (Click-through links do not support CTV attribution.) Make sure that your postback configuration is set to send view-through attributed installs to the partner.
Notes:
- You can use the same impression link for both CTV and mobile advertising. For example, if you create a campaign for your mobile game, you can run it on your network partner's Samsung TV app as well as your partner's iOS and Android mobile apps.
- If the impression link is served on CTV, Singular measures it through IP-based attribution. If the link is served on a mobile device, Singular uses standard attribution methods.
- Make sure your partner does not pass a value in the "p" parameter of Singular's impression URL if the impression is from a CTV device. We only accept "iOS" or "Android" in that parameter. Sending anything else could interfere with your CTV campaigns' attribution.
The networks that currently support Singular's solution for CTV are:
- AppLovin
- Moloco
- Smadex
- The Trade Desk
- TVScientific
- Vibe
- VDX
- CTV attribution only supports mobile app installs (not re-engagements).
- Each CTV ad impression can only result in one attributed install.
- Campaigns served on Smart TV are platform-agnostic, as the end-user's mobile device may be either iOS or Android. In terms of Singular reporting, this means there is no platform/OS data on the network side. If you run a report with ad views as well as app installs, you cannot break it down by platform (for an explanation of network vs. tracker data, see Understanding Singular Reporting Data).
