October 15, 2024
New Sponsored TV releases make it easier than ever to reach relevant audiences and measure performance
Announced at unBoxed 2024
What launched?
Sponsored TV unveils three new features to help any advertiser— whether they sell on Amazon or not, better reach relevant audiences on Streaming TV and also better measure performance. Newly launched Amazon Audiences (US, CA, BR, UK, MX), including Lifestyle and Lifestage audiences, gives advertisers access to prebuilt audiences using Amazon’s first-party shopping and streaming signals. Cumulative and Household Reach metrics (US) now help advertisers understand the audiences they are reaching with a given Sponsored TV campaign. Finally, Sponsored TV to Sponsored Display Remarketing segments (US, CA BR, UK, MX) empowers advertisers to then engage customer across the entire purchase journey.
Why is it important?
TV viewing has changed in the last decade. Consumers are moving to streaming TV from linear, and these consumers are getting harder to reach. Sponsored TV enables you to reach incremental and relevant audiences that aren’t watching linear TV, based on Amazon’s first-party shopping and streaming signals - with no minimum spend or fees. These new features offer advertisers a unique opportunity to enhance their advertising efficiency and effectiveness.
Amazon Audiences allows advertisers to connect the language used in their overall brand marketing strategy to their Sponsored TV campaigns; for example, “Outdoor Enthusiasts” or “Environmentally Conscious Shoppers”. Cumulative and Household Reach metrics helps give a comprehensive understanding and measure of relevant audiences, and by reaching audiences who have already engaged with a brand's Sponsored TV ads via new remarketing segments in Sponsored Display, advertisers can increase touchpoints and drive lower funnel engagement and conversions. The ability to reconnect with viewers who have been primed by a TV ad enhances and empowers brands to maintain a continuous conversation with their customers.
Where do I access it?
- Amazon Ads Console
- API
Who can use it?
- Vendors
- Registered Brand Owners
- Non-Endemic advertisers
Where is it available?
- CA
- MX
- US
- BR
- UK
API specific
All Sponsored TV enhancements are available via the Amazon Advertising API. Advertisers can use Sponsored TV remarketing audiences within Sponsored Display if they search for the “Sponsored TV ads” segment via the targetableEntities/list API endpoint. Pre-packaged Amazon Audiences are available using the /st/targets endpoint under the expression types: AUDIENCE_SAME_AS_INTEREST, AUDIENCE_SAME_AS_IN_MARKET, and AUDIENCE_SAME_AS_LIFESTYLE, AUDIENCE_SAME_AS_LIFE_EVENT. Finally, our newly launched reach metrics are available in our reporting API under reach and householdReach.