India’s online gaming market is highly competitive, with multiple real-money gaming platforms competing for the same audience.
A23 Poker faced the challenge of low brand differentiation in a competitive online poker market, where players had a fleeting engagement and weak brand loyalty. While the product was strong, A23 needed to:
Shift the perception of poker from a luck-based to a skill-based game,
Position A23 Poker as the go-to platform for skill-based competitive poker, and
Drive engagement and increase app installs in a crowded, performance-driven market
Connected TV (CTV) offered scale through the big screen, but an important question remained:
Could CTV deliver measurable performance outcomes, not just reach, in a competitive gaming category?
The answer required a performance-first CTV strategy backed by precise targeting, interactivity, and continuous optimisation.
Tyroo.TV Approach
Tyroo TV crafted a data-driven strategy with the following key elements:
01.
CTV-First, Performance-Led Execution
We executed a CTV-first campaign using Tyroo.TV DSP, designed to combine high-impact reach with measurable engagement. The strategy focused on delivering dominant brand presence during moments of peak attention while optimising for user action.
02.
Targeting the Right Players
Leveraging Tyroo.TV’s proprietary Household (HH) data segments, the campaign focused on reaching high-intent users rather than broad, undifferentiated audiences.
Target cohorts included:
– Active poker players
– Real Money Gaming (RMG) users
– Users active on competitor platforms
This household-level targeting enabled incremental and deduplicated reach, ensuring efficiency and minimal wastage across CTV environments.
03.
Interactive Creatives on the Big Screen
To move beyond passive viewing, Tyroo.TV introduced AI-powered interactive CTV creatives that encouraged active participation:
– Poker card interactions enabled via CTV remote controls
– QR codes embedded for instant app access and installs
-Game-like experiences that reinforced poker as a skill-based activity
These interactive formats transformed the television screen into an engagement surface, bridging attention with action.
04.
Data-Led Optimisation
Throughout the campaign, Tyroo.TV continuously analysed audience behaviour and viewing patterns to identify peak engagement windows. Delivery was optimised in real-time during premium prime-time viewing bands, supported by partial roadblocks to secure a high Share of Voice (SOV) during key moments, and to improve interaction rates, maximising impact and recall.
Result & Impact
With premium inventory, interactive formats, proprietary data, and a performance-led optimisation approach, Tyroo.TV drove meaningful engagement and user acquisition in competitive gaming categories.
The A23 Poker campaign reinforces Tyroo.TV’s ability to turn Connected TV into a performance channel, combining attention, precision targeting, and interactive experiences to drive measurable outcomes at scale.