TV has always had a trust problem.
It reaches people.
It builds brands.
But when someone asks, “What did it drive?” the room gets real quiet.
A global technology brand already had awareness; now, they needed proof. So, they ran ‘Connected TV’ on a performance model, powered by tvScientific.
The results:
50x
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56%
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4.67M
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27%
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net–new customers
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households reached at a 2.7 frequency |
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incrementallity |
Those numbers are from TVScientific’s AI optimizing campaigns in real time– audience, format, inventory, geography, and reallocating spend toward what converted. A global technology brand also gained household-level attribution and connected impressions to conversions. That’s the engine. But engines don’t run on their own. They need a system around them.
That’s where CJ’s Connected Commerce platform fits.
CJ is the Connected Commerce Infrastructure
Affiliate isn’t just a narrow performance lane. It’s the operating layer where commerce signals move between brands and partners.
CJ isn’t just another channel.
It’s the infrastructure that connects performance opportunities into one accountable system. Connected TV on a CPA is one example. In this case, CJ connected the global technology brand with tvScientific and enabled the program to run inside a pay-for-performance environment.
That matters.
Because when something runs inside your commerce infrastructure, it stops being a side bet. It becomes accountable.
Universal Tag removes the usual blocker
Here’s the part most case studies skip:
Integration.
The global technology brand activated tvScientific as a Universal Tag partner, enabling instant activation with zero incremental integration. When activation is simple, the engine just runs.
Universal Tag connects the pipes.
Data moves.
Partners plug in.
No rewiring the house. And once the fuel is flowing, optimization compounds. That’s how experiments become programs.
The Tension that Makes it Real
Whenever you read a case study that says “50x ROAS”, the smart folks ask the following questions:
Was it incremental?
Was it a small test?
Who got credit? Search or Affiliate?
Will this scale?
This is all part of the healthy tension that reduces guesswork. Connected Commerce isn’t about claiming perfection. The team at the global technology brand gained visibility from impression to conversion. That visibility shifted the narrative from Performance TV being a ‘brand play’ to ‘performance engine.’
What this Actually Proves
The takeaway isn’t that TV suddenly works. TV has always worked.
The takeaway is this:
Upper-funnel channels behave differently when they’re connected to commerce.
It becomes accountable.
It becomes defendable.
And it becomes something you can scale.
CJ provides the commerce network where engines like tvScientific can operate on a pure performance basis.
Connected Commerce isn’t a slogan. It’s what happens when connection, performance, and activation all line up.
Ready to get started? Talk to our CJ Platform Partnerships team 👉 platformpartnerships@cj.com
