Indiantelevision.com > AdEx India Analysis > Overview of Automobile Sector advertising on TV in 2007
 
 
Indiantelevision.com presents AdEx India Analysis
 

Overview of Automobile Sector advertising on TV in 2007

(22 January, 2008)

 

Key Findings:

  • 19 per cent growth in TV ad volumes of automobile sector during 2007 over 2006.
  • Automobile advertising skewed towards fourth quarter across both year 2006 and 2007.
  • Cars/jeeps was the front runner among all the categories in the automobile sector during 2007.
  • Automobile advertising more on GEC and news channels during 2007.
  • Hero Honda Motors Ltd was the number one automobile advertiser closely followed by Tata Motors Ltd.
  • Tata Indigo XI was advertised maximum among the new automobile brands launched on TV.

Volume growth in automobile sector.

  • Automobile advertising on TV grew by 66 per cent in 2007 compared to 2004.

Seasonality in advertising of automobiles.

  • 12 per cent more advertising of automobiles in the second half of the year 2007 compared to that of the first half of the same year.

Share of categories of automobile sector.

  • 46 per cent of automobile advertising on TV was done under car/jeeps category followed motorcycles with 35 per cent share during 2007.

Channel genres used by automobile sector during 2007.

  • GEC with 30 per cent share had the maximum share of automobile avertising pie closely followed news and movie with 28 per cent and 14 per cent share, respectively, during 2007.

Top 10 automobile advertisers on TV.

  • Nearly 60 per cent share of automobile ad pie contributed by the top five advertisers during 2007.
  • Hero Honda Motors Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd and TVS Motor Company were the top three automobile advertisers in 2007.

New brands launched on TV in 2007.

  • The top 10 list of new brands in automobile sector is mix of six brands under motorcycles and two brands of cars/jeeps.
  • The top three positions of new launches were occupied by two brands of cars/jeeps viz. Tata Indigo XI and Mahindra Renault Logan.

Advertising frequency of automobile sector on TV.

  • 18 per cent rise in average advertising per day of automobiles on TV during 2007 compared to 2006.

Watch out for forthcoming interesting analyses in future.

 
(Analysis from AdEx India - A Division of TAM Media Research)
 
 
Go to Top
Click for AdEx India Archives
 
Click here for AdEx India order Form