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Banking, Finance & Investment Sector advertising on TV in the year 2006
(13 March, 2007)

Key Findings:

  • 52 per cent growth in ad volumes of Banking/ Finance/ Investment sector on TV in 2006 over 2005.
  • Insurance and Banking services garnered 50 per cent share of ad volumes on TV in the year 2006.
  • Most of the advertising in Q1 and Q4 across the years 2005-2006.
  • Advertising skewed towards Business and Hindi News channels.
  • ICICI Bank leads advertising on TV in 2006.
  • 'Max Newyork Life Insurance' had the maximum share in celebrity endorsed advertising.
  • Rahul Dravid topped the endorsement advertising on TV in the year 2006.

This week, AdEx India looks at the advertising trends in the Banking, Finance and Investment Sector in the year 2006.

Growth in advertising of Banking/Finance/Investment Sector on TV in 2006 compared to previous year.

  • 2006 saw a rise of 52 per cent in ad volumes of Banking/ Finance/ Investment sector on TV compared to 2005.

Sub-categories of Banking/Finance/Investment Sector on TV in year 2006.

  • 50 per cent of the ad volumes were contributed by Insurance and Banking services combined on TV in the year 2006.
  • Mutual Funds on third position with 11 per cent share.

Growing sub-categories of Banking/Finance/Investment Sector on TV in the year 2006 compared to 2005.

  • Corporate ads of Financial Institutions saw a huge 73 times rise in volumes on TV in the year 2006 over the previous year.
  • Nearly equal three times growth in ad volumes of Depository Accounts and Securities/ sharebroking Organizations.

Seasonality of Banking/Finance/Investment Sector advertising on TV across the years 2005-2006.
  • Peak in advertising was observed in both first and the last quarter across the years 2005-2006 on TV.
  • Q1 saw high advertising by ATM Services/Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Insurance services, Loans, Mutual Funds etc.
  • More of Banking services, Fixed Deposits, Forex Services etc. advertised in the last quarter of the year.

Share of advertising on National vs Regional channels on TV in years 2006.

  • National channels had the maximum 76 per cent share of ad volumes in the year 2006 whereas 24 per cent share belong to Regional channels.
  • Across the Regional zone, Southern channels had the maximum 12 per cent share.

Top five Channel Genres used by Banking/Finance/Investment sector in 2006.

  • 73 per cent share of ad volumes were contributed by the Top five channel genres on TV in the year 2006.
  • Business and Hindi News channels had the maximum advertising with 21 per cent and 19 per cent share.
  • Nearly equal share of advertising by Regional GECs and English News channels.

Top Advertisers of Banking/Finance/Investment sector on TV in 2006.

  • The Top five advertisers of Banking/Finance/Investment sector contributed 27 per cent of ad volumes.
  • ICICI Bank was on Top with the maximum 7 per cent share on TV in 2006.
  • Close competition between HDFC Standard Life Insurance and HSBC for the second position with equal 6 per cent share.

Advertisers of Banking/Finance/Investment sector using Celebrities for endorsement on TV in the year 2006.

  • Max Newyork Life Insurance (which is endorsed by Rahul Dravid) had the highest 22 per cent share in overall endorsement advertising by Celebrities on TV in the year 2006.
  • Bank of Rajasthan (endorsed by Hema Malini) was on second position followed by equal share of American Express Bank (endorsed by Abhishek Bachchan) and Bank of Baroda (endorsed by Rahul Dravid).

Profession of Celebrities endorsing brands of Banking/Finance/Investment sector on TV in the year 2006.

  • Sports Persons had the maximum 58 per cent share in Celebrity endorsed advertising on TV in the year 2006.
  • Film Actors had a share of 27 per cent followed by 15 per cent share of Film Actresses.

Top Celebrities endorsing brands of Banking/Finance/Investment sector on TV in the year 2006.

  • Rahul Dravid (the brand ambassador of Max Newyork Life Insurance and Bank of Baroda) had the maximum 34 per cent share in 2006.
  • Hema Malini (endorsing Bank of Baroda) followed by Abhishek Bachchan (endorsing American Express Bank) had a share of 14 per cent and 12 per cent share respectively.

Watch out for forthcoming interesting analyses in future.

(Analysis from AdEx India - A Division of TAM Media Research)
 
 
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