Nielsen Media Research Spend Trend: Utilities

The dailies pretty much controlled the category from 2002 through 2004 but TV use surged last year to slightly overtake dailies.

Annual National Advertising Spend – Q1 – Utilities

  Q1 2002 Q1 2003 Q1 2004 Q1 2005
Fireplace logs/firewood $– 3,240
Fuel oil/portable heater fuel $79,271 23,248 53,069 490,868
Hydro & power $1,869,899 2,272,284 2,182,675 4,192,907
Natural gas $429,570 287,086 1,099,555 1,675,454
Propane gas $3,015 8,406 3,132 7,101
Total $2,381,755 $2,594,264 $3,338,431 $6,366,330

National Q1 Total Spend by Medium

2002

Dailies $1,456,436 (61.1%)
Magazines: $148,431 (6.2%)
Out of Home: $111,303 (4.7%)
Radio: $173,466 (7.3%)
Total TV: $492,119 (20.7%)

2003

Dailies $1,874,989 (72.3%)
Magazines: $128,275 (4.9%)
Out of Home: $116,769 (4.5%)
Radio: $278,427 (10.7%)
Total TV: $195,804 (7.5%)

2004

Dailies $1,989,279 (59.6%)
Magazines: $150,109 (4.5%)
Out of Home: $153,665 (4.6%)
Radio: $252,560 (7.6%)
Total TV: $792,818 (23.7%)

2005

Dailies $2,711,517 (42.6%)
Magazines: $391,1455 (6.1%)
Out of Home: $192,440 (3.0%)
Radio: $198,469 (3.1%)
Total TV: $2,872,759 (45.1%)

National Q1 2005 – Top 5 Spenders, Utilities
1) Quebec Government – Quebec Hydro (Hydro & power)
2) Centrica PLC – Direct Energy (Natural gas)
3) Canadian Oil Heat Assocation (Fuel oil/ portable heater fuel)
4) Noverco Inc. – Gaz Metro Natural Gas (Natural gas)
5) Government of British Columbia – BC Hydro & Power (Hydro & power)

The preceding data is from the Nielsen Media Research, AdExpenditures. For more information, please contact Andrea Beach, business manager, andrea.beach@nielsenmedia.com.

All data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.