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Notes
| 1. | The sum of NAICS industries 51512 – Television Broadcasting and 51521 – Pay and Specialty Television. |
| 2. | Television viewing hours, TV Basics, Television Bureau of Canada. |
| 3. | Specialty channels broadcast theme-specific programs (sports, news, documentaries, etc.) and their business models are based on two sources of revenue: advertising revenue and subscription revenues. Pay television channels rely only on subscription fees and/or payments for pay-per-view programs. |
| 4. | The data on specialty and pay television are from the statistical report by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s Industry Analysis Group. |
| 5. | Digital specialty channels are only available to subscribers with a digital receiver. |