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The sum of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries 51512 – Television Broadcasting and 51521 – Pay and Specialty Television.
Compound annual growth rate.
The data on specialty and pay television are from the statistical report by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s Industry Analysis Group.
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.