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Table 1
Selected financial and employment indicators, television
broadcasters (NAICS 51512 and 51521)1
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| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2005/2004 | 2006/2005 | 2007/2006 | 2008/2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands of dollars | percentage change | ||||||||
| Total revenues by type of broadcaster | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 2,082,902 | 2,166,063 | 2,163,622 | 2,187,197 | 2,147,417 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.8 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 1,238,192 | 1,173,730 | 1,337,943 | 1,266,919 | 1,433,882 | -5.2 | 14.0 | -5.3 | 13.2 |
| Specialty television 2 | 1,680,826 | 1,812,312 | 2,016,708 | 2,181,736 | 2,324,304 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 8.2 | 6.5 |
| Pay television 2 | 384,375 | 409,795 | 482,325 | 547,553 | 612,028 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 13.5 | 11.8 |
| Total | 5,386,295 | 5,561,900 | 6,000,598 | 6,183,405 | 6,517,631 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 5.4 |
| percent | percentage change | ||||||||
| Market share by type of broadcaster (revenue) | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 38.7 | 38.9 | 36.1 | 35.4 | 32.9 | 0.7 | -7.4 | -1.9 | -6.9 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 23.0 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 22.0 | -8.2 | 5.7 | -8.1 | 7.4 |
| Specialty television 2 | 31.2 | 32.6 | 33.6 | 35.3 | 35.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 1.1 |
| Pay television 2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 6.0 |
| thousands of dollars | percentage change | ||||||||
| Total revenues by source | |||||||||
| Air time | 2,976,591 | 3,029,770 | 3,260,505 | 3,318,691 | 3,411,309 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| Subscription | 1,330,758 | 1,418,787 | 1,580,399 | 1,736,347 | 1,856,106 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 6.9 |
| Grants | 775,988 | 791,786 | 831,162 | 789,690 | 877,687 | 2.0 | 5.0 | -5.0 | 11.1 |
| Other | 302,958 | 321,556 | 328,532 | 338,677 | 372,530 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| Total | 5,386,295 | 5,561,900 | 6,000,598 | 6,183,405 | 6,517,631 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 5.4 |
| thousands of dollars | percentage change | ||||||||
| Total sales of airtime by type of broadcaster | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 1,942,964 | 2,017,798 | 2,027,072 | 2,047,993 | 2,006,796 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 325,211 | 243,389 | 351,066 | 322,329 | 379,555 | -25.2 | 44.2 | -8.2 | 17.8 |
| Specialty television 2 | 708,416 | 768,583 | 882,368 | 948,369 | 1,024,958 | 8.5 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| Pay television 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Total | 2,976,591 | 3,029,770 | 3,260,505 | 3,318,691 | 3,411,309 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| percent | percentage change | ||||||||
| Market share by type of broadcaster (air time) | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 65.3 | 66.6 | 62.2 | 61.7 | 58.8 | 2.0 | -6.6 | -0.7 | -4.7 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 10.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 11.1 | -26.5 | 34.0 | -9.8 | 14.6 |
| Specialty television 2 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 27.1 | 28.6 | 30.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| Pay television 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| percent | percentage change | ||||||||
| Profit margin (PBIT) by type of broadcaster (private) | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 11.2 | 11.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -62.5 | 26.2 | -95.7 |
| Specialty television 2 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 24.3 | 23.6 | 26.4 | -10.1 | 9.6 | -2.9 |
| Pay television 2 | 22.2 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 18.5 | -1.8 | -17.8 | 4.9 |
| Total | 15.6 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 16.7 | -21.8 | 9.1 | -12.5 |
| thousands of dollars | percentage change | ||||||||
| Salaries and benefits by type of broadcaster | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 559,006 | 569,915 | 598,454 | 598,626 | 581,421 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -2.9 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 644,167 | 640,890 | 664,147 | 665,259 | 691,943 | -0.5 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Specialty television 2 | 299,362 | 314,049 | 353,926 | 381,415 | 371,746 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 7.8 | -2.5 |
| Pay television 2 | 19,514 | 20,206 | 21,466 | 27,010 | 35,002 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 25.8 | 29.6 |
| Total | 1,522,049 | 1,545,059 | 1,637,993 | 1,672,309 | 1,680,112 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| number | percentage change | ||||||||
| Average weekly number of employees by type of broadcaster | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 8,072 | 8,202 | 8,307 | 7,972 | 7,436 | 1.6 | 1.3 | -4.0 | -6.7 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 9,502 | 9,140 | 9,328 | 9,164 | 9,163 | -3.8 | 2.1 | -1.8 | 0.0 |
| Specialty television 2 | 4,555 | 4,624 | 4,972 | 5,120 | 5,026 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | -1.8 |
| Pay television 2 | 299 | 294 | 327 | 382 | 469 | -1.7 | 11.2 | 16.8 | 22.8 |
| Total | 22,428 | 22,259 | 22,934 | 22,637 | 22,093 | -0.8 | 3.0 | -1.3 | -2.4 |
| thousands of dollars | percentage change | ||||||||
| Programming and production expenses | |||||||||
| Private conventional television | 1,238,769 | 1,282,810 | 1,411,796 | 1,422,274 | 1,476,458 | 3.6 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| Public and non-commercial television | 953,850 | 853,110 | 975,649 | 912,067 | 1,068,451 | -10.6 | 14.4 | -6.5 | 17.1 |
| Specialty television 2 | 908,801 | 885,693 | 1,061,449 | 1,105,889 | 1,250,453 | -2.5 | 19.8 | 4.2 | 13.1 |
| Pay television 2 | 224,088 | 227,419 | 269,063 | 322,841 | 350,486 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 20.0 | 8.6 |
| Total | 3,325,508 | 3,249,032 | 3,717,957 | 3,763,071 | 4,145,848 | -2.3 | 14.4 | 1.2 | 10.2 |
North American Industry Classification System 2007 (51512 -
Television Broadcasting and 51521 - Pay and Specialty Television).
Statistics collected and published by the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Industry analysis
group.
Note(s):
Totals may not add due to rounding.
