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Table 5-2
Pay and specialty television, revenue and expense statement — Specialty television

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Specialty television: Part 1
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  thousands of dollars
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 684,050 723,423 772,480 834,580 878,854
Satellite television subscriber revenue 265,235 292,066 334,346 366,949 387,844
Sales of air time  
Local 16,918 17,021 19,060 19,699 20,199
National and network 691,498 751,562 863,308 928,669 1,004,759
Sales of air time, total 708,416 768,583 882,368 948,369 1,024,958
Total production and other 23,125 28,240 27,515 31,839 32,648
Operating revenue, total 1,680,826 1,812,312 2,016,708 2,181,736 2,324,304
Expenses  
Program cost 908,801 885,693 1,061,449 1,105,889 1,250,453
Technical services 99,408 93,526 96,323 101,331 103,779
Sales and promotion 142,121 150,104 169,432 181,738 167,756
Administration and general 172,303 204,182 207,005 226,670 224,710
Depreciation 29,566 31,018 34,425 34,971 28,009
Operating expenses, total 1,352,199 1,364,524 1,568,635 1,650,600 1,774,709
Profit before interest and taxes 328,627 447,788 448,074 531,136 549,595
Interest expense 80,892 83,303 69,027 45,006 98,631
Expenses, total 1,433,091 1,447,826 1,637,662 1,695,606 1,873,340
Net operating income 247,735 364,486 379,046 486,130 450,964
Other adjustments-income (expense) 21,908 44,092 44,799 60,896 31,972
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 269,643 408,577 423,845 547,026 482,936
Salaries and other staff benefits 299,362 314,049 353,926 381,415 371,746
  number
Number of employees (weekly average) 4,555 4,624 4,972 5,120 5,026
Specialty television: Part 2
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  percentage of revenue
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 40.7 39.9 38.3 38.3 37.8
Satellite television subscriber revenue 15.8 16.1 16.6 16.8 16.7
Sales of air time  
Local 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
National and network 41.1 41.5 42.8 42.6 43.2
Sales of air time, total 42.1 42.4 43.8 43.5 44.1
Total production and other 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program cost 54.1 48.9 52.6 50.7 53.8
Technical services 5.9 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.5
Sales and promotion 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.2
Administration and general 10.3 11.3 10.3 10.4 9.7
Depreciation 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.2
Operating expenses, total 80.4 75.3 77.8 75.7 76.4
Profit before interest and taxes 19.6 24.7 22.2 24.3 23.6
Interest expense 4.8 4.6 3.4 2.1 4.2
Expenses, total 85.3 79.9 81.2 77.7 80.6
Net operating income 14.7 20.1 18.8 22.3 19.4
Other adjustments-income (expense) 1.3 2.4 2.2 2.8 1.4
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 16.0 22.5 21.0 25.1 20.8
Salaries and other staff benefits 17.8 17.3 17.5 17.5 16.0
Source(s):
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Industry Analysis, Policy development and research sector.