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Table 5-3
Pay and specialty television, revenue and expense statement — Pay television

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Pay television: Part 1
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	thousands of dollars
Revenue
Cable television subscriber revenue	213,068	234,342	281,410	324,838	380,712
Satellite television subscriber revenue	168,405	168,956	192,164	209,980	208,694
Sales of air time
Local	.	.	.	.	.
National and network	.	.	.	.	.
Sales of air time, total	.	.	.	.	.
Total production and other	2,902	6,497	8,751	12,735	22,622
Operating revenue, total	384,375	409,795	482,325	547,553	612,028
Expenses
Program cost	224,088	227,419	269,063	322,841	350,486
Technical services	12,705	11,898	12,985	16,643	23,526
Sales and promotion	28,580	25,063	28,160	35,701	33,327
Administration and general	24,182	24,781	27,629	35,212	43,264
Depreciation	9,352	12,651	19,680	20,690	24,885
Operating expenses, total	298,906	301,812	357,518	431,088	475,489
Profit before interest and taxes	85,469	107,983	124,807	116,465	136,539
Interest expense	3,099	4,405	5,207	13,271	12,031
Expenses, total	302,006	306,216	362,725	444,359	487,520
Net operating income	82,369	103,578	119,600	103,194	124,509
Other adjustments-income (expense)	7,930	10,791	17,610	21,434	26,329
Net profit (loss) before income taxes	90,300	114,370	137,211	124,628	150,838
Salaries and other staff benefits	19,514	20,206	21,466	27,010	35,002
	number
Number of employees (weekly average)	299	294	327	382	469

Pay television: Part 2
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	percentage of revenue
Revenue
Cable television subscriber revenue	55.4	57.2	58.3	59.3	62.2
Satellite television subscriber revenue	43.8	41.2	39.8	38.3	34.1
Sales of air time
Local	.	.	.	.	.
National and network	.	.	.	.	.
Sales of air time, total	.	.	.	.	.
Total production and other	0.8	1.6	1.8	2.3	3.7
Operating revenue, total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Expenses
Program cost	58.3	55.5	55.8	59.0	57.3
Technical services	3.3	2.9	2.7	3.0	3.8
Sales and promotion	7.4	6.1	5.8	6.5	5.4
Administration and general	6.3	6.0	5.7	6.4	7.1
Depreciation	2.4	3.1	4.1	3.8	4.1
Operating expenses, total	77.8	73.6	74.1	78.7	77.7
Profit before interest and taxes	22.2	26.4	25.9	21.3	22.3
Interest expense	0.8	1.1	1.1	2.4	2.0
Expenses, total	78.6	74.7	75.2	81.2	79.7
Net operating income	21.4	25.3	24.8	18.8	20.3
Other adjustments-income (expense)	2.1	2.6	3.7	3.9	4.3
Net profit (loss) before income taxes	23.5	27.9	28.4	22.8	24.6
Salaries and other staff benefits	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.9	5.7

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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Industry Analysis, Policy development and research sector.

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Pay and specialty television, revenue and expense statement — Pay television