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Table 5-1
Pay and specialty television, revenue and expense statement — Pay and specialty television

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Pay and specialty television: Part 1
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  thousands of dollars
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 963,796 1,061,931 1,171,351 1,264,396 1,427,352
Satellite television subscriber revenue 461,021 526,510 576,929 602,458 624,074
Sales of air time  
Local 17,021 19,060 19,699 20,215 17,820
National and network 751,562 863,308 928,669 1,006,253 982,181
Sales of air time, total 768,583 882,368 948,369 1,026,468 1,000,001
Total production and other 28,706 28,224 32,640 36,081 53,469
Operating revenue, total 2,222,107 2,499,033 2,729,289 2,929,403 3,104,895
Expenses  
Program cost 1,113,112 1,330,512 1,428,730 1,631,087 1,712,128
Technical services 105,425 109,309 117,975 123,649 138,814
Sales and promotion 175,167 197,592 217,439 207,435 202,849
Administration and general 228,963 234,634 261,882 268,191 246,569
Depreciation 43,669 54,106 55,662 50,820 75,872
Operating expenses, total 1,666,336 1,926,152 2,081,688 2,281,182 2,376,233
Profit before interest and taxes 555,771 572,881 647,600 648,221 728,663
Interest expense 87,707 74,234 58,276 110,535 121,215
Expenses, total 1,754,043 2,000,387 2,139,965 2,391,717 2,497,448
Net operating income 468,064 498,647 589,324 537,686 607,448
Other adjustments-income (expense) 54,883 62,409 82,330 72,982 47,911
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 522,947 561,056 671,654 610,668 655,358
Salaries and other staff benefits 334,255 375,392 408,424 405,014 402,704
  number
Number of employees (weekly average) 4,918 5,299 5,501 5,514 5,306
Pay and specialty television: Part 2
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percentage of revenue
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 43.4 42.5 42.9 43.2 46.0
Satellite television subscriber revenue 20.7 21.1 21.1 20.6 20.1
Sales of air time  
Local 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
National and network 33.8 34.5 34.0 34.4 31.6
Sales of air time, total 34.6 35.3 34.7 35.0 32.2
Total production and other 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.7
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program cost 50.1 53.2 52.3 55.7 55.1
Technical services 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.5
Sales and promotion 7.9 7.9 8.0 7.1 6.5
Administration and general 10.3 9.4 9.6 9.2 7.9
Depreciation 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.4
Operating expenses, total 75.0 77.1 76.3 77.9 76.5
Profit before interest and taxes 25.0 22.9 23.7 22.1 23.5
Interest expense 3.9 3.0 2.1 3.8 3.9
Expenses, total 78.9 80.0 78.4 81.6 80.4
Net operating income 21.1 20.0 21.6 18.4 19.6
Other adjustments-income (expense) 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 1.5
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 23.5 22.5 24.6 20.8 21.1
Salaries and other staff benefits 15.0 15.0 15.0 13.8 13.0
Source(s):
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Industry Analysis, Policy development and research sector.