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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
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	thousands of dollars
Revenue
Cable television subscriber revenue	723,423	772,480	834,580	882,099	958,034
Satellite television subscriber revenue	292,066	334,346	366,949	389,457	401,711
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	28,240	27,515	31,839	34,952	49,587
Operating revenue, total	1,812,312	2,016,708	2,181,736	2,332,976	2,409,333
Expenses
Program cost	885,693	1,061,449	1,105,889	1,254,584	1,247,052
Technical services	93,526	96,323	101,331	105,856	107,042
Sales and promotion	150,104	169,432	181,738	168,958	164,335
Administration and general	204,182	207,005	226,670	228,211	206,381
Depreciation	31,018	34,425	34,971	28,201	41,393
Operating expenses, total	1,364,524	1,568,635	1,650,600	1,785,810	1,766,204
Profit before interest and taxes	447,788	448,074	531,136	547,166	643,130
Interest expense	83,303	69,027	45,006	98,656	109,918
Expenses, total	1,447,826	1,637,662	1,695,606	1,884,466	1,876,122
Net operating income	364,486	379,046	486,130	448,510	533,211
Other adjustments-income (expense)	44,092	44,799	60,896	31,914	33,067
Net profit (loss) before income taxes	408,577	423,845	547,026	480,424	566,279
Salaries and other staff benefits	314,049	353,926	381,415	374,024	365,508
	number
Number of employees (weekly average)	4,624	4,972	5,120	5,082	4,871

Specialty television: Part 2
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	percentage of revenue
Revenue
Cable television subscriber revenue	39.9	38.3	38.3	37.8	39.8
Satellite television subscriber revenue	16.1	16.6	16.8	16.7	16.7
Sales of air time
Local	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7
National and network	41.5	42.8	42.6	43.1	40.8
Sales of air time, total	42.4	43.8	43.5	44.0	41.5
Total production and other	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.5	2.1
Operating revenue, total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Expenses
Program cost	48.9	52.6	50.7	53.8	51.8
Technical services	5.2	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.4
Sales and promotion	8.3	8.4	8.3	7.2	6.8
Administration and general	11.3	10.3	10.4	9.8	8.6
Depreciation	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.2	1.7
Operating expenses, total	75.3	77.8	75.7	76.5	73.3
Profit before interest and taxes	24.7	22.2	24.3	23.5	26.7
Interest expense	4.6	3.4	2.1	4.2	4.6
Expenses, total	79.9	81.2	77.7	80.8	77.9
Net operating income	20.1	18.8	22.3	19.2	22.1
Other adjustments-income (expense)	2.4	2.2	2.8	1.4	1.4
Net profit (loss) before income taxes	22.5	21.0	25.1	20.6	23.5
Salaries and other staff benefits	17.3	17.5	17.5	16.0	15.2

Source(s):

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

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