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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
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  thousands of dollars
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 240,373 289,451 336,771 382,297 469,318
Satellite television subscriber revenue 168,956 192,164 209,980 213,001 222,363
Sales of air time  
Local . . . . .
National and network . . . . .
Sales of air time, total . . . . .
Total production and other 466 709 802 1,129 3,881
Operating revenue, total 409,795 482,325 547,553 596,427 695,562
Expenses  
Program cost 227,419 269,063 322,841 376,503 465,077
Technical services 11,898 12,985 16,643 17,793 31,773
Sales and promotion 25,063 28,160 35,701 38,477 38,514
Administration and general 24,781 27,629 35,212 39,980 40,187
Depreciation 12,651 19,680 20,690 22,619 34,478
Operating expenses, total 301,812 357,518 431,088 495,372 610,029
Profit before interest and taxes 107,983 124,807 116,465 101,055 85,533
Interest expense 4,405 5,207 13,271 11,879 11,297
Expenses, total 306,216 362,725 444,359 507,251 621,326
Net operating income 103,578 119,600 103,194 89,177 74,236
Other adjustments-income (expense) 10,791 17,610 21,434 41,068 14,844
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 114,370 137,211 124,628 130,245 89,080
Salaries and other staff benefits 20,206 21,466 27,010 30,990 37,195
  number
Number of employees (weekly average) 294 327 382 432 435
Pay television: Part 2
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percentage of revenue
Revenue  
Cable television subscriber revenue 58.7 60.0 61.5 64.1 67.5
Satellite television subscriber revenue 41.2 39.8 38.3 35.7 32.0
Sales of air time  
Local . . . . .
National and network . . . . .
Sales of air time, total . . . . .
Total production and other 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6
Operating revenue, total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Expenses  
Program cost 55.5 55.8 59.0 63.1 66.9
Technical services 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.0 4.6
Sales and promotion 6.1 5.8 6.5 6.5 5.5
Administration and general 6.0 5.7 6.4 6.7 5.8
Depreciation 3.1 4.1 3.8 3.8 5.0
Operating expenses, total 73.6 74.1 78.7 83.1 87.7
Profit before interest and taxes 26.4 25.9 21.3 16.9 12.3
Interest expense 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.0 1.6
Expenses, total 74.7 75.2 81.2 85.0 89.3
Net operating income 25.3 24.8 18.8 15.0 10.7
Other adjustments-income (expense) 2.6 3.7 3.9 6.9 2.1
Net profit (loss) before income taxes 27.9 28.4 22.8 21.8 12.8
Salaries and other staff benefits 4.9 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.3
Source(s):
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Industry Analysis, Policy development and research sector.