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According to the CRTC, Canadian specialty, pay, pay-per-view television and video-on-demand (VOD) services had revenues of $2.7 billion in 2007, up 9.1% compared to the previous year. Between 2003 and 2007, revenues rose by an average of 9.7% each year. Last year, profits before interest and taxes (PBIT) grew 13% to reach $647.1 million, and the PBIT margin rose from 22.92% in 2006 to 23.76% the following year.
The revenues were generated from the following sources:
- $1.2 billion from subscribers of cable distribution services
- $928.8 million from national advertising
- $574.8 million from subscribers of direct-to-home satellite services
- $44.3 million from other revenues, and
- $19.8 million from local advertising.
Of the total revenues,
- pay TV services accounted for $349.7 million
- pay-per-view services for $119 million
- VOD services for $78.8 million, and
- specialty services for $2.2 million.
Of the 142 specialty TV services,
- $1.9 billion came from 49 analog services
- $78.9 million from 18 Category 1 digital services, and
- $154.3 million from 75 Category 2 digital services.
Programming
The amount spent by specialty and pay TV services on Canadian programming grew 3.3% to reach $917.9 million in 2007. Of this total, $391 million was paid to independent producers to acquire Canadian programming.
Here is a breakdown of the spending on Canadian programming:
- $230.6 million for sports programs
- $210.2 million for other information programs
- $168.3 million for drama
- $148 million for news programs
- $67 million for general interest programming, and
- $45.6 million for musical and variety shows.
Specialty and pay services also spent $323.2 million on foreign programming in 2007, up 10% from the previous year.
Source: CRTC, 04/25/2008
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