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Community Programming Data – Public Hearing of 25 January 2016

Ottawa, 14 September 2015

The tables below present financial, programming and community outreach data relating to community and access programming, on the basis of the annual returns submitted by broadcasting distribution undertakings for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 broadcast years.

2012-2013 Aggregate Data

Contributions towards local expression ($M)
Market size Financial contributions from BDU
gross broadcasting revenues
Large markets 45.3
Medium-sized markets 26.2
Small markets 67.0
Expenses ($M)

Market size		 Programming
Total Access Licensee produced OtherFootnote 1
Large markets 30.4 17.2 13.2 0.0
Medium-sized markets 14.0 8.8 5.2 0.0
Small markets 33.4 22.6 10.3 0.5
Expenses ($M)
Market size Non-programming
Technical Sales and promotion Administration and general Depreciation
Large markets 1.1 2.4 8.2 4.6
Medium-sized markets 1.2 0.9 5.3 3.4
Small markets 2.9 2.9 13.8 6.6
Expenses ($M)
Market size Community outreach initiatives
Volunteer training Community outreach
Large markets 0.2 0.7
Medium-sized markets 0.3 0.2
Small markets 1.2 1.8
Average programming hours produced per reporting unit
Market size Access Licensee produced
Large markets 4,136 1,776
Medium-sized markets 2,391 1,461
Small markets 2,273 926

Average access programming exhibition hours per reporting unit
Market size During the broadcast day During peak viewing hoursFootnote 2 Available on other platforms (VOD, website, etc.)
Large markets 2,586 296 548
Medium-sized markets 2,958 652 424
Small markets 2,679 528 137

Average number of community outreach initiatives per reporting unit
Market size Number of meetings with the public Number of training sessions offered to volunteers
Large markets 67 90
Medium-sized markets 22 38
Small markets 18 18

Note: Small markets are defined as those with a population of below 300,000 people; large markets are those with a population of more than 1 million people.

2013-2014 Aggregate Data

Contributions towards local expression ($M)
Market size Financial contributions from BDU gross broadcasting revenues
Large markets 55.2
Medium-sized markets 26.4
Small markets 70.0
Expenses ($M)
Market size Programming
Total Access Licensee produced OtherFootnote 3
Large markets 39.6 25.3 14.0 0.4
Medium-sized markets 14.2 8.7 5.4 0.1
Small markets 36.4 23.4 10.9 2.1
Expenses ($M)
Market size Non-programming
Technical Sales and promotion Administration and general Depreciation
Large markets 1.4 2.3 8.3 4.7
Medium-sized markets 1.0 0.9 5.5 3.7
Small markets 2.3 3.1 15.1 6.4
Expenses ($M)
Market size Community outreach initiatives
Volunteer training Community outreach
Large markets 0.2 1.1
Medium-sized markets 0.4 0.3
Small markets 1.2 2.3

Average programming hours produced per reporting unit
Market size Access Licensee produced
Large markets 3,809 1,514
Medium-sized markets 2,468 1,398
Small markets 2,417 906
Average access programming exhibition hours per reporting unit
Market size During the broadcast day During peak viewing hoursFootnote 4 Available on other platforms (VOD, website, etc.)
Large markets 3,116 413 607
Medium-sized markets 3,361 708 736
Small markets 3,037 539 131
Average number of community outreach initiatives per reporting unit
Market size Number of meetings with the public Number of training sessions offered to volunteers
Large markets 103 138
Medium-sized markets 25 43
Small markets 19 17

Note: Small markets are defined as those with a population of below 300,000 people; large markets are those with a population of more than 1 million people.

Source: CRTC data collection

Some of the data has been adjusted

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