Commission document - Public Hearing of 8 September 2014
Ottawa, 4 September 2014
The tables below provide aggregate data of revenues, costs and staff associated to local programming, as well as annual costs of over the air transmitters, on the basis of the responses received to the Commission’s request for information of 18 July 2014
1. Local Programming in Canada: Aggregated Financial Data by Market Size
| Broadcasting year 2011-2012 | Broadcasting year 2012-2013 | Aggregated Number of Employees (Full Time Equivalents) | Number of stations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Size (based on population): | Aggregated Total Revenues ($) | Aggregated Total Costs ($) | Aggregated Total Revenues ($) | Aggregated Total Costs ($) | ||
| Small markets | 59,905,525 | 72,754,062 | 58,289,719 | 72,991,637 | 819 | 45 |
| Medium-size markets | 47,649,227 | 58,638,069 | 46,702,629 | 58,825,569 | 518 | 14 |
| Large markets | 282,650,870 | 342,303,130 | 277,669,108 | 340,032,126 | 2,346 | 26 |
| Total | 390,205,623 | 473,695,262 | 382,661,456 | 471,849,332 | 3,683 | 85 |
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
2. Local Programming in Canada: Aggregated Financial Data by Station Language
| Broadcasting year 2011-2012 | Broadcasting year 2012-2013 | Aggregated Number of Employees (Full Time Equivalents) | Number of stations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language: | Aggregated Total Revenues ($) | Aggregated Total Costs ($) | Aggregated Total Revenues ($) | Aggregated Total Costs ($) | ||
| English-language and multilingual stations | 272,286,731 | 332,463,044 | 266,418,063 | 330,103,639 | 2,851 | 65 |
| French-language stations | 117,918,892 | 141,232,218 | 116,243,393 | 141,745,693 | 832 | 20 |
| Total | 390,205,623 | 473,695,262 | 382,661,456 | 471,849,332 | 3,683 | 85 |
3. Aggregated Annual Costs of Over the Air (OTA) Transmission
Aggregated Total Annual Costs: $17.2 million
Average Total Annual Costs per Transmitter: $185,000
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