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Public Notice
 

See also: 1998-44, 1998-44-2, 1998-44-3

Ottawa, 15 May 1998
  Public Notice CRTC 1998-44-1
  Canadian Television Policy Review - Call for Comments
  Corrections to the Appendix entitled "Canadian Television Selected Performance Indicators"
  1. The Commission issued Public Notice 1998-44 on 6 May 1998 to announce a review of its Canadian television policy.
  2. The appendix to that notice provides information on selected performance indicators for Canadian television. The Commission inadvertently listed preliminary figures for these indicators.
  3. The Commission hereby replaces the entire table entitled "Canadian Television Selected Performance Indicators" with the attached which provides the most recent verified data available.
  Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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Appendix to Public Notice CRTC 1998-44
  CANADIAN TELEVISION SELECTED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
  Revised
  In $ millions 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Private Conventional Television
Revenues
Advertising 1,352 1,380 1,453 1,497 1,600
Other 120 116 123 122 107
Total 1,472 1,496 1,576 1,619 1,707
Profit before interest and taxes (PBIT) 178 166 233 250 267

Canadian program expenditures
Categories 1 to 5 (Information) 259 273 286 283 287
Category 6 (Sports) 43 78 42 55 43
Categories 7 to 9 (Entertainment) 80 78 86 81 81
Categories 10 & 11
(Games, Human Interest) 52 42 55 58 57
Total Telecast 434 471 469 477 468
Other Canadian Expenses 5 6 5 9 7
Total Canadian program expenditures 439 477 474 486 475

Foreign program expenditures 265 263 291 307 340
  Speciality and Pay Television
Revenues
Advertising 98 109 122 155 183
Subscription 325 347 436 489 511
Other 16 16 18 20 22
Total 439 472 576 664 716
PBIT 79 97 98 98 124

Canadian program expenditures 139 153 204 261 263
Foreign program expenditures 54 59 71 79 84
  Educational Television
Canadian program expenditures n.a. 67 42 77 64
Foreign program expenditures n.a. 3 6 8 8
  CBC/Radio Canada
Canadian program expenditures 278 276 247 341 353
Foreign program expenditures 33 39 66 29 26
Indirect costs (Canadian programs) 538 581 560 544 414
Total 849 896 873 914 793
  Source: Commission's financial database
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