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Cable and other program distribution industry, financial and operating statistics
| |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| |
$ thousands |
| Total operating revenues |
3,490,471 |
3,998,193 |
4,539,801 |
5,110,371 |
5,663,545 |
| Operating revenues for cable television |
3,323,150 |
3,607,759 |
3,860,406 |
4,163,621 |
4,460,190 |
| Operating revenues for satellite and other wireless1 television |
167,321 |
390,434 |
679,395 |
946,751 |
1,203,354 |
| Total operating expenses |
3,013,167 |
3,686,406 |
4,229,033 |
4,666,308 |
4,942,593 |
| Operating expenses for cable television |
2,602,251 |
2,902,699 |
3,239,248 |
3,473,632 |
3,629,219 |
| Operating expenses for satellite and other wireless1 television |
410,916 |
783,708 |
989,785 |
1,192,676 |
1,313,373 |
| Total salaries and other staff benefits |
530,887 |
635,496 |
726,510 |
743,745 |
723,833 |
| Salaries and benefits for cable television |
486,140 |
555,614 |
625,632 |
631,311 |
619,114 |
| Salaries and benefits for satellite and other wireless1 television |
44,747 |
79,882 |
100,878 |
112,434 |
104,718 |
| |
number |
| Number of employees (weekly average) |
12,196 |
14,109 |
14,670 |
14,306 |
13,741 |
| Number of employees for cable television |
10,946 |
12,128 |
12,570 |
12,069 |
11,528 |
| Number of employees for satellite and other wireless1 television |
1,250 |
1,981 |
2,100 |
2,237 |
2,213 |
| Number of subscribers to television programming services (x 1,000) |
8,573 |
8,950 |
9,457 |
9,641 |
9,777 |
| Number of subscribers to cable television (x 1,000) |
8,019 |
7,983 |
7,848 |
7,623 |
7,573 |
| Number of subscribers to satellite and other wireless1 television (x 1,000) |
554 |
967 |
1,609 |
2,019 |
2,204 |
| Number of subscribers to digital cable television services2 (x 1,000) |
.. |
387 |
807 |
1,151 |
1,393 |
| Number of subscribers to Internet by cable (x 1,000) |
.. |
786 |
1,385 |
1,875 |
2,364 |
| Note: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002 - 5175. |
| 1. Paid services similar to cable services but provided with wireless technologies. Does not include free television. |
| 2. These subscribers are included in the count of subscribers to cable television programming services shown above. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 353-0003 and Catalogue no. 56-001-XIE . |
| Last modified: 2004-09-14. |
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