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Facts and Figures

Since 2000, the CRTC has issued an annual Communications Monitoring Report. The report presents data as well as a number of performance indicators used by the CRTC to examine the broadcasting industry in Canada.

The CRTC uses this information to measure the success of its broadcasting policies, regulations and decisions, as well as to identify areas that may require further review or adjustment.

The report is also intended to help foster a more open and better-informed public discussion of broadcasting policy in Canada.

Highlights about Canadian Television

• Canadians could choose from 685 television services in 2007, including 456 English-language services, 103 French-language services and 126 services in other languages.
• In 2007, Canadians watched an average of 26.8 hours of television per week. Canadian television services attracted 98.5% of the French-language viewing audience in Quebec and 74.9% of the viewing audience in the rest of the country.
• Commercial television revenues increased 4.3%, or $218 million, from $5 billion in 2006 to $5.3 billion in 2007. This was largely due to increased subscriber revenues of $152 million.
• Revenues for specialty, pay and pay-per-view television and video-on-demand services increased by 9%, rising from $2.5 billion in 2006 to $2.7 billion in 2007.
• Revenues for private conventional television broadcasters went from $2.1 billion in 2006 to $2.2 billion in 2007, an increase of 1.3%. During this period, revenues for English-language stations grew by 2% to $1.8 billion, while those for French-language stations fell by 2% to $381 million.
• Private conventional broadcasters spent $616 million on Canadian programming in 2007, which was slightly lower than the $623.7 million spent in 2006. Spending by specialty and pay television services on Canadian programming increased from $888.4 million in 2006 to $917.9 million in 2007.
• In 2007, benefits stemming from the transfer of ownership and control totalled $291.1 million. These funds represent a percentage of the total value of the broadcasting assets involved in transactions, which are then invested in the broadcasting system. The bulk of the benefits generated in 2007 came from three major transactions involving CTVglobemedia/CHUM, Rogers Media/CHUM’s Citytv stations and CanWest/Alliance Atlantis.