Annual Return of Broadcasting Distribution 2018
For Information onlyThis is an electronic survey example for information purposes only. This is not a working questionnaire.
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Additional information
These data will be aggregated to produce national and regional estimates of the performance of your industry. Those estimates are used by the regulator and policy departments, the private sector, international organizations, academics, analysts and the general public to better understand this sector's contribution to the Canadian economy. Selected results will be published in Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 56-209-X.
Authority
Filed under the authority of the Broadcasting Act and the Statistics Act. Filed in Confidence
Confidentiality
This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, Chapter S19. Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under this Act. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing or releasing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey relating to any identifiable business without the previous written consent of that business. The data on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by the Access to Information Act or any other legislation. Please note that Statistics Canada does not share any individual responses with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.
Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.
Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.
For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.
Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, as well as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the Federal Department of Canadian Heritage.
Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician, specifying the name of the survey and the organizations with which you do not want Statistics Canada to share your data, and mailing it to the following address:
Chief Statistician of Canada
Statistics Canada
Care of the Director, Investment, Science and Technology Division
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You may also contact us by email at : haig.mccarrell@canada.ca
Note that there is no right of refusal with respect to sharing the data with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC has the legislative authority to collect this information on a mandatory basis pursuant to the Telecommunications Act and the Broadcasting Act.
For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory
Coverage
For the fiscal period ended August 31 of the reference year
Instructions
Change of Ownership
When a change of ownership has been approved by the CRTC, within 90 days thereof, the former licensee will file with Statistics Canada a copy of an annual return covering the period of operations from September 1 to the day of transfer. The new licensee will file an annual return from the day of transfer to August 31. In some cases, the new licensee elects to file an annual return for the full broadcast year. In either case, the licensee should indicate on the return, which period they are filing.
Form 1030 - International payment and receipts
Receipts from non-residents
Program rights and royalties
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Advertising
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Other
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Interest and dividends
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Channel Placement/carriage
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Payments to non-residents
Program rights and royalties
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Advertising
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Other
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Interest and dividends
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Channel Placement/carriage
- : United States
- : United Kingdom
- : France
- : European Union (excluding U.K. and France)
- : Japan
- : OECD countries (excluding Japan, United States and E.U.)
- : All other countries
Form 1040 - Summary of revenues and expenses - broadcasting distribution
Revenue
Basic and non-basic programming services
Exempt programming services
- 1: Subscription
- 2: Connection (installation and reconnect)
- 5: Set-top boxes - Rentals
- 6: Set-top boxes - Net Sales
- 7: Channel placement/carriage
- 8: Other (specify)
- 9: Total revenue
Non-programming services
- 1: Subscription
- 2: Connection (installation and reconnect)
- 5: Set-top boxes - Rentals
- 6: Set-top boxes - Net Sales
- 7: Channel placement/carriage
- 8: Other (specify)
- 9: Total revenue
Operating Expenses
Basic and non-basic programming services
- 10: Community programming
- 11: Locally reflective news programming
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total expenses
Exempt programming services
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total operating expenses
Non-programming services
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total operating expenses
Calculation of Operating Income
Calculation of Net Income
- 17: Operating income (loss)
- 18: Depreciation
- 19: Interest
- 20: Other adjustments - Income (expense)
- 21: Net income (loss) before income taxes
- 22: Provision for income taxes
- 23: Net income (loss) after income taxes
Exempt programming
Licensee revenue
- 24: Classified advertising
- 25: Teleshopping/general services
- 26: Infomercials
- 27: Games services
- 28: Other exempt
Affiliate Entity Revenue
- 24: Classified advertising
- 25: Teleshopping/general services
- 26: Infomercials
- 27: Games services
- 28: Other exempt
Non programming services
Licensee Revenue -Non Programming Services
- 30: Internet access services
- 31: Telephony
- 32: Other telecommunications services (incl. security)
- 33: Other (specify)
Affiliate Entity Revenue- Non Programming
- 30: Internet access services
- 31: Telephony
- 32: Other telecommunications services (incl. security)
- 33: Other (specify)
Form 1040(S)-Summary of revenues and expenses - Exempt BDU
Revenue
Basic and non-basic programming services
Exempt programming services
- 1: Subscription
- 2: Connection (installation & reconnect)
- 5: Set-top boxes - Rentals
- 6: Set-top boxes - Net sales
- 7: Channel placement/carriage
- 8: Other revenue (specify)
- 9: Total revenue
Non-programming services
- 1: Subscription
- 2: Connection (installation and reconnection)
- 5: Set-top Box - Rental
- 6: Set-top Box - Rental
- 7: Other (specify)
- 8: Total revenue
Operating Expenses
Basic and non-basic programming services
- 10: Community programming
- 11: Locally reflective news programming
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total expenses
Exempt programming services
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total operating expenses
Non-programming services
- 12: Affiliation payments
- 13: Technical
- 14: Sales and promotion
- 15: Administration and general
- 16: Total operating expenses
Calculation of Operating Income
Calculation of Net Income
- 17: Operating income (loss)
- 18: Depreciation
- 19: Interest
- 20: Other adjustments - Income (expense)
- 21: Net income (loss) before income taxes
- 22: Provision for income taxes
- 23: Net income (loss) after income taxes
Employment Information
Employment Information - Question identifier:24
Salaries and Wages
Employment Information - Question identifier:25
Average number of employees
Employment Information - Question identifier:26
Fringe Benefits
Fixed Assets
Fixed Assets - Question identifier:27
Historical Cost of Assets
- 4: Total fixed assets
Fixed Assets - Question identifier:28
Total Accumulated depreciation at the end of the broadcast year
- 4: Land
- 5: Buildings (include land improvements)
- 6: Head-end and components/earth receiving station and associated plant
- 7: Distribution system plant/transmitters/transponders
- 8: Cost of subscriber drops and devices including descramblers
- 9: Test equipment and tools
- 10: Furniture and fixtures
- 11: Other property, plant and equipment
- 12: Cable casting equipment/local program production equipment
- 13: Leasehold improvements (except cable system plant)
- 14: Automobiles and trucks
- 15: Computers
- 16: Total
Fixed Assets - Question identifier:29
Additions to fixed assets during the broadcast year
- 4: Total fixed assets
Subscribers
Number of Subscribers
- 30: Number of direct subscribers to basic services
- 31: Number of indirect subscribers to basic services
- 32: Total number of Direct and Indirect subscribers to basic services
Form 1050 - Employment information and summary of fixed assets
Salaries and Wages
Average number of employees
Fringe Benefits
- : Fringe benefits (included in line 1 above)
Employment
Salaries and Wages
Average number of employees
- : Programming
- : Technical
- : Sales
- : Administration and general
Fringe Benefits
- : Fringe benefits (included in line 1 above)
Summary of Fixed Assets
Classification of Fixed Assets
Historical cost of assets in use at the end of the broadcast year
- 4: Total fixed assets
Total Accumulated depreciation at the end of the broadcast year
- 4: Total fixed assets
Additions to fixed assets during the broadcast year
- 4: Total fixed assets
Form 1060 - Affiliation payments, subscribers and cable
Number of Subscribers
- 30: Number of direct subscribers to basic services
- 31: Number of indirect subscribers to basic services
- 32: Total number of Direct and Indirect subscribers to basic services
Pay Services
Number of Subscribers
- 1: Canadian pay services
- 2: Non-Canadian pay services
Affiliation Payments
- 1: Canadian pay services
- 2: Non-Canadian pay services
- 3: Total-pay services
Specialty Services
Number of Subscribers
- 4: Canadian specialty services
- 5: Non-Canadian specialty services
Affiliation Payments
- 4: Canadian specialty services
- 5: Non-Canadian specialty services
- 6: Total - speciality services
- 7: Total - affiliation payments
Distribution
Number of Subscribers
- 8: Number of direct subscribers to basic services
- 9: Number of indirect subscribers to basic services
- 10: Total number of Direct and Indirect subscribers to basic services
Form 1060(u) SUBSCRIBERS & REVENUE BY PROVINCE/TERRITORY
Number of Subscribers
- 11: British Columbia
- 12: Alberta
- 13: Saskatchewan
- 14: Manitoba
- 15: Ontario
- 16: Québec
- 17: New Brunswick
- 18: Prince Edward Island
- 19: Nova Scotia
- 20: Newfoundland and Labrador
- 21: Yukon
- 22: Northwest Territories
- 23: Nunavut
Revenue
- 11: British Columbia
- 12: Alberta
- 13: Saskatchewan
- 14: Manitoba
- 15: Ontario
- 16: Québec
- 17: New Brunswick
- 18: Prince Edward Island
- 19: Nova Scotia
- 20: Newfoundland and Labrador
- 21: Yukon
- 22: Northwest Territories
- 23: Nunavut
Subscribers by Distribution Type
Subscribers by Distribution Type
- 11: Analog cable
- 12: Digital cable
- 13: IPTV - Application based
- 14: IPTV - Set-top-box based
- 15: IPTV-Total
- 16: Other
- 17: Total (sub figure to be equal to line 10)
Internet
Cable modem , satellite or MDS
This company
- 18: Number of subscribers to high speed Internet access services
- 19: Revenues from high speed Internet access services
Telephone
Number of subscribers to telephone services via broadcast distribution
- 20: Number of subscribers to telephone services via broadcast distribution
- 21: Revenues from telephone services via broadcast distribution
Form 1070 - Reporting summary for combined undertakings
For each province, please complete the detailed revenue by system (including exempted systems), for all class 1, 2 and 3.
- 1: Province
- 2: Number of exempted systems
Form 1070x - Reporting summary of exempt undertakings by province
For combined undertaking by province
- 1: Undertaking number
- 2: Head end location
- 3: Number of communities served
- 4: Digital service offered
- 5: Community channel offered
- 6: Is exempt
- 7: Number of subscribers basic service
- 8: Total basic and non-basic revenue
- 9: Exempt programming revenue
- 10: Non-programming revenue
- 11: Total all services - revenue
Form 1070(s) - Reporting summary for exempt undertakings with less than 2,000 subscribers
For combined undertaking by province for exempt undertakings
- 1: Undertaking number
- 2: Undertaking name
- 3: Location
- 4: Province
- 5: Number of communities served
- 6: Number of subscribers-Basic Service
- 7: Gross broadcasting revenues
- 8: Community programming expenses
- 9: Total contributions Canadian programs
- 10: Percent of revenue contributed
- 11: Digital service offered
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