Specialty, pay, PPV and VOD revenue in 2013 climbs 3.1% to $4.09B: CRTC report

OTTAWA – GATINEAU - Canadian specialty, pay, PPV and VOD television services generated revenues of $4.09 billion in 2013, an increase of 3.1% over the $3.97 billion earned the previous year, according to the CRTC’s statistical and financial report for this sector released Wednesday.For the broadcast year ended August 31, 2013, national advertising revenues for this group increased by 2.8% over 2012 to $1.27 billion, and subscriber revenues exceeded $2.7 billion.Revenues for these television services have climbed by an annual average of 7% over the past five years, to surpass $4 billion in 2013 for the first time. During the...