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Table 2 Financial indicators: Television broadcasting industries1

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Financial indicators: Television broadcasting industries1
  2007 2008
  %
Profit margin before interest and taxes by type of broadcaster (private)    
Private conventional television 5.3 0.2
Specialty television2 24.3 23.6
Pay television2 21.3 22.3
Total 15.5 13.6
Market share by type of broadcaster (revenue)    
Private conventional television 35.4 32.9
Public and non-commercial television 20.5 22.0
Specialty television2 35.3 35.7
Pay television2 8.9 9.4
Market share by type of broadcaster (air time)    
Private conventional television 61.7 58.8
Public and non-commercial television 9.7 11.1
Specialty television2 28.6 30.0
Pay television2 . .
not available for any reference period
North American Industry Classification System 2007 (51512, Television Broadcasting and 51521, Pay and Specialty Television).
Statistics collected and published by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Industry analysis group.