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Financial performance: Profitability

Revenues, costs and operating profit/loss before tax for subscription TV broadcasters, 1996/97, 1999/00 and 2002/03

Next update December 2008

	1996/97	1999/00	2002/03	Average annual % change 1999/00 to 2002/03
Revenues ($m)
Subscription and membership fees	311.4	789.1	1,158.7	13.7%
Other	103.2	121.7	189.5	15.9%
Total revenues	414.6	910.9	1348.2	14.0%
Costs ($m)
Labour costs	n.a.	185.6	168.0	3.3%
Payments to channel providers	249.2	469.8	784.5	18.6%
Depreciation and amortisation	216.8	390.0	278.6	-10.6%
Other	748.6	570.3	606.2	2.1%
Total costs	1,473.1	1,615.7	1,837.3	4.4%
Operating profit/loss before tax ($m)	-1,058.4	-675.8	-451.5	12.6%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Televison, Film and Video Production (cat. no. 8679.0) 2002/03; Television Services (cat. no. 8559.0) 1999/00.

Notes:
Gross income from the sale of airtime is included in other income.