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Cancom Announces Second Quarter Results.


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Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma.  Satellite Communications Inc.(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE).
:SAT.)(Cancom) announces its consolidated con·sol·i·date  
v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates

v.tr.
1. To unite into one system or whole; combine:
 financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended February February: see month.  28, 2001.

Overview of Consolidated Results

Revenues for the six-month period ended February 28, 2001 increased to $223.6 million compared to $185.6 million last year, primarily due to contributions to revenue from the DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS.  segment. Cancom's consolidated revenue for the second quarter was $111.1 million compared to $112.5 million in the first quarter.

Operating Income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
 for the six-month period ended February 28, 2001 resulted in a loss of $6.8 million compared to a $19.0 million loss for the same period last year.

Cancom's consolidated net loss for the second quarter was $25.1 million compared to a net loss of $31.7 million in the first quarter. Consolidated net loss for the six months ended February 28 increased from $32.9 million last year (which includes a pretax pre·tax  
adj.
Existing before tax deductions: pretax income.

pretax adj [profit] → vor (Abzug der) Steuern 
 gain on sale of shares in Regional Cablesystems Inc of $12.3 million) to a net loss of $56.8 million, reflecting the higher write off of deferred subscriber subscriber,
n the person, usually the employee, who represents the family unit in relation to the prepayment plan. Other family members are
dependents. Also called
certificate holders or
enrollees.
 acquisition costs. This is in line with Cancom's expectations. DTH

The DTH segment (Star Choice), subscription revenue increased 18% to $62.3 million in the second quarter from $53.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2001. Revenue growth resulted from an increased subscriber base and improved penetration The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.  of premium programming packages. Average gross revenue per subscriber increased to $44.60 for the second quarter of fiscal 2001 from $44.28 in the first quarter and from $40 for the second quarter last year. Star Choice maintained strong subscriber acquisition levels in the quarter, which resulted in the continued subscription revenue growth and gains in revenue per subscriber. At the end of the quarter, Star Choice had 562,000 DTH subscribers as compared to 362,000 as of February 29, 2000 (an increase of 55% year over year). Gross customer activations remained strong at 67,000 for the quarter, compared to 73,500 in the first quarter. The 67,000 activated activated

a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products.
 accounts resulted in a net growth of 54,000 customers and exceeded the planned target In artillery and naval gunfire support, a target on which fire is prearranged.  by 7%. Subscriber acquisition costs during the quarter were $685 and year to date were $670 as compared to $613 for the second quarter and $657 year to date last year. Churn churn: see butter.  for the 6 months was 3.99% as compared to 4.87% last year.

EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  for the six month period ending February 28, 2001 was a negative $34.1 million compared to a negative $42.0 million for the same period as last year. Star Choice expects to reach a key milestone “Milemarker” redirects here. For the American indie rock band, see Milemarker (band).

A milestone or kilometre sign is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
 of breakeven breakeven

1. The level of output or sales necessary to cover fixed expenses. Companies in industries that have high fixed costs and, consequently, high breakevens, such as automobile and steel manufacturing, are likely to exhibit large fluctuations
 on a pre-subscriber acquisition cost (SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox.

SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
) by September September: see month.  2001 on a going forward run rate.

Star Choice was successful in purchasing 28 KU transponders on the Anik F1 satellite ("F1") which went into service on February 19, 2001. F1 is a state of the art commercial satellite with national KU band transponders and a footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor.

1.
 covering all of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation.  of F1 was seamless See seamless integration.  to customers, whom experienced no disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process.  of service during the switchover switch·o·ver  
n.
A complete shift, as from one system to another.
. With F1, Star Choice is able to offer more services to its customers than its competitor. The activation activation /ac·ti·va·tion/ (ak?ti-va´shun)
1. the act or process of rendering active.

2. the transformation of a proenzyme into an active enzyme by the action of a kinase or another enzyme.

3.
 of F1 at the 107.3 degree slot and the migration of Anik E2 to the 111.1 degree slot allowed Star Choice to implement its planned dual satellite strategy.

Star Choice has also been authorized au·thor·ize  
tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es
1. To grant authority or power to.

2. To give permission for; sanction:
 by Industry Canada Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada.  to build and launch a Ka-band See satellite bands.  satellite at the 107.3 degree slot. It is anticipated that the new Ka-band satellite will be in service by April 2004 and it will enable Star Choice to deliver a two-way high speed internet service together with a variety of new interactive and multimedia services to its subscribers. Satellite Services

The Satellite Services segment includes Cancom Broadcast, Truck Tracking and Business Television divisions. The decline in revenue of $2.8 million over the first quarter of this year is principally due the reduction in Broadcast Solutions revenue.

Cancom's Broadcast Solutions' signal and service revenues for the second quarter were $13.1 million compared to $15.0 million in the first quarter. Year over year, signal and service revenue for the six-month period dropped by 19% to $28.1 million from $34.5 million. This decline reflects the introduction, on September 1, 2000, of a new rate structure for all of Cancom's Canadian SRDU SRDU Satellite Relay Distribution Undertaking
SRDU Spring Revel Downunder (Sydney, Australia gaming event)
SRDU Secondary Reports Distribution Unit
 customers and the restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  of agreements with Globalstar (Globalstar, Milpitas, CA, www.globalstar.com) A satellite-based communications company that offers voice and short messaging services throughout 80% of the world's surface. Globalstar is the second satellite system to use LEO satellites and handheld phones (Iridium was the first), but  Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of  effective January January: see month.  1, 2001. All of Cancom's major customers have signed long term contracts under the new competitive rate structure. EBITDA including signal and service as well as equipment sales for the 6 month period ending February 28, 2001 was $17 million compared to $15 million for the same period last year which reflects lower operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
.

Cancom Truck, Tracking signal and service revenues for the second quarter were $7.1 million compared to $8.0 million in the first quarter consistent with historical sales cycles. Year over year, signal and service revenue for the six-month period increased from $15.0 million compared to $15.1 million. The Tracking division is able to hold its market share through the introduction of new products and services utilized by the trucking industry. EBITDA including signal and service as well as equipment sales for the 6 month period ending February 28, 2001 was $9.5 million vs. $7.6 million for the same period last year.

Cancom's Business Television signal and service revenues for the second quarter were $2.5 million compared to $2.7 million in the first quarter. Year over year, revenue for the six-month period increased from $3.1 million to $5.2 million as a result of refocusing Noun 1. refocusing - focusing again
focalisation, focalization, focusing - the act of bringing into focus
 this unit to business-based solutions. During the quarter, the division implemented a private satellite network at a major Canadian chartered bank Chartered Bank

A financial institution whose primary roles are to accept and safeguard monetary deposits from individuals and organizations, and to lend money out. The details vary from country to country, but usually a chartered bank in operation has obtained government permission
. The division continues to focus its marketing efforts in the U.S. where the North American North American

named after North America.


North American blastomycosis
see North American blastomycosis.

North American cattle tick
see boophilusannulatus.
 coverage of Anik F1 will provide expanded market opportunities. EBITDA including signal and service and equipment sales for the 6 month period ending February 28, 2001 was $0.8 million compared to $0.3 million for the same period last year. Other

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc., is the Canadian satellite services subsidiary of Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX: SJR.NV.B NYSE: SJR) is a Canadian telecomunications company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

The company was founded by J.R. Shaw in 1966 as Capital Cable Television Co Ltd..
 Inc. (TSE: SJR SJR Senate Joint Resolution
SJR Superjoint Ritual (band)
SJR St John Rigby (Catholic Sixth Form College)
SJR Signal-To-Jammer Ratio
SJR Saint Joseph Regional High School (USA) 
.B, NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: SJR). It distributes direct-to-home See DTH.  (DTH) digital video and audio programming through Star Choice Communications Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
. Cancom's other satellite services include the redistribution re·dis·tri·bu·tion  
n.
1. The act or process of redistributing.

2. An economic theory or policy that advocates reducing inequalities in the distribution of wealth.
 of television and radio signals via satellite to cable operators and other distributors as well as the provision of uplink (1) Transmitting from an earth station to a satellite. Contrast with downlink.

(2) A port on a network device that is used to connect to another network device rather than a client or server. See MDI port.
 and network management services for broadcasters. In addition, Cancom provides mobile tracking and messaging services to the Canadian trucking industry as well as satellite interactive distance learning networks for corporations and government. Cancom trades on The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 under the symbol SAT.

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied Inferred from circumstances; known indirectly.

In its legal application, the term implied is used in contrast with express, where the intention regarding the subject matter is explicitly and directly indicated.
 by such forward looking statements.

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As at February 28, 2001 and February 29, 2000
(in thousands of dollars)

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                                   Feb 28, 2001       Feb 29, 2000
                                    (unaudited)        (unaudited)
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Assets
Current
  Cash and cash equivalents       $         -       $      47,791
  Short-term investments held in
   escrow                                   -              28,438
  Restricted cash                           -              10,000
  Accounts receivable                  49,559              56,416
  Due from related parties              2,913                   -
  Income taxes receivable              10,639                 820
  Inventories                          68,799              21,554
  Deposits and prepaid expenses         5,619               3,872
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Total current assets                  137,529             168,891
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Subscriber base and licenses          369,446             375,508
Property, plant and equipment         156,850              60,169
Long-term investments                   2,360               9,044
Deferred charges                      156,705              81,441
Future tax assets                      10,497                   -
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                                  $   833,387       $     695,053
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current
  Bank indebtedness               $     1,942       $           -
  Accounts payable and accrued
   liabilities                        137,049             109,774
  Due to related parties                  187               1,692
  Unearned revenue                      7,886               2,225
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Total current liabilities             147,064             113,691
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Long-term debt                        470,972             230,910
Future tax liabilities                      -              54,135
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Total liabilities                     618,036             398,736
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Shareholders' equity
  Capital stock
   Common shares                      302,880             296,950
   Warrants                            10,246              11,829
  Deficit                             (98,367)            (12,769)
  Cumulative translation adjustment       592                 307
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                                      215,351             296,317
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                                  $   833,387       $     695,053
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See accompanying notes



Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Loss
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

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                           Three months ended    Six months ended
                           Feb 28      Feb 29    Feb 28     Feb 29
                            2001        2000      2001       2000
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Revenue
 Signal and service       $ 84,975  $ 57,879 $   163,763 $ 110,043
 Equipment and other        26,169    34,588      59,886    75,599
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                           111,144    92,467     223,649   185,642

Expenses
 Signal and service         60,390    35,535    112,701    65,794
 Equipment and other        24,274    31,665     55,991    69,946
 Administrative and selling 26,891    32,234     61,746    68,914
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                           111,555    99,434    230,438   204,654
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Loss before the undernoted
 items                        (411)   (6,967)    (6,789)  (19,012)

Amortization                32,420    19,834     61,904    36,319
Interest on long-term debt  10,778     6,175     19,784    14,655
Gain on sale of Regional
 Cablesystems Inc.               -   (12,330)         -   (12,330)
Writedown of investment in
 TQS Inc.                        -       919          -       919
Restructuring charges            -         -     10,900         -
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                            43,198    14,598     92,588    39,563
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Loss before income taxes   (43,609)  (21,565)   (99,377)  (58,575)

Provision for (recovery of)
 income taxes
  Current                      196      (992)    (6,782)     (942)
  Future                   (18,685)   (9,902)   (35,807)  (24,758)
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                           (18,489)  (10,894)   (42,589)  (25,700)
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Net loss                  $(25,120) $(10,671)$  (56,788)$ (32,875)
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Net loss per common share
  Basic                   $  (0.48) $  (0.22)$    (1.09)$   (0.78)
  Fully diluted           $  (0.48) $  (0.22)$    (1.09)$   (0.78)
  Weighted average number
   of common shares
   outstanding          52,302,485 49,360,286 52,301,819 42,066,261

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See accompanying notes



Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Deficit
Six months ended February 28, 2001 and February 29, 2000
(in thousands of dollars)

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                                   Feb.28, 2001       Feb.29, 2000
                                    (unaudited)        (unaudited)
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Retained earnings (deficit),
 beginning of year                $    (41,579)     $       21,649

Net loss                               (56,788)            (32,875)
Stock dividend on preferred shares           -              (1,543)

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Deficit, end of period            $    (98,367)     $      (12,769)
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See accompanying notes



Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Six months ended February 28, 2001 and February 29, 2000 (in
thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

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                                     Feb.28, 2001    Feb.29, 2000
                                      (unaudited)     (unaudited)
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Operating Activities
  Net loss for the period           $    (56,788)    $    (32,875)
  Add (deduct) items not involving
   cash
    Amortization                          61,903           36,319
    Future income tax recovery           (35,807)         (24,758)
    Gain on sale of investment                 -          (12,330)
    Write-down of investment                   -              919
    Restructuring charges                  7,085                -
    Other                                 (2,121)             (46)
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                                         (25,728)         (32,771)
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Changes in non-cash operating
 working capital
    Accounts receivable                    4,468          (20,891)
    Inventories                          (42,974)         (12,536)
    Deposits and prepaid expenses         (2,638)           3,739
    Accounts payable and accrued
     liabilities                          18,772           27,637
    Due to/from related parties           (1,825)             (56)
    Income taxes payable/recoverable      (6,768)          (1,821)
    Unearned revenue                       5,565              178
    Other                                 (9,485)               -
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                                         (34,885)          (3,750)
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    Cash provided used in operating
     activities                          (60,613)         (36,521)
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Financing activities
  Bank financing costs                        14           (1,917)
  Borrowings of long-term debt           190,000                -
  Repayments of long-term debt               (10)          (8,000)
  Proceeds from the issuance of common
   shares                                      -          119,024
  Repayment of advances from related
   party                                       -          (26,950)
  Short-term investments held in escrow        -           14,917
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  Cash provided by financing activities  190,004           97,074
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Investing activities
  Release of short-term investments from
   escrow and restrictions on cash        15,303                -
  Business acquisition - MDU              (5,175)               -
  Additions to equipment subsidies       (61,580)         (57,396)
  Additions to property, plant and
   equipment                             (79,977)         (10,309)
  Additions to transponder deposits       (5,659)               -
  Proceeds on sale of property, plant and
   equipment                                  61              145
  Additions to long-term investments           -           (2,637)
  Net proceeds on sale of long-term
   investments                                 -           40,807
  Other                                        -             (756)
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  Cash used in investing activities     (137,027)         (30,146)
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Effect of currency translation on cash
 and cash equivalents                         83             (120)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and
 cash equivalents during the period       (7,553)          30,287
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
 of year                                   5,611           17,504

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Cash and cash equivalents (bank
 indebtedness), end of period       $     (1,942)    $     47,791
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Supplemental cash flow information
  Income taxes paid                 $        182     $        109
  Interest paid                     $     21,276     $     18,307
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See accompanying notes


Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.

Segmented Information

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. is the Canadian satellite services subsidiary of Shaw Communications Inc. It distributes direct-to-home (DTH) digital video and audio programming through Star Choice Communications Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary. Cancom's other satellite services include the redistribution of television and radio signals via satellite to cable operators and other distributors as well as the provision of uplink and network management services for broadcasters. In addition, Cancom provides mobile tracking and messaging services to the Canadian trucking industry as well as satellite interactive distance learning networks for corporations and government.

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Three months ended
February 28, 2001                            Corporate
                                Satellite    Items and
(unaudited)                DTH   Services eliminations      Total
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Revenue
  Signal and service $  62,315  $  22,660    $       -  $  84,975
  Equipment and other   20,107      6,062            -     26,169
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                     $  82,422  $  28,722    $       -  $ 111,144
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Operating margin
 (loss)              $ (12,800) $  12,389    $       -  $    (411)

Amortization            21,230      5,919        5,271     32,420
Interest expense, net        -          -       10,778     10,778
Restructuring charges        -          -            -          -
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                        21,230      5,919       16,049     43,198
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Loss before income
 taxes                                                    (43,609)
Recovery of income
 taxes                                                    (18,489)
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Net loss                                                  (25,120)
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Total assets         $ 572,781  $  70,947    $189,659    $833,387
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Three months ended
February 29, 2000                            Corporate
                                Satellite    Items and
(unaudited)                DTH   Services eliminations      Total
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Revenue
  Signal and service $  31,788  $  26,461    $    (370) $  57,879
  Equipment and other   27,621      6,967            -     34,588
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                     $  59,409  $  33,428    $    (370) $  92,467
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Operating margin
 (loss)              $ (17,662) $  10,695    $       -  $  (6,967)

Amortization            12,694      4,269        2,871     19,834
Interest expense, net        -          -        6,175      6,175
Other income                 -          -      (11,411)   (11,411)
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                        12,694      4,269       (2,365)    14,598
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Loss before income
 taxes                                                    (21,565)
Recovery of income
 taxes                                                    (10,894)
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Net loss                                                  (10,671)
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Total assets         $ 487,769  $ 73,027     $ 134,257  $ 695,053
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See accompanying notes


Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.

Segmented Information

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. is the Canadian satellite services subsidiary of Shaw Communications Inc. It distributes direct-to-home (DTH) digital video and audio programming through Star Choice Communications Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary. Cancom's other satellite services include the redistribution of television and radio signals via satellite to cable operators and other distributors as well as the provision of uplink and network management services for broadcasters. In addition, Cancom provides mobile tracking and messaging services to the Canadian trucking industry as well as satellite interactive distance learning networks for corporations and government.

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Six months ended
February 28, 2001                              Corporate
                                   Satellite   Items and
(unaudited)                  DTH   Services   eliminations  Total
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Revenue
  Signal and service      $115,280  $48,483   $       -   $163,763
  Equipment and other       48,148   11,738           -     59,886
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                          $163,428  $60,221   $       -   $223,649
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Operating margin (loss)   $(34,117) $27,328   $       -   $ (6,789)

Amortization                45,473    7,380       9,051     61,904
Interest expense, net            -        -      19,784     19,784
Restructuring charges            -        -      10,900     10,900
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                            45,473    7,380      39,735     92,588
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Loss before income taxes                                   (99,377)
Recovery of income taxes                                   (42,589)
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Net loss                                                   (56,788)
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Total assets              $572,781  $70,947   $189,659    $833,387
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Six months ended
February 29, 2000                               Corporate
                                    Satellite   Items and
(unaudited)                 DTH     Services   eliminations  Total
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Revenue
  Signal and service   $ 58,068    $ 52,670    $    (695) $110,043
  Equipment and other    61,641      13,958            -    75,599
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                       $119,709    $ 66,628    $    (695) $185,642
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Operating margin (loss)$(41,973)   $ 22,961    $       -  $(19,012)

Amortization             22,264       8,452        5,603    36,319
Interest expense, net         -           -       14,655    14,655
Other income                  -           -      (11,411)  (11,411)
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                         22,264       8,452        8,847    39,563
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Loss before income taxes                                   (58,575)
Recovery of income taxes                                   (25,700)
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Net loss                                                   (32,875)
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Total assets           $487,769    $73,027     $ 134,257  $695,053
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See accompanying notes

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Selected Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Six months ended February 28, 2001
(unaudited)


1. Comparative figures

Certain of the comparative financial statements have been reclassed to conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
fit, meet

coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"
 the presentation adopted in the current year.
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