Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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March 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	113	243	-53%	502	492	2%
CD	1795	2952	-39%	5482	6610	-17%
Other Formats*	7	27	-74%	52	33	58%
Total Units	1915	3222	-41%	6036	7135	-15%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	1372	2769	-50%	5976	5947	0%
CD	15540	28460	-45%	50382	62434	-19%
Other Formats*	37	328	-89%	249	336	-26%
Total Value	$16949	$31557	-46%	$56607	$68717	-18%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	3770	2297	64%	7319	4594	59%
Digital Mobile Content	1775	1716	3%	3866	3432	13%
Subscription Model	406	262	55%	798	524	52%
Other ***	32	46	-30%	76	92	-17%
Total	$6076	$4321	38%	$12059	$8642	40%
Grand Total	$29985	$35878	-36%	$68666	$77359	-11%

Sales information is supplied by members of CRIA and tabulated by Grant Thornton without audit.

* This category includes formats such as cassettes, CD singles, VHS music videos and DVD-Audio

**Monthly digital statistics are not available for 2007.

For the purposes of monthly comparisons, one twelfth of total year-to-date digital statistics for 2007 will be entered each month.

*** This category includes formats such as streams

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