Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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August 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	170	193	-12%	1286	1219	5%
CD	2307	2671	-14%	16831	19907	-15%
Other Formats*	-1	13	-108%	76	91	-16%
Total Units	2476	2877	-14%	18193	21217	-14%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	2130	2433	-12%	14701	14099	4%
CD	20518	24580	-17%	154825	195568	-21%
Other Formats*	2	78	-97%	391	655	-40%
Total Value	$22650	$27091	-16%	$169917	$210322	-19%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	3765	2297	64%	24610	16079	53%
Digital Mobile Content	1925	1716	12%	12525	12012	4%
Subscription Model	364	262	39%	2689	1834	47%
Other ***	864	50	1628%	1275	322	296%
Total	$6918	$4325	60%	$41099	$30247	36%
Grand Total	$29568	$31416	-6%	$211016	$240569	-12%

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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