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Shaw Communications Inc.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
August 31, 2014 and 2013
[all amounts in millions of Canadian dollars except share and per share amounts]
The changes in the carrying amount of intangibles with indefinite useful lives, and therefore not
subject to amortization, are as follows:
Broadcast
rights and
licenses
Trademark and
brands Goodwill
Wireless
spectrum
licenses
$$$$
September 1, 2012 6,675 41 715 191
Business acquisition [note 3] – – 68 –
Business divestment [note 3] (245) (81) –
Transfer to assets held for sale [note 3] (89) (3) (4) –
August 31, 2013 and 2014 6,341 38 698 191
Intangibles subject to amortization are as follows:
August 31, 2014 August 31, 2013
Cost
Accumulated
amortization
Net book
value Cost
Accumulated
amortization
Net book
value
$$ $$$ $
Program rights and advances 699 389 310 1,023 723 300
Software 227 139 88 252 144 108
Software under construction 168 – 168 108 – 108
Customer relationships 87 8 79 87 2 85
1,181 536 645 1,470 869 601
Less current portion of program
rights 17 18
628 583
The changes in the carrying amount of intangibles subject to amortization are as follows:
Program rights
and advances Software
Software under
construction
Customer
relationships Total
$$$ $$
September 1, 2012 274 119 76 – 469
Business acquisition [note 3] –– –8787
Additions 432 37 34 – 503
Transfers – 2 (2) – –
Amortization (401) (49) – (2) (452)
Disposals – (1) – – (1)
Transfer to assets held for sale (5) – – – (5)
August 31, 2013 300 108 108 85 601
Additions 414 20 64 – 498
Transfers – 4 (4) – –
Amortization (404) (43) – (6) (453)
Write-down – (1) – – (1)
August 31, 2014 310 88 168 79 645
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