text: linear and digital highlights,  including 
  
  **Higher Operating Revenue**
  Media generates revenue in five areas: 
  (cid:129) advertising sales across its television, radio, publishing and digital 
  media properties 
  
  (cid:129) circulation 
  (cid:129) subscriptions 
  (cid:129) retail product sales 
  (cid:129) ticket sales, receipts of MLB revenue sharing and concession sales  inventories for the television 
  associated with Rogers Sports Entertainment. 
  
  Operating revenue was 5% higher this year, mainly because of: 
  (cid:129) higher 
  subscription and advertising revenue generated by the 
  theScore, and 
  including the acquisition of 
  Sportsnet properties, 
  overall growth in distribution of our other specialty channels 
  
  Through this agreement, Rogers plans to provide Canadians with a 
  unique viewing experience that will feature expanded pre- and post- 
  game coverage of 
  regular season and playoff games and other 
  enhanced NHL content. We expect this agreement to drive Sportsnet 
  subscriber growth and to provide highly sought after content 
  in 
  multiple languages across all of Rogers’ platforms. 
  
  (cid:129) higher advertising revenue of $21 million resulting from timing of 
  NHL hockey games. Advertising revenue last year was lower than 
  normal due to the NHL player lockout which resulted in no NHL 
  games being aired, and higher than normal this year due to the 
  compressed 2012-2013 season which started in January 2013 and 
  the 
  the compressed 2013-2014 NHL schedule in advance of 
  upcoming winter Olympics 