text: ACQUISITION 
  In January 2013, we announced a multi-part strategic transaction with 
  Shaw to acquire Mountain Cable (Shaw’s cable system in Hamilton, 
  Ontario), and to secure an option to purchase Shaw’s Advanced 
  Wireless Services spectrum holdings in 2014. As part of the agreement, 
  we sold our one-third equity interest in the TVtropolis specialty TV 
  channel to Shaw. Mountain Cable provides cable television, Internet 
  and telephony services to an area covering approximately 59,000 
  homes in and around Hamilton, Ontario. On May 1, 2013, we closed on 
  a portion of the multi-part agreement with Shaw to buy 100% of 
  Mountain Cable, and paid $398 million, according to the terms of the 
  agreement. 
  
  1 Subscriber count is a key performance indicator. See “Key Performance Indicators”. 
  2 On May 1, 2013, we acquired 40,000 television subscribers, 38,000 digital cable 
  households, 34,000 cable high-speed Internet subscribers and 37,000 cable telephony 
  lines from our acquisition of Mountain Cable. These subscribers are not included in 
  net additions, but do appear in the ending total balance for December 31, 2013. The 
  acquisition also increased homes passed by 59,000. 
  3 Includes television, Internet and phone subscribers. 
  
  **CABLE SUBSCRIBER BREAKDOWN**
  (IN THOUSANDS) 
  
  **2013**
  
  2012 
  
  2011 
  
  Phone  Internet  Television 