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SEGMENTED INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Operating Segments [Abstract] |
SEGMENTED INFORMATION | SEGMENTED INFORMATION ACCOUNTING POLICY Reportable segments We determine our reportable segments based on, among other things, how our chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of RCI, regularly review our operations and performance. They review adjusted operating profit as the key measure of profit for the purpose of assessing performance for each segment and to make decisions about the allocation of resources. Adjusted operating profit is defined as income before stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, restructuring, acquisition and other, finance costs, other expense (income), and income tax expense. We will redefine our reportable segments effective January 1, 2018 as a result of technological evolution and the increased overlap between the various product offerings within our Cable and Business Solutions reportable segments, as well as how we allocate resources amongst, and the general management of, our reportable segments. Effective January 1, 2018, the results of our existing Cable segment, Business Solutions segment, and our Smart Home Monitoring products will be presented within a redefined Cable segment. Financial results related to our Smart Home Monitoring product are currently reported within Corporate items and intercompany eliminations. We will retrospectively amend our 2017 comparative segment results in 2018 to account for this redefinition. Effective January 1, 2018, our chief operating decision maker will commence using adjusted EBITDA as the key measure of profit for the purpose of assessing performance for each segment and to make decisions about the allocation of resources. Adjusted EBITDA will be defined as income before depreciation and amortization, restructuring, acquisition and other, finance costs, other expense (income), and income tax expense. We follow the same accounting policies for our segments as those described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. We account for transactions between reportable segments in the same way we account for transactions with external parties, but eliminate them on consolidation. USE OF ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENT JUDGMENTS We make significant judgments in determining our operating segments. These are components that engage in business activities from which they may earn revenue and incur expenses, for which operating results are regularly reviewed by our chief operating decision makers to make decisions about resources to be allocated and assess component performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. EXPLANATORY INFORMATION Our reportable segments are Wireless, Cable, Business Solutions, and Media (see note 1). All four segments operate substantially in Canada. Corporate items and eliminations include our interests in businesses that are not reportable operating segments, corporate administrative functions, and eliminations of inter-segment revenue and costs. Segment results include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. INFORMATION BY SEGMENT
| Year ended December 31, 2017 | Note |  | Wireless |  | Cable |  | Business Solutions |  | Media |  | Corporate items and eliminations |  | Consolidated totals |
| (In millions of dollars)
| Revenue | 5 |  | 8,343 |  | 3,466 |  | 387 |  | 2,153 |  | (206 | ) | 14,143 |
| Operating costs 1 |  |  | 4,782 |  | 1,757 |  | 259 |  | 2,014 |  | (48 | ) | 8,764 |
| Adjusted operating profit |  | 3,561 |  | 1,709 |  | 128 |  | 139 |  | (158 | ) | 5,379 |
| Stock-based compensation 1 | 24 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 61 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 7, 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,142 |
| Gain on disposition of property, plant and equipment | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (49 | )
| Restructuring, acquisition and other | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 152 |
| Finance costs | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 746 |
| Other income | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (19 | )
| Income before income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,346 |
| Capital expenditures before proceeds on disposition 2 |  |  | 806 |  | 1,172 |  | 131 |  | 83 |  | 318 |  | 2,510 |
| Goodwill |  |  | 1,160 |  | 1,379 |  | 429 |  | 937 |  | — |  | 3,905 |
| Total assets |  |  | 14,261 |  | 6,033 |  | 1,196 |  | 2,405 |  | 4,968 |  | 28,863 |
1 | Included in operating costs on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
2 | Excludes proceeds on disposition of $74 million (see note 28).
| Year ended December 31, 2016 | Note |  | Wireless |  | Cable |  | Business Solutions |  | Media |  | Corporate items and eliminations |  | Consolidated totals |
| (In millions of dollars)
| Revenue | 5 |  | 7,916 |  | 3,449 |  | 384 |  | 2,146 |  | (193 | ) | 13,702 |
| Operating costs 1 |  |  | 4,631 |  | 1,775 |  | 261 |  | 1,977 |  | (34 | ) | 8,610 |
| Adjusted operating profit |  | 3,285 |  | 1,674 |  | 123 |  | 169 |  | (159 | ) | 5,092 |
| Stock-based compensation 1 | 24 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 61 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 7, 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,276 |
| Restructuring, acquisition and other | 7, 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 644 |
| Finance costs | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 761 |
| Other expense | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 191 |
| Income before income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,159 |
| Capital expenditures before proceeds on disposition |  |  | 702 |  | 1,085 |  | 146 |  | 62 |  | 357 |  | 2,352 |
| Goodwill |  |  | 1,160 |  | 1,379 |  | 429 |  | 937 |  | — |  | 3,905 |
| Total assets |  |  | 14,074 |  | 5,288 |  | 1,219 |  | 2,474 |  | 5,287 |  | 28,342 |
1 | Included in operating costs on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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