Revenue by geographic regions was based on the point of origin of the revenue, which was the destination of the billing invoice, and was allocated as follows:
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Canada | $ | 415,575 | $ | 426,193 | $ | 431,005 | ||||||
| United States | 311,159 | 319,473 | 322,679 | |||||||||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 80,532 | 64,624 | 84,877 | |||||||||
| Latin America & Caribbean | 78,921 | 83,244 | 88,794 | |||||||||
| Asia & Australia | 41,220 | 37,320 | 27,552 | |||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 927,407 | $ | 930,854 | $ | 954,907 | ||||||
| As at December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| Canada | $ | 976,349 | $ | 1,152,337 | ||||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 693,903 | 620,219 | ||||||
| United States | 118,512 | 139,064 | ||||||
| All others | 3,083 | 3,791 | ||||||
| Satellites, property and other equipment | $ | 1,791,847 | $ | 1,915,411 | ||||
| As at December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| Canada | $ | 734,061 | $ | 744,150 | ||||
| United States | 39,190 | 42,471 | ||||||
| Latin America & Caribbean | 30,510 | 35,736 | ||||||
| All others | 9,234 | 10,155 | ||||||
| Intangible assets | $ | 812,995 | $ | 832,512 | ||||
| As at December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| Canada | $ | 72,395 | $ | 25,176 | ||||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 8,059 | 8,764 | ||||||
| All others | 3,077 | 1,747 | ||||||
| Other long-term financial assets | $ | 83,531 | $ | 35,687 | ||||
| As at December 31 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| Canada | $ | 2,885 | $ | 3,372 | ||||
| Europe, Middle East & Africa | 171 | 443 | ||||||
| Other long-term assets | $ | 3,056 | $ | 3,815 | ||||