ATECO 60—Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities

Where 60 sits

1. J Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities
2. 60 Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 60.1 Radio broadcasting and audio distribution activities
• 60.2 Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities
• 60.3 News agency and other content distribution activities

What 60 includes

• This division includes the activities of creating content or acquiring the right to distribute content and subsequently broadcasting or distributing that content. Types of produced or distributed content included in this division are radio, television, audio and audiovisual entertainment, news, talk etc., including programmes that are typically narrowcast in nature (programmes that appeal to a particular segment of the population, such as news, sport, education, youth
• Oriented programming). The broadcasting or content distribution can be performed using different technologies, over-the-air, via satellite, via a cable network or via the internet broadcasting, streaming or downloads.
• This division also includes the broadcasting of live podcasts, third- party on- demand distribution of recorded podcasts and downloads, and activities of news agencies, social network sites, blogs and wiki sites, and online gaming/video game sites. Content may be made freely available to users or may be available only on a subscription or fee basis.

What 60 excludes

• Wholesale of audio and video recordings on physical media, see division 46
• Retail sale of audio and video recordings on physical media, see division 47
• Retail sale outlets of newspapers, see division 47
• Publishing of video games and other software, see division 58
• Production of audio and audiovisual recordings (including recorded podcasts), activities of vlog sites and distribution of motion pictures, videos or audiovisual works and similar productions to motion picture theatres, television networks and stations, and exhibitors, see division 59
• Operation of cable or satellite television transmission networks, see division 61
• Provision of computing infrastructure and hosting activities, and activities of web search portals, see division 63
• Influencer marketing, see division 73
• Videodisc rental, see division 77
• Activities of independent actors (including influencers appearing in vlogs) and independent bloggers, see division 90
• Activities of gambling sites, see division 92

60 in other systems