KBLI J—Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities

Where J sits

1. J Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 58 Publishing Activities
• 59 Film, Video, and Television Program Production Activities, as Well as Sound Recording and Music Publishing
• 60 Programming, Broadcasting, News Offices, and Other Content Distribution Activities

What J includes

• This category includes the production, publishing, broadcasting, and other distribution of information products. This category includes the publishing of books, newspapers, periodicals, and software (headline division 58); the production of films, videos, and television programs, and sound recording and music publishing activities (headline division 59); and radio and television broadcasting, as well as the production and distribution of radio and television programs, including the operation of streaming platforms, downloads, and content distribution unrelated to the publication of such content; the operation of blogs and wikis; social networking sites; and the operation of online gaming or video game sites (headline division 60).
• Publishing refers to acquiring copyright in content (information products) or obtaining publishing permission from copyright holders, and making that content available to the public through reproduction and distribution activities in various forms. Publishers may simply publish and license the right to distribute their content to others, or they may publish and distribute content they themselves create or own. All possible forms of publishing (print, electronic, digital, analog, or other forms) and self-publishing activities fall into this category.
• Individual components of television programs, such as films, television series, and so on, are produced within activities in division 59, while the production of complete television channel programs, from components produced within division 59 or other components (such as live news programs), falls within division 60. Division 60 also includes the broadcasting of such programs by producers.
• This category also includes the creation and leasing of copyright in published content.

What J excludes

• This category does not include: - the provision of telecommunications and related services, such as the transmission of recordings, text, sound, and video; computer programming, computing infrastructure, and hosting; and web search portals; see category K; - the wholesale and retail sale of recorded media; see category G; - the provision of financial and insurance activities using published financial technology and insurance software; see category L; - the rental of video discs; see category O; - the activities of independent musicians and actors (including influencers appearing in vlogs), producers, writers, and bloggers who do not publish their own content, and gambling sites; see category S; - copyright management; see class 7491.

J in other systems