TSIC 602—Television scheduling and broadcasting.

Where 602 sits

1. J Information and Communication
2. 60 Program scheduling and broadcasting.
3. 602 Television scheduling and broadcasting.

Contains 1 narrower code

• 6020 Television scheduling and broadcasting.

What 602 includes

• The scheduling of all television programs for a channel and the broadcasting of those programs may include purchased programs (e.g., movies, documentaries, commercials, etc.), original programs (e.g., local news programs, live reports), or a combination of both. Such schedules may be broadcast by the scheduling company itself or distributed to third parties (e.g., cable companies or satellite television providers). Broadcasting also includes information broadcasting activities carried out as part of television broadcasting.
• Scheduled programs may be general programming or specialized programming (e.g., news channels, sports channels, movie channels, cartoon channels, documentary channels, cooking channels, educational channels, or youth channels, etc.), which may be suitable for all viewers or tailored specifically for subscribed viewers only.

What 602 excludes

• Television program production (e.g., films, documentaries, commercials) is classified under activity 59112.
• The packaging and distribution of various channels for viewing via cable or satellite is classified under division 61.

602 in other systems