60.10Level 4
Radio broadcasting and audio distribution activities
Explanatory note
This class includes:
- broadcasting audio signals through radio broadcasting studios and facilities for the transmission of aural programming to the public, to affiliates or to subscribers
- on-demand audio streaming and download services by third-party distributors with distribution rights
- broadcasting live podcasts
This class also includes:
- activities of radio networks, i.e. assembling and transmitting aural programming to the affiliates or subscribers via over-the-air broadcasts, cable or satellite
- radio broadcasting activities over the internet (internet radio stations)
- radio programme broadcasting and concurrent filming for video broadcast
This class excludes:
- wholesale of audio recordings on physical media, see 46.49
- retail sale of audio recordings on physical media, see 47.69
- publishing of audiobooks, associated with streaming and download services of book publishers, see 58.11
- publishing of music and other sound recordings, associated with streaming and download services of music and other sound recording publishers, see 59.20
- production of radio programming and audio podcasts, see 59.20
- provision of technical infrastructure services related to audio streaming services without having acquired the rights to the audio content, see 63.10