Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

5132 - Pay TV, Specialty TV and Program Distribution

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting television programs, in a defined and limited format, via operators of cable and satellite distribution systems, and establishments primarily engaged in the delivery of programs, to subscribers, by cable or satellite.

51321 - Pay and Specialty Television

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting television programs, in a defined and limited format, such as family and youth-oriented, news, feature films, music, health, sports, religion, weather, travel and educational programming. These establishments may produce programs in their own broadcasting studios or they may acquire programming from external sources. The programming is delivered to subscribers by operators of cable or satellite distribution systems.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing programs for television without broadcasting (See 51211 Motion Picture and Video Production)
  • delivering programs to subscribers by cable or satellite systems (See 51322 Cable and Other Program Distribution)

51322 - Cable and Other Program Distribution

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in distributing television and radio programs, to subscribers, via cable or satellite distribution systems. These establishments deliver programming that originates from television and radio broadcasters, and pay and specialty channels. These establishments may also provide other services, such as interactive television, information services and tele-banking services.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • installing and maintaining cable systems on contract (See 23 Construction)
  • broadcasting television programs in a defined and limited format via operators of cable or satellite distribution systems (See 51321 Pay and Specialty Television)