Television channel daily line-up

1. Scope and Applicability

Applies to one television channel daily line-up assembled for distribution by others, including its actual acquired programmes, live feeds, advertisements and channel continuity. File, live-feed and mixed handoff routes are covered. A complete daily line-up follows the channel operational day and its declared complete scheduled window; a universal 24-hour transmission is not presumed. See cpc-tv-lineup-2025, p. 444. Individual television broadcast originals, film originals, consumer downloads, streamed content, over-air broadcasting and subscriber distribution services are excluded as reference products.

Television-specific picture-format adaptation, audio/video synchronization, audio-track and subtitle availability, QC and final schedule completeness establish a material methodology need. Radio methodology can inform generic metering only; it does not establish television configuration or acceptance. Original-production methodology supports upstream assets, not assembly of a daily channel delivery.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.business-and-production-services.telecommunications-broadcasting-and-information-supply-services.television-channel-daily-line-up
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 84622
covered_products	Complete daily television channel assemblies handed off as files, live feeds or mixed deliveries
excluded_products	Individual originals; pure licence transactions; viewer distribution and viewing; equipment manufacture as foreground
representative_product	Television channel daily line-up
production_route	Asset ingest and reconciliation → scheduling and necessary adaptation → QC → accepted distributor handoff
market_state	Versioned complete daily line-up accepted by its receiving distributor, with declared reuse rights and delivery conditions

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Provide a complete distributable daily television channel line-up to another distributor
How much	One complete assembly for one channel and one declared operational day
How well	Current contract defines picture format, frame rate, sound tracks, sync, captions, rights and QC acceptance; no universal compliance approval
How long or cycle	One declared operational-day window; record start/end, timezone, actual duration and repeats
reference_flow_link	reference_product_lineup

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Television channel daily line-up
Reference flow property	Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345
Reference unit group	Units of items 5beb6eed-33a9-47b8-9ede-1dfe8f679159
Reference unit	item
Required qualifiers	channel; operational day and timezone; schedule revision; complete content/version manifest; picture/audio configuration; captions; reuse rights; handoff endpoint/route; acceptance; equipment and upstream boundary

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
count_reference	reference product	Number of items	item	item is the display alias of public Item(s); 1 item is one complete channel-day assembly, not one programme, viewer or right. Do not substitute mass.
electricity_measurement	electricity_lv; electricity_mv; electricity_other	Energy; UUID rows retain Net calorific value	MJ	Use cp_energy; metered kWh converts by 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ. Network GB, programme duration and price cannot be converted directly into electricity.

The electricity UUID rows retain reference property Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, with unit group 93a60a57-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 (reference MJ). This is the public identity energy-measurement property and does not imply electricity combustion.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Version-identified programme originals and live feeds acquired for assembly; supplier production boundary disclosed
starting_condition_role	foreground_start
product_classification_scope	Daily television channel programme assembly for distribution by others
recursive_input_rule	For an existing line-up input, record source revision, actual attributable share and included boundary; do not recursively rebuild or duplicate its burdens
upstream_dataset_requirement	Link boundary-matched upstream datasets for acquired content, QC, contribution transfer, electricity and included equipment; disclose unavailable data
disclosure	Foreground starting point to accepted handoff; do not claim complete cradle-to-gate until upstream and equipment coverage is demonstrated

rule_id	Rule	source_ids
boundary_handoff	Include ingest, scheduling, rework, necessary transcoding, synchronization checks, caption-track checks, actual storage and pre-handoff monitoring/playout. Distributor encoding/transmission, viewer devices and viewing follow handoff and are outside this foreground.	cpc-tv-lineup-2025; bbc-file-quality-2020
boundary_route	Do not add transcoding for pass-through assets. Live routes require live monitoring and actual resource records. Preserve differing contractual configurations.	bbc-file-quality-2020
boundary_physical	Do not presume combustion, refrigerant leakage, water or physical waste as inevitable assembly exchanges. Add actual occurrences as separate substance/medium-specific measured rows; grid emissions belong to upstream electricity.	cpc-tv-lineup-2025

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
assembly	Asset ingest and daily assembly	required	all routes	foreground_production	1 item
quality_handoff	Picture/sound checks, adaptation and handoff	required	all routes; transcoding and outsourcing only when present	foreground_production	1 item
utility_support	Metered utility and equipment support	required	actual facility; supply rows depend on meters without duplication	foreground_production	1 item

Process: Asset ingest and daily assembly (assembly)

Use job logs, schedule manifests and acceptance records to identify actual operations; electricity is recorded once in utility_support.

Inputs

Product flows

Television broadcast original supplied for channel assembly (programme_original)

Record each distinct acquired original and version separately. This is a technical content input, not the price of a licence. Its attributed original-production share follows the disclosed actual reuse plan; do not assign the full original repeatedly to every daily repeat.

• Selected flow: Television broadcast original supplied for channel assembly
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_content; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_content
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Picture/sound checks, adaptation and handoff (quality_handoff)

Use job logs, schedule manifests and acceptance records to identify actual operations; electricity is recorded once in utility_support.

Inputs

Product flows

Television programme file quality-control service (qc_service)

Only when external QC is actually purchased; one item is one contractually defined completed QC delivery. Record its file scope, revision and acceptance report; exclude the same vendor electricity from utility rows when already included in this service dataset.

• Selected flow: Television programme file quality-control service
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_services; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_services
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Television channel feed contribution transfer service (handoff_service)

Only when external contribution transfer to the accepting distributor is used; one item is one defined completed transfer session. Specify endpoint, feed duration, redundancy and transfer logs. Exclude transmission from distributor to viewers.

• Selected flow: Television channel feed contribution transfer service
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_services; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_services
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Television channel daily line-up (reference_product_lineup)

This output is the complete channel-day assembly accepted by another distributor; cp_acceptance reconciles its window, assets, configuration and revision.

• Selected flow: Television channel daily line-up
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: 1 item
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_acceptance
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Metered utility and equipment support (utility_support)

Use job logs, schedule manifests and acceptance records to identify actual operations; electricity is recorded once in utility_support.

Inputs

Product flows

Alternating current (electricity_lv)

Only for actual CN grid-average customer supply below 1 kV at the documented meter. Includes attributed ingest, scheduling, video adaptation, monitoring, storage, playout-to-handoff and facility support electricity. The voltage is the supply meter voltage, not the workstation adapter voltage.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value / MJ
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_energy; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Alternating current (electricity_mv)

Only for actual CN grid-average customer supply at 1–35 kV. Record this instead of low-voltage consumption for the same metered supply; include downstream on-site transformer losses within that measured boundary.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value / MJ
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_energy; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Alternating-current electricity supplied at the site meter (electricity_other)

Use only for actual supply outside the two CN grid-average voltage cases. State the actual geography, voltage and supply route and obtain a matching upstream dataset; this unresolved identity must not be replaced with either CN identity without evidence.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity supplied at the site meter
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Collect actual attributable quantity per declared reference flow under cp_energy; no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Broadcast playout server (server_share)

Only for capital-equipment inclusion declared by the study. One item is the actual complete specified server configuration. Attribute its production dataset using the evidenced whole installed-service or compatible cumulative-service denominator and persistent manufacture-share ledger under allocation_equipment. An observation period distributes only its already justified manufacture fraction; it does not reset the complete server production burden. Unknown service denominator or ledger coverage requires review and prevents a final attributed quantity; no default lifetime. Split monitors, storage arrays and replacement parts as separate configuration-specific exchanges when present.

• Selected flow: Broadcast playout server
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: Actual server count multiplied by the evidenced dimensionless manufacture share attributable to this declared reference flow under allocation_equipment and cp_equipment; unknown share remains under review, with no default quantity.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_equipment
• Sources: cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Rule	source_ids
allocation_resource	Prefer separate metering. Attribute shared workstations, servers, storage, monitoring and facility electricity using measured job consumption or log-verified resource occupancy; retain total energy, all occupants, allocation denominator, idle/redundancy treatment and reconciliation. GB is not kWh; do not allocate by assumed price or audience.
allocation_content	Rights are not physical production quantities. Under cp_content disclose separate original-production datasets, versions and shares attributable under the actual use/reuse plan; an unsupported reuse denominator remains an upstream gap and sensitivity, not a full original-production charge to every repeat delivery.	cpc-tv-lineup-2025
allocation_versions	Include main-version, rework and actual redundant-handoff resources. Multiple channels/languages/configurations use explainable actual resource attribution. Do not count incomplete line-ups as complete output.
allocation_equipment	Under cp_equipment retain one same-asset manufacture boundary and persistent ledger across every project, period and beneficiary. The share uses actual attributable service activity divided by an evidenced whole installed-service or compatible cumulative-service denominator, with matching activity units; a justified forecast requires sensitivity and later reconciliation. Cumulative assigned manufacture shares must not exceed one. Within an observation period distribute only the manufacture fraction already justified for that period, never the complete asset production burden anew. Unknown denominator, prior shares or ledger coverage requires review and prohibits a final attributed manufacture quantity or complete equipment-coverage claim. These are foreground-accounting controls, not a prescribed numeric life or classification factor.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_content	assembly	programme_original	asset ledger	asset id; version; source; original-production dataset; actual reuse plan; attributed share; rights scope	Reconcile ingest manifests, contracts and actual reuse logs; price is not quantity	item	per asset	same channel day and actual reuse horizon	source and receiving facility	per declared reference flow	complete asset/version manifest and denominator evidence
cp_services	quality_handoff	qc_service; handoff_service	supplier record	supplier; delivery definition; session; endpoint; configuration; energy coverage; acceptance	Reconcile contracts, supplier datasets and delivery logs with included boundary	item	per delivery	declared channel day	external QC and contribution link	per declared reference flow	reports and double-count boundary reconciliation
cp_energy	utility_support	electricity_lv; electricity_mv; electricity_other	meter record	meter; region; supply voltage; route; start/end readings; jobs and all occupants; idle; storage; cooling; redundancy; unit	Synchronize calibrated meters and job logs; reconcile shared attribution, site losses and supplier-included electricity	MJ	per job and meter interval	complete declared day, preparation and rework	actual workstations, servers and facility meters	per declared reference flow	meter calibration, bills and energy allocation totals
cp_equipment	utility_support	server_share	equipment record	persistent asset id; server configuration/count; upstream manufacture boundary; actual attributable service activity and units; evidenced whole installed-service or compatible cumulative-service denominator; all projects/periods/beneficiaries; prior shares; current dimensionless share; justified period manufacture fraction; cumulative assigned/remaining share; forecast sensitivity and later reconciliation	Reconcile the same-asset register and full usage/allocation ledger against the supported total service denominator; cap cumulative manufacture shares at one and period allocations at their previously justified fraction. Unknown denominator or ledger coverage requires review, not an assumed lifetime or reset	item; dimensionless share; actual service activity units	per asset and study period, with cumulative ledger updates	declared channel-day observation plus evidenced whole-service/cumulative-service horizon	capital equipment declared included; all beneficiary periods retained	per declared reference flow	asset identity/configuration, supported denominator, cumulative conservation and period-fraction evidence
cp_acceptance	quality_handoff	reference_product_lineup	acceptance record	channel; date; timezone; window; revision; assets; duration; format; sound tracks; captions; rights; gaps; rework; receiver	Reconcile final schedule, files/live feed, acceptance logs and current delivery specification; record completeness	item	per channel day	complete declared day and associated preparation	assembly facility to other-distributor handoff	per declared reference flow	receipt, picture/sound QC and complete-window reconciliation

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
energy_conversion	electricity_lv; electricity_mv; electricity_other	Express attributable metered energy per declared reference flow; convert kWh to MJ using 3.6, preserve raw records and infer no other conversion from property names.	cp_energy	MJ per declared reference flow
count_complete	reference_product_lineup	One accepted complete channel day counts as 1 item; duplicate files of the same delivery do not increase reference output.	cp_acceptance	1 item	cpc-tv-lineup-2025

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_configuration	all inventory rows	Cover all actual routes and required quality configuration; easy excerpts cannot represent the complete channel day. Current contract determines acceptance.	cp_acceptance; bbc-file-quality-2020
quality_energy	electricity_lv; electricity_mv; electricity_other	Use actual contemporaneous geography and supply voltage; disclose shared attribution, unmeasured scope and supplier-included loads.	cp_energy
quality_upstream	programme_original; server_share	Disclose original/equipment production coverage and reuse/service-horizon evidence; uncovered is not zero.	cp_content; cp_equipment

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference	Reference name matches output row; output is 1 item complete channel day; absent asset manifest, timezone/window, revision, rights or acceptance makes the definition incomplete.	cpc-tv-lineup-2025
validate_inventory	Each row is one exchange; choose actual supply rows without duplication; upstream emissions cannot be direct elementary flows; missing identity or measurement cannot be treated as data.
validate_boundary	Reconcile asset production, outsourced services, equipment and transfer dataset boundaries and attribution totals; foreground handoff results do not establish full lifecycle coverage or methodology approval.
validate_equipment	For server_share verify the same configuration, supported whole-service denominator and persistent ledger across all beneficiaries/periods; cumulative manufacture shares must not exceed one and within-period allocations must not exceed the justified period fraction. Reject manufacture reset at each day/project/period. Unknown denominator or prior-share coverage requires review and prevents final equipment attribution and complete equipment-coverage claims.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground channel-day assembly to accepted other-distributor handoff dataset
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
allowed_use	Input to configuration/window-matched downstream distribution models; assembly-route comparisons within disclosed boundary
excluded_use	Automatic representation of individual originals, broadcast transmission, viewer use, entire lifecycle or licence economic value
required_metadata	channel, day, window/timezone, revision, route, picture/audio configuration, rights, acceptance, supply, original/equipment boundary
required_quality_disclosure	meter coverage, shared attribution, reuse denominator, missing upstream, unresolved identities, historical technical-evidence limitations
update_trigger	configuration, route, supplier, schedule window, supply or actual resource-consumption change

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
cpc-tv-lineup-2025	official_guidance	United Nations Statistics Division, CPC Version 3.0 Explanatory Notes (30 June 2025), p. 444. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf	Category and boundary between originals, daily assemblies and broadcasting/distribution; no quantitative factors
bbc-file-quality-2020	standard	BBC, Technical Specification for the Delivery of Television Programmes as AS-11 Files, BBC File v5.1.0 (2020), p. 22, §§3.3–3.5. https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/scotland/commissioning/TechnicalDeliveryStandardsBBCFile.pdf	Historical AS-11 file QC and acceptance example only; not current universal criteria or channel-day energy. Dataset production uses the actual current delivery agreement.