Korean Central Television
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North Korean state television service
Key facts
- Broadcast area
- North Korea, parts of South Korea, Worldwide (via Satellite)
- Headquarters
- Pyongyang , North Korea
- Picture format
- 1080i 16:9 HDTV , (downscaled to letterboxed 4:3 576i for the SDTV feed; HD not available on analogue)
- Owner
- Korean Central Broadcasting Committee
- Sister channels
- Mansudae , Ryongnamsan , Athletic
- Launched
- 3 March 1963 ; 63 years ago ( 1963-03-03 )
- Former names
- Pyongyang Television , (1 September 1953 – 1961), Central Television Broadcasting System of the DPRK , (1961 – 3 January 1973)
- Analogue pal
- Channel R12 (223.25 MHz in Pyongyang)
- Digital
- DVB-T2
- Video on demand
- Manbang
- Express 103
- 3707 R 4975 (3/4)
- Express amu3
- 11495 V 12620 (3/5)
- Intelsat 21
- 4080 V 30000 (5/6)
- Koryo tv
- Koryo TV
- Nk news
- KCNA Watch
- Dprk isg information bureau
- 붉은별TV
- Hangul
- 조선중앙텔레비죤
- Rr
- Joseon jungang tellebijon
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- broadcaster
- Official name
- 조선중앙텔레비죤
- Country
- North Korea
- Located in
- Pyongyang
- Headquarters
- Pyongyang
- Image
- 0912 - Nordkorea 2015 - Pjöngjang - Public Viewing am Bahnhofsplatz (22977222415).jpg
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- inception
- 1963-03-03
- language used
- Korean
- Commons category
- Korean Central Television
- described at URL
- nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/listNkTv.do
- streaming media URL
- kcnawatch.org/korea-central-tv-livestream
- short name
- KCTV
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Korean Central Television (KCTV; Korean: 조선중앙텔레비죤) is the oldest television channel in North Korea, operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, the country's sole broadcaster, which is state-owned. It is broadcast terrestrially via the Pyongyang TV Tower in Moranbong-guyok, Pyongyang, streamed via the government-run internet television service Manbang, and also uplinked via satellite. It officially launched in March 1963 and has been one of the primary channels through which the North Korean state broadcasts pro-government propaganda to its people.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korean Central Television” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.