Country | North Korea |
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Broadcast area | North Korea Worldwide (via Satellite) |
Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Korean Central Broadcasting Committee |
History | |
Launched | 3 March 1963 |
Former names | Pyongyang Television (1 September 1953 – 1961) Central Television Broadcasting System of the DPRK (1961 – 3 January 1973) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analogue | Channel R12 (223.25 MHz in Pyongyang) |
Digital | DVB-T2 |
Video on demand | Manbang |
Streaming media | |
NK News | KCNA Watch |
Korean Central Television | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 조선중앙텔레비죤 |
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Hancha | 朝鮮中央텔레비죤 |
Revised Romanization | Joseon Jungang Tellebijyon |
McCune–Reischauer | Chosŏn Chungang T'ellebijyon |
Korean Central Television (KCTV; Korean: 조선중앙텔레비죤; MR: Chosŏn Chungang T'ellebijyon) is a North Korean television service operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea. 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.