Korean Central Television

Korean Central Television
조선중앙텔레비죤
CountryNorth Korea
Broadcast areaNorth Korea
Worldwide (via Satellite)
HeadquartersPyongyang, North Korea
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerKorean Central Broadcasting Committee
History
Launched3 March 1963; 61 years ago (1963-03-03)
Former namesPyongyang Television
(1 September 1953 – 1961)
Central Television Broadcasting System of the DPRK
(1961 – 3 January 1973)
Availability
Terrestrial
AnalogueChannel R12 (223.25 MHz in Pyongyang)
DigitalDVB-T2
Video on demandManbang
Streaming media
NK NewsKCNA Watch
Korean Central Television
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선중앙텔레비죤
Hancha
朝鮮中央텔레비죤
Revised RomanizationJoseon Jungang Tellebijyon
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Chungang T'ellebijyon

Korean Central Television (KCTV; Korean조선중앙텔레비죤; MRChosŏn 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.