Korean Central Television
| Korean Central Television | |
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| Launched | 1963 |
| Owned by | Korean Central Broadcasting Committee |
| Picture format |
4:3 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| Country | North Korea |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Formerly called |
Pyongyang Broadcasting Network (1 September 1953 – 1961) Central Broadcasting Television System (1961 – 3 January 1973) |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Channel R12 (223.25 MHz in Pyongyang) |
| Digital | No official plans for a digital switchover |
| Satellite | |
| Thaicom 5 | 3696 H, SR 3367, FEC 2/3 |
| Intelsat 21 | 3840 V, SR 27690, FEC 7/8 |
| Streaming media | |
| SPTV | MMS |
| RTSP | rtsp://121.167.43.161/chosun |
Korean Central Television (KCTV; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선중앙텔레비죤; RR: Joseon Jungang Tellebijyon; MR: Chosŏn Chungang T'ellebijyon) is a television service operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea. KCTV is the only official source of television news for North Koreans.
KCTV was established on 1 September 1953 as Pyongyang Broadcasting Network after the Korean War ended. Kim Il-sung personally envisioned that the time was ripe for television broadcasting in North Korea, but this was not yet to happen. Thus, the PBN began an 8-year period of preparation for commencement of television broadcasts, with the help of the national government.
PBN was renamed as Central Broadcasting Television System in 1961, and conducted on 1 September the same year its first test broadcasts.
Central Broadcasting Television System officially began operations on 3 March 1963 at 19:00 (7:00 pm) KST based in Pyongyang, broadcasting two hours between 19:00 (7:00 pm) until 21:00 (9:00 pm) KST on weekdays only, and then expanding to 4 and later 6 hours.
The network carried live the whole proceedings of the 5th Worker's Party of Korea Congress held on 1 October 1970.
The Central Broadcasting Television System would later be renamed Korean Central Television (KCTV) and was officially relaunched at 17:00 (5:00 pm) local time on 3 January 1973 (the first working day in 1973 in North Korea). The broadcasting hours were only on weekdays (workday in North Korea) and closed on weekends and national holidays.
KCTV officially began colour television broadcasts on 1 July 1974 and broadcast the first live colour telecast in preparation for the 7th Asian Games held in Tehran via satellite transmission on 1 September 1974, the first network to do so. KCTV was the first live colour television channel to broadcast the New Year's Eve in colour on 31 December 1974, and in 1975 began weekend broadcasts as well. KCTV started their full-time colour broadcasts on 1 September 1977.
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