Mansudae Television
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 "Mansudae" | |
| Country | North Korea |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pyongyang (via Analog), Nationwide (via DTT and Manbang IPTV) |
| Headquarters | North Korea |
| Programming | |
| Language | Korean |
| Picture format | 1080i 16:9 HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 4:3 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Korean Central Broadcasting Committee |
| Sister channels | Korean Central Television Ryongnamsan Athletic |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 December 1973 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog (PAL) | Channel 5 (93.25 MHz) in Pyongyang |
| Digital | DVB-T and DVB-T2 |
| Video on demand | Manbang |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 만수대 텔레비죤 |
| Hanja | 萬壽臺 텔레비죤 |
| RR | Mansudae tellebijon |
| MR | Mansudae t'ellebijon |
Mansudae Television (Korean: 만수대 텔레비죤) is a state-owned entertainment television channel in North Korea.[1] It broadcasts movies, selected foreign films and entertainment programming every weekend with occasional advertising.[2] Mansudae began transmissions on 1 December 1973, and broadcasts for three hours (19:00–22:00) on Saturdays, and nine hours (10:00–13:00, 16:00–22:00) on Sundays.[3]
From its inception to 13 July 2015, broadcasting was carried out on channel 5 from the Pyongyang TV Tower and a special app on the Samjiyon tablet computer. In August 2016, the channel was added to the Manbang IPTV service, being available on the second button of the "Aircast" section.
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| Mansudae Television | |
 Screenshot from "Skydiving from space" film on Mansudae TV air |
In July 2015, Mansudae Television ceased broadcasting[4] for unknown reasons. However, two reasons were considered in the Newstopia online edition (South Korea): According to one reason, this step could be taken by the North Korean authorities to restrict the access of Pyongyang residents to foreign content broadcast on the channel. According to the other, reported by Radio Free Asia, in the editorial board there was an incident with unfiltered content, shown on air on the channel.[5] It was also reported that the launch of the broadcasting of the new Athletic Television, carried out on 15 August of the same year, was made at a frequency previously owned by Mansudae Television.[6] As a result of internal checks of the government of North Korea, the television channel was rehabilitated only in 2016 (according to other sources - in November 2015). The message of South Korean news agency Yonhap from 18 May 2016, reported that access to the television channel was proposed to be carried out through cable networks.[7]
