Ryongnamsan Television
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 Ryongnamsan | |
| Country | North Korea |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pyongyang, Kaesong (analog), Nationwide (via DTT and Manbang IPTV) |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Programming | |
| Language | Korean |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (University Student TV Department of KCBC) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1971 |
| Former names |
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| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue (PAL) | Channel R9 (199.25 MHz in Pyongyang) |
| Digital | DVB-T and DVB-T2 |
| Video on demand | Manbang |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 룡남산 텔레비죤 |
| Hanja | 龍南山텔레비죤 |
| RR | Ryongnamsan tellebijon |
| MR | Ryongnamsan t'ellebijon |
Ryongnamsan Television (Korean: 룡남산텔레비죤) is a North Korean television channel that focuses on education. It is operated by the University Student TV Department of the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee.[1] The channel schedule includes science documentaries in English, television lectures and educational programs for learning foreign languages including in English, Russian and Chinese.[1][2]
Ryongnamsan Television received its current name on 5 September 2012, with a logo reminiscent of the Kim Il Sung University logo and previously broadcast on Channel 9 from the Pyongyang TV Tower on a schedule operating from 19:00 to 22:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,[3] and since 2019 has been broadcasting from 18:00 to 22:00 on every weekday.[4] The channel is additionally available on the Manbang on-demand service.[5] The director is assumed to be the Head of Editorial Desk Yang Chun Won who has been in the position since 2012.[1]
History
The channel started off on 1 April 1971, initially known as "Kaesong Television". On 10 October 1991, the channel switched to color, becoming the last TV channel in the entire world to switch to color TV.[6] In February 1997, the channel was rebranded as "Korean Educational and Cultural Network".[4] During this period, authorities conducted experimental broadcasting and started broadcasting the channel from the television tower in Kaesong on Channel 8 in the NTSC-M format, as a way to promote North Korean culture among South Korean viewers, authorities chose this channel because South Korea's KBS1 and KBS2 were using Channel 7 and 9 but their channels were jammed by North Korean authorities, the broadcasts continued until 31 December 2012, when the analogue shutdown happened in South Korea.[7]
