Mansudae Television
"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. It broadcasts movies, selected foreign films and entertainment programming every weekend with occasional advertising. 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.
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.
| External image | |
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| Mansudae Television | |
| Screenshot from "Skydiving from space" film on Mansudae TV air |