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'''Korean Central Television''' ('''KCTV''') is a [[state media|state news]] broadcaster in [[North Korea]], located in the capital city, [[Pyongyang]]. KCTV is the only official source of [[television]] news for [[Koreans|North Koreans]]. The reach of the programming is limited, as there are only around 1.2 million television sets in the country of over 23 million inhabitants. Additionally, the North Koreans who do own televisions are almost exclusively found in cities.
'''Korean Central Television''' ('''KCTV''') is a [[state media|state news]] broadcaster in [[North Korea]], located in the capital city, [[Pyongyang]]. KCTV is the only official source of [[television]] news for [[Koreans|North Koreans]].


KCTV is part of the '''Korean Central Broadcasting System''', the state-owned media network of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and is part of its television arm of 3 television stations.
KCTV is part of the '''Korean Central Broadcasting System''', the state-owned media network of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and is part of its television arm of 3 television stations.

Revision as of 17:12, 14 January 2012

Korean Central Television
조선중앙방송
CountryNorth Korea
HeadquartersPyongyang, North Korea
Ownership
OwnerGovernment
Korean Central Broadcasting Committee
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선중앙방송
Hancha
朝鮮中央放送
Revised RomanizationJoseon Jung-ang Bangsong
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Chung'ang Pangsong

Korean Central Television (KCTV) is a state news broadcaster in North Korea, located in the capital city, Pyongyang. KCTV is the only official source of television news for North Koreans.

KCTV is part of the Korean Central Broadcasting System, the state-owned media network of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and is part of its television arm of 3 television stations.

History

KCTV was formally launched in 1963 as Pyongyang Broadcasting Network (PBN). PBN was later renamed to KCTV and officially relaunched at 20:42 on Friday, January 3, 1975 (the first working day in 1975 in DPRK). The broadcasting was only Monday-Saturday (workdays in North Korea) and closed on Sunday and national holidays. In 1977 colour telecasts commenced in the channel. KCTV started broadcasting on national holidays in 1993.

KCTV today

Now, KCTV broadcasts six hours each day from 17:00 to 23:00 on weekdays and from 9:00 to 23:30 on key national holidays. An exception was on Kim Jong-il's birthday in February 2010, when it was broadcast 24 hours for the first time. There is another exception, for the emergency events in DPRK at night or daytime, it starts up without any announcers or the Voice of Korea interval signal. The station is still open until that event becomes normal. The station's output is dominated by propaganda programming focusing on the history and achievements of the ruling Korean Workers' Party, the Korean People's Army (KPA) and Kim Jong-il. Topics covered range from new construction projects to history lessons about the accomplishments and past of Kim Jong-il, Kim Il-sung and the juche idea. As with most propaganda, the accuracy of these historic accounts is not always credible, with facts sometimes being distorted in favor of the government. Other programs on topics such as health, education and even children's programs are also aired. Movies and even patriotic musical shows and theater are also shown on the network. On national holidays, military parades, musical performances and movies, plus more special programs are shown on all three networks.

The following illustrates part of a typical day's broadcasting on KCTV on weekdays:

Schedule after supreme leader Kim Jong-il's death

  • 9:00 - In the extraordinary period following the death of Kim Jong-il KCTV has been opening the broadcast day at 9:00 AM (KST) and ending at Midnight (KST). This has allowed for extra news items on the death of Kim Jong-il and the period of national mourning that followed.

Interesting facts

  • News program - Newsreaders wear the same outfit everyday, though they may vary in color. Black and blue for male newsreaders and green and pink for female and have the same haircut for everyone of the same gender. Newscasters must strongly project their voices when on air. Newscasts start typically with a blank red or blue slide, followed by a slow fade to the anchor. The set has the background of Pyongyang with the Taedong river. Nowadays even Mt. Baekdu or another view of Pyongyang is used as the background for the newscasts.
  • Program schedule - Programs have no set time at which to air (The programming is not pegged to air at every half hour, hour, etc.). This is probably due to the cut out of commercials for imported programs, although starting programs at odd times is a standard procedure even on European TV channels.
  • Test card - They air testcards, simulcasting the voice of Korea at some intervals.
  • Imported syndicated programming - KCTV dubs all dialogue and will plaster it on top of the original soundtrack.
  • Movies - They are usually rated PG or R or their equivalents and are not intended for younger viewers.

Viewing outside DPRK

KCTV was broadcast free-to-air on Thaicom 2 before it was grounded, and has been moved to Thaicom 5 on August 1, 2010, so with the appropriate equipment can be picked up in Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa and Europe.
The daily KCTV news bulletin is also distributed online with Japanese subtitle through this Chongryon.

Identity

There are 5 idents broadcast daily since 1980.

  • Startup ident: The violet background with KCTV's logo flying in, followed by some Korean characters, with the welcome voice-over. Broadcast after the music and before the program schedule in the sign-on sequences.
  • News ident: The blue background with KCTV's logo and Juche Tower flying in slowly and Korean text, without voice-over.
  • Night Time news ident: Same as news ident, but with different characters, broadcast only at 22:30.
  • Closedown ident: Same as startup ident, with Good night voice over, and in the blue background. Followed by the program schedule.

Logo History

  • There is only one KCTV logo, which has fire from Juche Tower in it. This was launched in 1996 title as Korean Central Television (KCTV).

News

The blue background with KCTV's logo and Juche Tower flying in slowly, with remix of Song of General Kim Il-sung. The late-night version uses the slow instrumental music played on traditional Korean instrument, is a short part from 50's North Korean song.

Test Card

There are test card changes from time-to-time.

Closing and Opening times

  • Weekdays
    • 5:00pm-11:00pm
  • Weekends/Holidays
    • 9:00am-11:30pm or midnight
  • Days with special broadcasts (notable ones are in May 2010)
    • 2:00pm-11:00pm
  • Rare cases
    • 8:00am-midnight or 1:00am

Startup

Since the start of 2012, the Korean Central Television generally signs on at 17:00 pm with the country's national anthem along with shots of Mount Paekdu and Lake Chon, followed by a shot of the national flag on which an image of the Chollima statue appears, along with the caption 조선중앙텔레비죤 (Korean Central Television). An announcer then appears, welcoming viewers to the day's transmission. This is followed by the Song of General Kim Il-sung accompanied by shots of Mount Paektu and Lake Chon, and then a red flag flutters on the screen, on which appears a portrait of late president Kim Il Sung. This is followed by a rendition of the Song of General Kim Jong-il by military band also accompanied by a shot of a cloudy Lake Chon and the image of late Kim Jong-il with a red flag fluttering in the background. The entire overall start-up sequence lasts just over six minutes.

Closedown

Korean Central Television signs off at around 10:50 pm each evening with an extended preview of the next day's schedule followed by an in-vision closing announcement and with the station main theme a shot of the national flag.

Anchors

Sources

See also

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