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Mansudae Television
	Screenshot from "Skydiving from space" film on Mansudae TV air

Mansudae Television
Chosŏn'gŭl	만수대 텔레비죤
Hancha	萬壽臺 텔레비죤
Revised Romanization	Mansudae Tellebijon
McCune–Reischauer	Mansudae T'ellebijon

Mansudae Television
	Mansudae
Country	North Korea
Broadcast area	Pyongyang, Sinuiju, Sariwon (via Manbang IPTV)
Network	cable, IPTV
Programming
Language(s)	Korean
History
Launched	1 December 1973,; November 2015
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF	Channel 5 (77.25 MHz) in Pyongyang

Mansudae Television (Korean: 만수대 텔레비죤) is a state-owned entertainment television channel based in the Democratic People's Republic of 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.

Temporary closure

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]

Pay channel proposal

In March 2018, Daily NK reported about the proposal by the North Korean government to convert the broadcasting of Mansudae Television on the principle of a paid subscription;^[8] however, according to the Daily NK, it was not established that the project is supposed to be carried out using traditional cable TV or Manbang IPTV. One of the main reasons for the decision of the North Korean government was the high popularity of films and programs that appear on the channel. The price was set at 650 won.