Tag: Seoul Broadcasting System

  • Olympics notes: No coverage yet on KCTV

    Olympics notes: No coverage yet on KCTV

    With the second full day of competition ended at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, North Korea’s KCTV has yet to feature any coverage. On Sunday, the broadcaster included several still images from Olympics competition in its news bulletin, but they were in the context of the attendance of Kim Yong Nam and Kim Jo Yong’s…

  • Olympics notes: Will North Koreans get to watch the PyeongChang Winter Olympics?

    Olympics notes: Will North Koreans get to watch the PyeongChang Winter Olympics?

    With the PyeongChang Winter Olympics coming up, one of the issues for North-South discussion is television access for Korean Central Television. That because Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), one of South Korea’s major TV networks, holds Olympics broadcasting rights for North Korea even though it doesn’t broadcast there. The rights for the 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024…

  • ABU set to negotiate Olympic TV deal for North Korea

    The ability of North Koreans to watch their athletes compete at the 2012 Olympics looks set to be decided this week, just in time for the opening of the games. A official from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), an organization of major broadcasters in the Asia Pacific, is due to travel to Pyongyang to discuss…