Has NK even converted to digital TV yet? I’d imagine definitely not considering that they can barely feed the populace…
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Makes it all the more laughable.
No they haven’t (and they don’t have plans to switch on terrestrial TV either).
It is speculated the satellite broadcast has a propaganda use (like “look at us, there are no problems in our country, we even have HD”) and is used to feed the transmitters in the countryside.
Even more so, when you consider that the VAST Transponder that Imparja is broadcasting on actually still has about 9-10mbps free space.
TV channels and Radio bitrates DAB+ DTT FIBER Satellite Cable OTT (there is a chart when you scroll down a bit).
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They have no terrestrial TV but they have transmitters in the countryside??? Just for show? Interestingly, Romania and Greenland were the last countries to go colour completely.
I’d say to broadcast out to other countries.
They don’t have plans to switch to digital on terrestrial TV.
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Weren’t they conducting tests around Pyongyang using China’s DTMB system?
I recall some time ago reports that made it look like that was the case, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Chinese were donating/lending them some equipment for that.
It’s not a guaranteed thing, but it isn’t enitrely unlikely either. We’ll likely never know for sure anyway.
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Optus Business TV2 test card (using Westlink’s former position)
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Not that it’s likely they’ll bother for something so trivial like a testcard, but it’d be great if the Optus logo could be updated!
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MATV in a pub
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As mentioned in the Ten Eyewitness News Content & Appearance thread (thanks to @lexington for originally posting the cap, by the way! 
), a clip that was briefly online this afternoon revealed the slate/cuecard used before the Brisbane news updates:
The “10 to 2” countdown seen after this used is the “white numbers on a black background” also used by Nine and possibly other broadcasters.
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that ‘D cue’ is the most antiquated piece of tv equipment… so simple that it’s survived all these years!
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CW affiliates accidentally broadcast their satellite info at the start of programming earlier this year.
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