Friday, 19 August 2016
'Mangang' - North Korea Releases Netflix Style Service
Manbang And Chill? Release more than 5 channels and I'll consider it.
Netflix style video-on-demand services via quasi-internet protocol television (IPTV) have come to North Korea, state broadcaster the Korea Central Television (KCTV) showed on Tuesday.
A set-top box named ‘Manbang’, which means ‘everywhere’ or ‘every direction’, enables viewers to replay documentary films about the leadership and learn Russian and English languages, using IPTV services.
The number of secure internet servers per million people in the DPRK was rated as zero in 2015, according to statistics from the World Bank and Netcraft. The world’s average is 209, with data showing South Korea to have 2,320 secure servers per million people.
With the device, viewers can watch five different TV channels in real-time such as KCTV, Mansudae Television, Ryongnamsan TV, and find information related to the leader’s activities and Juche ideology. Users can also read articles from the newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Cont.
Story from - NK News
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