Television in Indonesia

Television in Indonesia

Television in Indonesia began on August 17, 1962 in Jakarta with the state-run station, TVRI, which began broadcasting on the seventeenth anniversary of Indonesian Independence.[citation needed] It held a television monopoly in Indonesia until 1989, when the first commercial station, RCTI (Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia) began as a local station and was subsequently granted a national license a year later.

Each of the network has a wide variety of programs, ranging from traditional show, such as wayang performance, to programs like Indonesian Idol that are based on Western models. One typical television show of almost every network is sinetron[1] Sinetron is usually a drama series, following the soap opera format, but can also refer to any fictional series. Sometimes it can be comic, like the popular Bajaj Bajuri series, featuring a bajaj (a taxi-like tricycle) driver and the people he drives around.

Terrestrial

Terrestrial TV started with the establishment of the first TV station in Indonesia. Indonesia only has one channel until the establishment of RCTI, first private television in Indonesia. Now, Indonesia has so many nation wide tv stations and local stations. Major nation wide TV station in Indonesia are RCTI, TPI, SCTV, antv, Indosiar, Metro TV, Trans 7, Trans TV, TV ONE, and Global TV. Now Indonesia is on the experimental phase to full implement of digital terrestrial tv in Indonesia. Indonesia adopted DVB-T format.

Satellite

Satellite television has been available in Indonesia since Indovision incorporated in August 8, 1988. Since then, technology for satellite television has changed from analogue to digital. Satellite tv in Indonesia usnig DVB-S format. Up to now, there are more than 5 satellite pay tv operators, name Indovision, TOP TV, TelkomVision, Yes TV, Aora TV, and OkeVision. Satellite television is available nation wide.

Cable

PT Broadband Multimedia Tbk is the first operator for cable tv in Indonesia under brand name Kabelvision in 1995. In 2006, the company launched Digital 1 along with the technology changed from analogue to digital. The company then change the name of the company to PT First Media Tbk in 2007 and also launched new brand, name First Media. Cable tv now is only available in Jabodetabek area and Surabaya. Cable TV in Indonesia is using DVB-C format.

Mobile

Mobile TV has two categories, free-to-air and Pay TV. Free-to-air TV available for years in Indonesia. Free-to-air is using analogue technology like UHV/VHF. Now free-to-air tv has adopted digital technology. In Indonesia, free-to-air tv is using DVB-H format.

There is only one operator for Mobile Pay TV in Indonesia. Mobile TV is currently only available in Jakarta.

This is the list of free-to-air television stations and networks that can be received by using UHF/VHF antenna in Indonesia.

National TV

List of networks that are transmitted throughout Indonesia:

* TVRI - state owned http://www.tvri.co.id/
* ANTV http://www.an.tv/
* Global TV http://www.globaltv.co.id/
* Indosiar http://www.indosiar.com/
* Metro TV http://www.metrotvnews.com/
* RCTI http://www.rcti.tv/
* SCTV http://www.sctv.co.id/
* Trans TV http://www.transtv.co.id/
* Trans 7 http://www.trans7.co.id/
* TPI http://www.tpi.tv/
* TVOne http://www.tvone.co.id/
* Televisi Edukasi (TVE) http://tve.depdiknas.go.id/
* Elshinta http://www.elshinta.co.id/
* DAAI TV http://www.daaitv.co.id/

Source: wikipedia