RCTI is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, originally as a local pay television operator that broadcasts mostly foreign programmes, before switching to free-to-air terrestrial network a year later.
Seputar Indonesia was Indonesia's longest-running flagship newscast carried by a private television network. It debuted for the first time on the newly inaugurated RCTI on 15 November 1989 as the local news program Seputar Jakarta, as well as the network's first newscast before it evolved to go nationwide on 15 November 1990. Since the end of 2005, the program has regained its position as the most-watched newscast in the country, according to ratings by Nielsen Media Research. During its early years, Seputar Indonesia was also carried by RCTI's then sister network SCTV.
PT Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) is an Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster. It was launched on 24 August 1990 in Surabaya, East Java as Surabaya Central Televisi, broadcasting to the city and its surrounding area. At first, the programming was similar to that of RCTI, broadcasting foreign shows and some of RCTI news programs until they could produce their own. On 30 January 1993, SCTV obtained a national license and eventually moved its operations to Jakarta, changing its name to Surya Citra Televisi and marking the end of 3 year affiliation with RCTI. Its main offices are located in Central Jakarta, with studios in West Jakarta. It is owned by Surya Citra Media, a publicly listed subsidiary of the technology company Emtek.
ATVSI is an organization that unites the national commercial television networks in Indonesia.
PT Global Informasi Bermutu, operating as GTV, which is an initialism derived from its previous name, Global TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television network. It was launched on 8 October 2002. Originally a music television channel as MTV broadcaster in Indonesia and Asia, it was one of the first television network in the world to broadcast MTV for 24 hours a day free-to-air over UHF. GTV shifted its focus to general entertainment programming targeting young adults. Currently, the broadcaster airs news, soap opera, reality and game shows, along with Nickelodeon animation series and anime, making up its programming schedule. It is owned by Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), which also owns RCTI, MNCTV and iNews.
ANTV is an Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster based in South Jakarta. It is owned by Visi Media Asia (Viva), part of the Bakrie Group.
PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television broadcaster, established on 19 July 1991, with test broadcasts commencing on 18 December 1994, and officially launching on 11 January 1995. It has been owned by Emtek since 2011 and later operated under its subsidiary, Surya Citra Media since May 2013, with the network's original owner, Indosiar Karya Media, absorbed into SCM.
PT Duta Visual Nusantara Tivi Tujuh, operating as Trans7 or TRANS7 in all caps is an Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster owned by Trans Media, a part of Trans Corp, which in turn is a subsidiary of CT Corp. The channel was officially launched as TV7 on 25 November 2001 at 5:00 PM local time. The final transmission and broadcast aired on 15 December 2006 at 19:00 WIB. The network was then sold by Kompas Gramedia Group to Trans Media and changed the name from TV7 to Trans7.
PT Media Televisi Indonesia, operating as Metro TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on November 25, 2000, and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group.
Liputan 6 is an Indonesian television news program that broadcasts on SCTV and Moji. Its slogan is Aktual, Tajam, dan Terpercaya.
JTV is a private television station in Surabaya, East Java serving the province of East Java. JTV was the first regional private television in Indonesia, as well as one of the early television stations to broadcast programs in the Javanese language. JTV broadcasts can be viewed in East Java and some areas of Central Java by aerial or by satellite.
Erick Thohir is an Indonesian businessman and politician who served as Indonesia's Minister of State Owned Enterprises from 2019 to 2024. He is the chairman of Football Association of Indonesia since 2023 and founder of Mahaka Group, a conglomeration that focuses on media, sports and entertainment. Globally known as the former owner and chairman of Italian football giant Inter Milan and US soccer club D.C. United, Thohir is currently co-owner alongside Anindya Bakrie of English Championship team Oxford United and Liga 1 team Persis Solo along with Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko Widodo. He was also the president director of ANTV television station and the chief of the Indonesian Olympic Committee. In 2019, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Thohir is also currently a member of the FIBA Central Board.
The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia was a variety and game show In Indonesia aired by antv. It was based on the Philippines' longest-running noon-time variety show, Eat Bulaga! which was then-produced under Television and Production Exponents, Inc., Overall, the program was a successor to its first incarnation that aired from July 16, 2012 until April 3, 2014 on competing SCTV.
PT MDTV Media Televisi is an Indonesian national private television network owned by MDTV Media Technologies and Industri Mitra Media under the auspices of MD Entertainment. This television network conducted a trial broadcast as NET. on 18 May 2013 and was officially launched on 26 May 2013 at 19.00 WIB by replacing the terrestrial broadcast Spacetoon.
Eat Bulaga! Indonesia was an Indonesian variety show produced and aired by SCTV. It served as the original Indonesian franchisee of the Philippines' longest-running noon-time variety show, Eat Bulaga! which was then-produced by the Philippine television production company Television and Production Exponents, Inc. (TAPE).
Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, commonly known as The Sacred Riana, is an Indonesian magician and illusionist best known for her performance as a bizarre illusionist.
Aiman Witjaksono is an Indonesian journalist, news anchor and interviewer at RCTI. Previously Witjaksono worked for approximately 10 years at Kompas TV as a broadcaster. On RCTI, his final role was as anchor of the news program Seputar Indonesia before his return on iNews in 2022 as the Editor in Chief.
PT Nusantara Media Mandiri, commonly known as Nusantara TV (NTV), is an Indonesian digital terrestrial network based in East Jakarta. It is owned by NT Corp. NTV launched on November 10, 2015 and obtained a permanent broadcasting permit (IPP) from the Indonesian government in 2019.
VTV is a private digital terrestrial television network in Indonesia owned by Intermedia Capital (MDIA), a company under the umbrella of Visi Media Asia (VIVA) owned by the Bakrie Group. It was previously known as sportOne and rebranded to VTV on January 9, 2023.
Anindya Novyan Bakrie, is an Indonesian businessman and investor who is the CEO and President of Bakrie & Brothers, the successor to the Bakrie Group, one of the oldest conglomerates in Indonesia that is now transitioning towards the renewable sector. Bakrie is the founder and CEO of the Visi Media Asia (VIVA) Group, which owns television stations with news and sports lineups, namely tvOne, entertainment lineups, namely ANTV, and the news portal VIVA.co.id. He is also the founder of the Bakrie Center Foundation, a platform for his philanthropic activities. The group supplied the first 52 electric buses for public transport in Jakarta. Its electric vehicle arm VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas partnered with China’s BYD in 2018 and later made a series of procurement of electric buses that are today plying the Indonesian capital’s roads. Bakrie is on track to pivot his business group towards sustainable and digital businesses. One of the group’s business legacies is in coal mining and under Bakrie’s leadership the business group is now transitioning towards the renewable sector. Past profits accumulated by the Bakrie group from coal mining are now being reinvested into green projects and other efforts towards energy transition. Bakrie was appointed by former Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a Director of the APEC Business Advisory Council. He is also the co-owner of English Championship club Oxford United, alongside Erick Thohir.
