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Country | Indonesia |
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Broadcast area | Southeast Asia [1] |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English [2] Indonesian (secondary) Japanese (tertiary) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | PT Metra Digital Media (Telkom Indonesia) [3] |
Sister channels | (IndiHome TV channels) Usee Prime Usee Sports Ruang Trampil Chinese Drama i-Konser |
History | |
Launched | November 2018 (as .idKU) |
Former names | .idKU (2018–2020) |
Links | |
Website | seatoday |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
IndiHome TV | Watch now (IndiHome customers only) |
Vidio | Watch live |
SEA Today (abbreviation from Southeast Asia Today) is an Indonesian English-language news and lifestyle television channel targeting Southeast Asian and international audiences. [1] The news channel is owned by PT Metra Digital Media (MD Media), a subsidiary of the state-owned telecommunication company Telkom Indonesia. The channel was launched on 28 October 2020 in conjunction with Youth Pledge Day. [4]
SEA Today currently airs through IndiHome's IPTV service UseeTV and MNC Vision's DTH Service in Indonesia since September 2022 and StarHub TV Singapore's IPTV Services.
The channel began on-air in November 2018 as .idKU, a 24-hour documentary and lifestyle channel.[ citation needed ] A UseeTV (now IndiHome TV) exclusive in-house channel, .idKU was intended as "a place for state-owned enterprises, governments (both central and local) and private businesses as well as small enterprises to deliver positive messages about inspiring Indonesian works through exciting, entertaining, and educating television programs". [5]
On 28 October 2020, .idKU was replaced by SEA Today at 7:20pm Jakarta time after the final programme of .idKU 100% Indonesia music show. [6] In their launching, SEA Today was inaugurated by the Minister of State Owned Enterprises at the time, Erick Thohir. [2] SEA Today has transmitted into a SEA Today-owned Transponder Telkom-4 108°2E for a Indonesia and Southeast Asian coverage
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