TVRI

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI)
Type Television network
Country Indonesia
Availability Nationwide and Worldwide
Founded August 24, 1962 (1962-08-24)
Slogan Saluran Pemersatu Bangsa (The national integrator channel)
Headquarters Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Broadcast area
Nationwide and Worldwide
Owner Government of Indonesia
Parent Ministry of Communications and Information of Indonesia
Key people
Elprisdat M. Zen (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)
Iskandar Achmad (President Director and CEO)
Official website
www.tvri.co.id
TVRI
Sister channel(s) TV Edukasi (2004-2014)
QTV (1998-2011)
Swara Channel (1998-present)
TPI (1991-1997)
Availability
Terrestrial
Jakarta 4 and 39 UHF (TVRI Nasional)
9 and 40 UHF (TVRI DKI Jakarta)
Bandung 7 UHF (TVRI Jawa Barat)
Bogor 7 UHF (TVRI Jawa Barat)
Tanjung Pinang 6 (2) UHF (TVRI Riau - Kepualuan Riau)
Semarang 5 UHF (TVRI Jawa Tengah)
Bintan 6 (2) UHF (TVRI Riau - Kepulauan Riau)
Surabaya 10 UHF (TVRI Jawa Timur)
Makassar 5 UHF (TVRI Sulawesi Selatan)
Banda Aceh 6 UHF (TVRI Aceh)
Medan 6 UHF (TVRI Sumatera Utara)
Batam (Batam Island) 6 (2) UHF (TVRI Riau - Kepulauan Riau)
Yogyakarta 9 UHF (TVRI Yogyakarta)
Denpasar (Bali) 9 UHF (TVRI Bali)
Bandar Lampung 40 UHF (TVRI Lampung)
Palembang 10 UHF (TVRI Sumatera Selatan)
Padang 6 UHF (TVRI Sumatera Barat)
Pekanbaru 8 UHF (TVRI Riau - Kepulauan Riau)
Pontianak 8 UHF (TVRI Kalimantan Barat)
Banjarmasin 4 UHF (TVRI Kalimantan Selatan)
Malang 10 UHF (TVRI Jawa Timur)
Satellite
Indovision Channel 106
TelkomVision Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Yes TV Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Sky TV Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Aora TV Channel 901
Cable
Indovision Channel 118
First Media Channel 12
TelkomVision Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Yes TV Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Sky TV Channel 184 (TVRI Programma 1)
Channel 182 (TVRI Programma 2)
Channel 209 (TVRI Palembang)
StarHub TV
(Singapore)
Channel 179
Aora TV Channel 901

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) is a state-owned, public broadcasting television network and the oldest television entity in Indonesia. It is based in Senayan, Central Jakarta.[1]

TVRI monopolized television broadcasting in Indonesia until 1989, when the first private television station RCTI went on air.

History

The television tower of TVRI at its headquarters in Jakarta.

In 1961, the Indonesian government decided to include the establishment of a national television station as part of the preparations for the 1962 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta. Later that year, the Television Preparation Committee was formed. In October, President Sukarno ordered the building of a studio in Senayan, Jakarta and two television towers. TVRI broadcast its first test transmission, of the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations from the Merdeka Palace transmission on August 17, 1962. TVRI went on the air on the day of the 1962 Asian Games opening ceremony, August 24, 1962. Two years later, the first regional broadcast stations opened in Yogyakarta, Semarang, Medan, Surabaya, Makassar, Manado, Batam, Palembang, Bali and Balikpapan. Earlier in 1963, the TVRI Foundation was formally created as the official governing authority for the channel.

In 1974 TVRI became part of the Information Ministry, with the status of a directorate. Its role was to inform the public about government policies. After two years, it began to be broadcast all over Indonesia via satellite.

The first colour television signal was transmitted via satellite transmission in 1979. The first colour news bulletins were Berita Nasional (National News), Dunia Dalam Berita (The World in News), breaking events segments on Laporan Khusus (Special Report) and Berita Terakhir (Late News).

TVRI in the late 1970s and 1980s became a well defined mass media component of the national information department. By that time it also had a second channel on Channel 8. It also established provincial television production studios.

In 1989, TVRI lost its monopoly when the government's sixth Five-Year Plan allowed private television stations to begin broadcasting, the first commercial television station being RCTI.

After the start of the reform era, TVRI's status was changed again and it became responsible firstly to the Ministry of Finance and was then turned into a limited company under the authority of the State Ministry for State-Owned Enterprises and Ministry of Finance.

TVRI today

TVRI has 22 regional stations and more than 6,800 employees, 2,000 of whom are based in Jakarta. It broadcasts information and educational content as well as entertainment from 4:00 am to 1:30 am on the next day.

Along with government digital television, TVRI also has 4 channels, currently broadcast in DVB-T. TVRI 1 (on-air identity as TVRI Nasional) with national coverage, TVRI 2 which will be the regional network of regional TVRI broadcasters (currently broadcasts the Jakarta regional station), TVRI 3 with programmes focused on culture and TVRI 4 with sport programmes.

Logos

List of slogans

References

Notes

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