List of television stations in Indonesia

This is a list of television networks and stations in Indonesia. For 27 years, Indonesians could only watch one television channel, TVRI. In 1989 the government finally allowed RCTI to broadcast as the first private television station in Indonesia, although only people who have a satellite dish and decoder could watch.

National networks and channels

Free-to-air

Depending on types of broadcast, free-to-air television networks and stations can be received by either using a UHF/VHF antenna or free-to-air satellite dish.

Terrestrial
Public

LPP Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) is the sole national public television network in Indonesia.

Name Launch date Genre No. of analog affiliates/
transmitters		 No. of digital affiliates/
transmitters
TVRI 24 August 1962 (1962-08-24) General 372[1] (29 stations[nb 1]) 63[2]
TVRI Kanal 3 21 December 2010 (2010-12-21) Culture – 63
TVRI Sport HD 21 December 2010 (2010-12-21) Sports –
Private

The following lists private television networks, sort by launch date and ownership. Since the enactment of Act No. 32 of 2002 on Broadcasting (Undang-Undang No. 32 Tahun 2002 tentang Penyiaran), all private terrestrial television broadcasts licences are granted only to local television stations. Any television entities that wish to broadcast nationally must affiliate with other local stations.

Note: Unless cited, some number of affiliates/transmitters are sourced from respective network articles in Wikipedia (either Indonesian or English) without any references. In this case, reliable sources is needed.

  • Analog-based networks (networks that broadcasting in analog)
Name Owner Launch date Genre Type No. of analog affiliates/
transmitters		 No. of digital affiliates/
transmitters
RCTI MNC Media
(MNC Group)		 24 August 1989 (1989-08-24)[nb 2] General Commercial 52[1] –
MNCTV 23 January 1991 (1991-01-23)[nb 3] 41[1] –
GTV 8 October 2002 (2002-10-08) 44[1] –
iNews 6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) News-oriented[nb 4] 68[3] –
SCTV Surya Citra Media
(Elang Mahkota Teknologi)		 24 August 1990 (1990-08-24) General 47[1] –
Indosiar 11 January 1995 (1995-01-11) 40[1] –
O Channel Elang Mahkota Teknologi 16 June 2005 (2005-06-16) 6[4] –
ANTV Visi Media Asia / Intermedia Capital 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01) 43[1] 1
tvOne Visi Media Asia 14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) News-oriented 39[1] 1
MetroTV Media Group 25 November 2000 (2000-11-25) News 52[1] 36
Trans7 Trans Media
(CT Corp)		 25 November 2001 (2001-11-25)[nb 5] General 39[1] 23
Trans TV 15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 50[1] 23
DAAI TV Yayasan Buddha Tzu Chi Indonesia 25 August 2007 (2007-08-25) Religion (Buddha) Noncommercial 2 –
Kompas TV Kompas Gramedia 9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) News-oriented Commercial 38 –
RTV Rajawali Corpora / Mayapada Group 3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) General 44[5] –
MYTV Mayapada Group 1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 10[6] –
Jawa Pos TV Jawa Pos Group 17 August 2015 (2015-08-17) News 52 –
NET. Net Visi Media
(Indika Group)		 26 May 2013 (2013-05-26) General 42[7] –
  • Digital-based networks (broadcast only in digital and not in analog)
Name Owner Launch date Genre Type No. of affiliates/
transmitters
TempoTV Tempo Media Group 29 April 2008 (2008-04-29) News Commercial n/a
BeritaSatu BeritaSatu Media Holdings
(Lippo Group)		 3 September 2011 (2011-09-03) 1
BeritaSatu World 2014 1
tvMu Muhammadiyah 18 November 2013 (2013-11-18) Religion (Islam) Noncommercial 2
Inspira TV Global Garda Media 23 March 2013 (2013-03-23) General Commercial 10[8]
NTV NT Corp 10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) 13[9]
CNN Indonesia Trans Media / WarnerMedia 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) News 3
CNBC Indonesia Trans Media / NBCUniversal 10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) Business news 2
Magna Channel Media Group 16 July 2020 (2020-07-16) Entertainment 22
  • Regional networks (networks whose coverage is limited in one region)
Name Owner Launch date Genre Region coverage No. of analog affiliates/
transmitters		 No. of digital affiliates/
transmitters		 Note
JTV Jawa Pos Group 8 November 2001 (2001-11-08) General Java (East Java) 11 – Affiliate of Jawa Pos TV
PJTV 1 January 2005 (2005-01-01) Java (West Java) 5 –
BBS TV BBS Group 24 May 2008 (2008-05-24) Java (East Java, Jakarta) 8 7[10]

Satellite
Public and government
Name Owner Launch date Type
RRI NET LPP Radio Republik Indonesia 12 November 2018 (2018-11-12) Public
TV Edukasi Ministry of Education and Culture 12 October 2004 (2004-10-12) Government
TVR Parlemen People's Representative Council 8 January 2007 (2007-01-08)
GPR TV Ministry of Communication and Informatics 19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)
Private

Pay channels

General

The following list are channels intended for Indonesian market and available in more than one pay provider.

Name Owner Launch date Genre
beIN Sports beIN Media Group 2013 Sports
IDX Channel MNC Media 2016 Business news
KBS World Korean Broadcasting System/Overseas Korean Television Network 2007 Entertainment
MNC News MNC Media 2006 News-oriented
Zee Bioskop Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Essel Group) 2013 Entertainment

Premium

The following list are channels available exclusively in one pay provider or more than one provider in the same ownership.

Television stations by province

Due to the unclear distinction of 'television network', 'local bureau' of a television network, and 'local television station' in practice, the lists below only includes TVRI stations, independent stations, and stations affiliated (which were formerly independent) with one of the networks formed after the Broadcasting Act signed into law while still retaining their original name. Channels are in analog.

North Sumatra
  • Medan
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
47 TVRI Sumatera Utara TVRI
57 Berita TV Independent/STTV
  • Sinjai
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
51 Sinjai TV Independent (Public)

Jakarta
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
28 KTV Independent
31 TVRI Jakarta TVRI
35 Elshinta TV Independent
55 JakTV Independent

West Java
  • Bandung
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
21 BCTV CTV Network
24 Garuda Vision O Channel
26 iChannel BeritaSatu
28 PJTV PJTV (flagship)/Jawa Pos TV
38 Bandung TV Indonesia Network
40 TVRI Jawa Barat TVRI
60 MQTV Independent

Special Region of Yogyakarta
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
22 TVRI Yogyakarta TVRI
40 RBTV Kompas TV
44 ADiTV Independent
48 Jogja TV Indonesia Network
61 Kresna TV Independent

East Java
  • Surabaya
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
26 TVRI Jawa Timur TVRI
36 SBO TV Independent
42 TV9 Nusantara Independent
44 Surabaya TV Indonesia Network
46 BBS TV BBS TV (flagship)
60 JTV JTV (flagship)/Jawa Pos TV
  • Batu
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
32 Agropolitan TV Independent
48 Batu TV Independent
  • Malang
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
26 Dhamma TV Independent
34 JTV Malang JTV/Jawa Pos TV
42 TVRI Jawa Timur TVRI
50 Malang TV Independent
54 Gajayana TV Independent
57 UBTV Independent
60 Arema TV Independent
  • Sidoarjo
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
48 Arek TV Independent

Bali
  • Denpasar
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
29 TVRI Bali TVRI
49 Bali TV Indonesia Network (flagship)
  • Singaraja
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
42 TVRI Bali TVRI

East Kalimantan
  • Balikpapan
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
26 Balikpapan TV Jawa Pos TV
  • Bontang
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
26 Publik Khatulistiwa TV BeritaSatu

South Sulawesi
  • Makassar
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
31 Celebes TV Independent
37 TVRI Sulawesi Selatan TVRI
49 Fajar TV Jawa Pos TV
  • Parepare
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
32 TV Peduli Independent (Public)

North Sulawesi
  • Manado
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
45 TVRI Sulawesi Utara TVRI
50 GOTV Independent
53 Kawanua TV Jawa Pos TV
55 Manado TV BeritaSatu
58 CTV Manado CTV Network
  • Tomohon
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
52 TV5d Independent

Papua
  • Jayapura
Ch. (UHF) Name Network
26 Jaya TV Top TV Papua
? TVRI Papua TVRI

See also

Notes
  1. TVRI regional station system is based on province, thus a regional station can have multiple transmitters across its respective province.
  2. RCTI set its birth date to 23 August from 2014 (25th anniversary), except for 26th anniversary, its birth date was 26 August.
  3. MNCTV rebranded from previous name TPI on 20 October 2010. MNCTV currently set its birth date on 20 October (as indicated in its television specials), even it still trace its age from the inception of TPI in 1991.
  4. Not to be confused with "news" network which offers full news-related and factual programming. "News-oriented" refers to any network with a majority of its programming are news-related and factual, while also air non-news programming such as sports or entertainment.
  5. Trans7 rebranded from previous name TV7 on 15 December 2006. Trans7 currently set its birth date on 15 December as indicated in its television specials (along with Trans TV).

References
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