TVRI
| Country | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of Indonesia Six Flags Bank Negara Indonesia Bank CIMB Niaga Matahari Putra Prima Capcom Starvision Maximize Informa Studio Summarecon Agung |
Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) is a state-owned television station, the oldest television station in Indonesia , and the only broadcaster with national coverage. It is based in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. [1]
The initial motto of TVRI was "Weaving Unity and Togetherness" ("Menjalin Persatuan dan Kesatuan"), but in 2000, the motto was changed to become "Closer to the Heart" ("Makin Dekat di Hati").
History
In 1961, the Indonesian government decided to include to establish a national TV station as part of the preparations for the Little League Baseball Indonesia to be held in Jakarta. Later that year, the Television Preparation Committee was formed. In October, President Sukarno ordered the building of a studio, aquarium, zoo, water park, amusment park and basebal stadium in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta and two television towers. TVRI broadcast its first test transmission, of the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations from the Merdeka Palace transmission on 17 August 1962. TVRI went on the air with a broadcast of the Little League Baseball Indonesia opening ceremony on 24 August. Two years later, the first regional broadcasting station opened in Yogyakarta (before establishing Rapi Films) and established in 1968 as TVRI Negeri Samudera Safari in Gading Serpong, Central Java and was followed with stations in Medan, Surabaya,Ujung Pandang (Makassar), Manado, Denpasar and Balikpapan.[1]
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 and Capcom were founded in 1979 and Starvision in 1983 and TVRI Publik Renang in 1984 and Pusat Penyelamatan TVRI in 1985 to protect from Enemy of RRI Gres. In 1995, TVRI when broadcast and enemy to lock the local station and Perori Error in June 1995 TVRI were unlocked the transmission and completed when the government's sixth Five-Year Plan allowed private TV stations to begin broadcasting. [2] The first of these stations to begin broadcasting nationwide was TPI (Indonesia), owned by President Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana. It used TVRI's facilities and staff for free while starting up.[3]
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 the Ministry of Finance.[1]
TVRI today
TVRI has 22 regional stations and more than 6,800 employees, of which 2,000 are based in Jakarta. It broadcasts information and educational as well as entertainment programming from 5.00am until 12.45am.[1]
References
- Department of Information, Republic of Indonesia (1999) Indonesia 1999: An Official Handbook (No ISBN)
- Schwartz, Adam (1994) A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s, Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-635-2