Media of Indonesia

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Media freedom in Indonesia increased considerably after the end of President Suharto's rule, during which the now-defunct Ministry of Information monitored and controlled domestic media and restricted foreign media.

The number of printed publications had increased significantly since 1998. There are hundreds of new magazines, newspapers, and tabloids.

The television market has expanded to include some 10 national commercial networks, which compete with public TVRI. Some provinces also operate their own stations.

Private radio stations carry their own news bulletins and foreign broadcasters can supply programmes. The radio dial is crowded, with scores of stations on the air in Jakarta alone.

In 2003 the authorities reported that more than 2,000 illegal TV and radio stations were broadcasting across the country. The government urged them to apply for licences, or face closure.

The current trend are digital multimedia and "news on demand" from online news portal.

1 Press
2 Radio
3 Television
4 Online News Portal
5 News agency
6 See also
7 External links

Main article: List of newspapers in Indonesia

The Jakarta Post - English
Kompas - mass-circulation daily - Indonesian
Media Indonesia - mass-circulation daily - Indonesian
Koran Tempo - mass-circulation daily - Indonesian
Bisnis Indonesia - business daily - Indonesian
Republika - mass-circulation daily, Islamic - Indonesian
Rakyat Merdeka - mass-circulation daily, political news, nationalist - Indonesian

Several leading Indonesian newspaper such as Kompas can be obtained at digital newspaper printing services in several foreign countries. Some large newspapers also use remote digital printing to solve the distribution problems in remote areas in Indonesia.

Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) - public, operates six national networks, regional and local stations, external service Voice of Indonesia. Several Indonesian radio stations are available as free streaming audio service on Internet.

Since 2006, there are several Digital radio stations in Jakarta and Surabaya, based on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and Hybrid HD-Radio (In-band On Channel/IBOC).

Main article: List of Indonesian language television channels

Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) - public - Indonesian & English
Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) - private, owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra, a Bimantara company - Indonesian
TPI - private, owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra, a Bimantara company - Indonesian
Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) - private, owned by PT Surya Citra Media, Tbk, a public company listed on Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) - Indonesian
Indosiar Visual Mandiri (Indosiar) - private, owned by PT Indosiar Karya Media, Tbk, a public company listed on Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX)
Star Andalas Televisi (Star antv) - private, owned by STAR TV - Indonesian
Media Televisi Indonesia (Metro TV) - private, news, owned by Media Group - Indonesian, English & Mandarin
Televisi Transformasi Indonesia (Trans TV) - private, owned by PT Para Inti Investindo (Para Group) / Trans Corp - Indonesian
Duta Visual Nusantara Tivi Tujuh (Trans 7) - private, owned by Kompas-Gramedia Group & Trans Corp - Indonesian
Lativi Media Karya (Lativi) - private, partially owned by Star Andalas Televisi, Indonesian
Global Informasi Bermutu (Global TV) - private, owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra, a Bimantara company - Indonesian
Q TV - privately owned by PT Jaring Data Interaktif.

On 2006, there is a trial transmission of digital TV (DVB-T) by state owned TVRI TV station in Jakarta. At the end of 2006, there are several digital TV broadcasting DVB-H through wireless 3G cellular phone networks in Indonesia. Digital Cable PayTV transmission service through fibre optic is available in Bekasi, near Jakarta and several apartments in Jakarta. Digital Satellite PayTV transmission services (DVB-S) are available throughout Indonesia.