Aora was an Indonesian
direct broadcast satellite pay television company that is operated by Karyamegah Adijaya and owned by
Rini Soemarno
Rini Mariani Soemarno (born 9 June 1958) is an Indonesian economist and was the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises in President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet. She graduated from Wellesley College, Massachusetts, in 1981. She served as Minister ...
, Ongki P. Soemarno, and Sugiono Wiyono. It started its nationwide broadcast in the beginning of August 2008 with an initial ten channels, highlighting the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. Four of the channels were dedicated to Olympic coverage. Aora earned the exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2008 Olympics exclusively for Indonesia.
In August 2008, Aora TV won the sole rights in Indonesia to broadcast the
2008–09 season of the
Premier League and offered a new, 12-channel package service which included
ESPN and
STAR Sports, which contains the Premier League content. This allows Aora subscribers to watch, in full, 370 Premier League matches of the 2008/09 season, including preview shows and weekly highlights.
Liga Inggris Resmi di Aora TV
, ''detiksport'', August 18, 2008 The Premier League broadcast rights expired just hours before the start of the 2009/2010 season, leading Aora to replace both channels with GOALTV
GOALTV was a football network offering Asia audiences coverage of European football. This included live games from three major European leagues as well as behind-the-scenes access to three Premier League clubs in England, Manchester City, Chelse ...
, effective on August 15, 2009. The loss of Premier League programming led to subscribers to drop the service; as a result, the service was shut down at the end of 2009.
In January 2010 Aora was relaunched as a budget pay TV service, with rates at Rp.59,000 (around $7) per month. In Q3 2011, Aora began broadcasting HD channels under Aora HD banner.
On March 23, 2015, Aora's subscribers were notified via an email that the service would cease operations on pretext of satellite realignment. That same day, their Facebook page sent out a farewell message. In the weeks leading to the shutdown, subscribers reportedly had problems contacting Aora's customer services while the company gradually began losing channels.
References
External links
Official SiteArchived
2015-03-14 in Internet Archive.
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Satellite television
Television companies of Indonesia
2008 establishments in Indonesia
2015 disestablishments in Indonesia
Defunct companies of Indonesia
Products and services discontinued in 2015