iNews (short for ''Indonesia News'', formerly named SUN TV and Sindo TV) is an Indonesian

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

television network founded by

Media Nusantara Citra PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (commonly known as MNC Media or MNC) is an Indonesian media company founded on 17 June 1997 as PT Panca Andika Mandiri, it was renamed to the present name on 12 September 2002. It is owned by ''PT Global Mediacom Tbk ...

, a subsidiary of Global Mediacom unit of MNC Asia Holding. It broadcasting 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

History

iNews (Indonesia News) was launched on 5 March 2008 as SUN TV as a pay television channel. It later 2009, obtained a television license from the government to start broadcasting as a free-to-air channel on terrestrial television in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

Bogor Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Depok en, Starfruit City , motto = ''Pariraca Darma''(Servant of the righteousness) , image_map = Map of West Java highlighting Depok City.svg , mapsize = , map_caption ...

Tangerang Tangerang (Sundanese: , ) is a city in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi; the sixth largest city pro ...

and

Bekasi Bekasi (, su, ) is a city in West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta.the city of planet Bekasi is his nickname.It serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. According to the 2020 Census by Statistics ...

. The channel was launched as TV3 in those cities and aired commercials. In 2011, TV3 stopped carrying SUN TV and was acquired by CTV Banten. On 26 September 2011, SUN TV changed its name to Sindo TV which was part of the synergy of Sindo Media with Sindo Trijaya FM and SINDOnews.com. 3 years later, precisely on 23 September 2014, the Minister of Communication and Information Republic of Indonesia officially granted a network station permit for Sindo TV and broadcasting once again in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi with the different transmission. Then on 15 December 2014, Sindo TV was officially launched as national television in the "''Luar Biasa!'' (Extraordinary!)" Soft Launching event. Sindo TV officially changed the name to iNews TV after the iNewsmaker Awards which was held on 6 April 2015. In addition, the local televisions under this television network lost its identity and also changed its name to "iNews TV" (except Kaltim TV in

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which broadcast until 2019 and it was relaunched on the

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...

frequency and instead affiliated with

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in 2022). On 31 October 2017, the "TV" word was removed, so it changed the name to iNews, coinciding with the launching of the new name for news programmes that aired on

RCTI RCTI (''Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia'') is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian free-to-air television network. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, origina ...

(

Seputar iNews ''Seputar iNews'' (''Around iNews'', taken from the term ''Seputar Indonesia'' and iNews) is an Indonesian flagship news programme which broadcast on RCTI, replacing ''Seputar Indonesia'' which aired from 1990 to 2017. The program broadcast for thr ...

), MNCTV (

Lintas iNews ''Lintas iNews'' (''iNews Across''), is an Indonesian news programme which broadcast on MNCTV, replacing Lintas from 1995 to 2017. The program broadcast for three to four hours each day through ''Lintas iNews Pagi'' (breakfast news), ''Lintas iNe ...

), and GTV (

Buletin iNews ''Buletin iNews'' is an Indonesian flagship news programme which broadcast on GTV, replacing '' Buletin Indonesia'' from 2012 to 2017. The program broadcast for three to four hours each day through ''Buletin iNews Pagi'' (breakfast news), ''Bulet ...

) at the Indonesia Awards.

Presenters

Current

* Abraham Silaban (former tvOne anchor) * Aiman Witjaksono (former

and

Kompas TV Kompas TV is a national terrestrial private news television network in Indonesia. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group and is named after its flagship property, the ''Kompas'' daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in ar ...

anchor) * Aldi Hawari (former

TVRI TVRI (, Television of the Republic of Indonesia), legally ( Public Broadcasting Institution Television of the Republic of Indonesia) is a public television network and the oldest television network in Indonesia. Its national headquarters is i ...

CNN Indonesia Cable News Network Indonesia (known as CNN Indonesia and abbreviated as CNN ID) is a 24-hour Indonesian free-to-air television news channel owned by Trans Media in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery under CNN license. Broadcasting from Tran ...

anchor) * Anggy Pasaribu (former

NET. NET (an initialism of News and Entertainment Television, stylized as NET.) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network that was launched on 26 May 2013. It replaced Spacetoon on terrestrial television. The channel's programming is focused ...

& BTV anchor) * Anisha Dasuki (former Metro TV anchor) * Anita Mae (former tvOne &

anchor) * Aprilia Putri (former MNCTV Biro Jawa Timur anchor) * Arlista Hadhi * Ayaa Nufus * Baby Kristami * Bayu Pradhana * Bernadetha Ginting * Bremana Tenaya * Davie Pratama * David Silahooij (former SCTV & Bloomberg TV Indonesia anchor) * Fanni Imaniar (former tvOne &

anchor, also a presenter at GTV) * Fazillah Khairunnisa * Gede Satria (former

Trans TV Trans TV is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in South Jakarta that was launched on December 15, 2001 and owned by Chairul Tanjung. Programming consists of newscasts, movies, drama series, variety shows, quiz shows, and childre ...

anchor) * Mirfa Suri * Prabu Revolusi (former

, Metro TV, RTV,

anchor) * Pramesywara Adisenjaya (former

Global TV The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global, or occasionally Global TV) is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. It is currently Canada's second most-watched private terrestrial television network after CT ...

anchor) * Qudsiah Firdausi * Ratu Nabila (former MNCTV, BTV &

anchor) * Reinhard Sirait (former

TVRI Jakarta TVRI Jakarta (officially LPP TVRI Stasiun Jakarta) is a regional public television station owned by TVRI, serving Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia and surrounding areas. TVRI Jakarta studios are located in Jalan Gerbang Pemuda, Cen ...

TV Edukasi TV Edukasi (''Educational TV'', formerly TVE) is an Indonesian television station owned by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. It serves to spread information to the education sector. History The station was made official ...

, RTV &

anchor) * Stefanie Patricia * Syafaati Suryo * Wilson Purba *

Hotman Paris Hutapea Hotman Paris Hutapea (born October 20, 1959) is an Indonesian lawyer and presenter. He is known for his flamboyant style, high-profile clients, luxurious lifestyle, and mistresses. Early life Hotman was born on 20 October 1959 in Laguboti villa ...

(Hotman Paris Show) * Indah Setyani (iSeleb) * Ina Rosalien (iSeleb) * Haifa Nafisa (iSeleb) * Corry Pamela (Silet) * Dona Arsinta (Silet) * Widi Dwinanda (Silet) * Estherlita Corraima (Silet) * Sandra Olga (Silet) * Angie Ang (Silet) * Dhiti Ismawardhani (Silet) * Dona Amelia (Silet) * Gus Miftah (Ngobrol Bareng Gus Miftah) * Arie Untung (Cahaya Hati Indonesia) * Abey Ghifran (Cahaya Hati Indonesia) * Yuni Shara (ReYunian) * Rizky Kinos (Intens Reborn) * Cut Tari (Intens Reborn)

Former

* Ivo Nasution (now at

) * Muhammad Syahreza (now at

) * Ruby Matondang (now at

Nusantara TV Nusantara TV (abbrievated as NTV) is an Indonesian digital terrestrial television network based in Central Jakarta, owned by NT Corp. NTV was launched on and granted permanent broadcasting permit (IPP) from the Indonesian government in 2019. H ...

) * Poppy Zeidra (now at

BeritaSatu BTV, formerly known as Q Channel, QTV and BeritaSatu (literally translated as ''NewsOne'') is an Indonesian digital free-to-air news network owned by B Universe. The channel is the first Indonesia-based pay television channel. History BTV w ...

) * Rio Pambudi * Yulfitri Nesha * Ariyo Ardi (now an editor-in-chief of GTV and

MNC News MNC Vision (legally PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk, formerly Indovision) is an Indonesian subscription-based direct broadcast satellite (DBS) or ''direct-to-home'' satellite television and satellite radio, radio service initially in Indonesia. Currently o ...

) * Loviana Dian (now at Polri TV) * Arya Sinulingga * Tommy Tjokro (now at

and BuddyKu) * Pratiwi Kusuma (now at

Indosiar PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television network. It broadcasts nationwide on UHF and can be received throughout the Indonesian archipelago on analog PAL television sets, established on ...

) * Haryanto Saputra * Zacky Hussein (now at RTV) *

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(now at

) * Inne Sudjono (now at

BMKG Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency ( id, Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika, abbreviated BMKG) is an Indonesian non-departmental government agency for meteorology, climatology, and geophysics. History Its history began ...

) *

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(now at

) * Debora Pungus *

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(now at

) * Latief Siregar (now an editor-in-chief of MNCTV) *

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* Tina Talisa

Identity

Logos

SUN TV MNC-Group.svg, Logo used during SUN TV era from 5 March 2008 until 26 September 2011 SINDOTV.svg, Logo used during Sindo TV era from 26 September 2011 until 6 April 2015 iNews TV logo.svg, Logo used during iNews TV era from 6 April 2015 until 31 October 2017, with the "iNews" word was revised with the bolder one a month later iNews.png, Logo used during iNews era since 31 October 2017, this is the second revision of the 2015 logo

Slogans

As SUN TV * ''Because Every City is Different'' (2008-2011)Din Prihatin Tewasnya Kontributor SUN TV
/ref> * ''TV Kebanggaan Milik Anda'' (2010-2011) As Sindo TV * ''Referensi Indonesia'' (2011-2014) * ''Luar Biasa!'' (2014-2015) As iNews * ''Inspiring & Informative'' (2015–present)

References

External links

* {{TV Providers in Indonesia Television channels and stations established in 2008 Mass media in Jakarta 24-hour television news channels in Indonesia Television networks in Indonesia Media Nusantara Citra