Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) is an Indonesian

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. It was launched on 24 August 1990 in

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

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as Surabaya Centra Televisi, broadcasting to the city and its surrounding area. At first, the programming was similar to that of

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 ...

, broadcasting foreign shows and some of RCTI news programs until they could produce their own. On 30 January 1993, SCTV obtained a national license and eventually moved its operations to

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, changing its name to Surya Citra Televisi. Its main offices are located in

Central Jakarta Central Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Pusat) is one of the five administrative cities () which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,056,896 at the 2 ...

, with studios in

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. It is owned by

Surya Citra Media PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCM) is an Indonesian mass media company owned by Elang Mahkota Teknologi and is based in Jakarta. It operates four nation's television networks, SCTV, Indosiar, Ajwa TV, and Mentari TV, as well as the Vidio streaming s ...

, a publicly-listed subsidiary of the technology company

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. On 18 February 2011, the commissioners of its parent companies

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and SCTV agreed to a merger, although this was subject to government approval due to both companies going public.

Programs

Local programming

In 2001, SCTV's affiliated television station in East Java launched the East Java edition of

Liputan 6 ''Liputan 6'' (''The 6 Report'') is an Indonesian flagship television news program broadcasts on SCTV. Its slogan is ''Aktual, Tajam, dan Terpercaya'' (Current, Sharp, and Trusted). The first program, ''Liputan 6 Petang'' was launched on 20 May ...

SCTV which can only be seen in Surabaya. The North Sumatra edition of Liputan 6 SCTV is seen on SCTV Medan at 9:30 am and re-run at 4:00 pm on SCTV; this version debuted in 1997. Depending on the relay station, additional then-local television channel in Jakarta O Channel (now Moji) programs may also be seen.

TV series

To produce TV series, SCTV previously turned to Indonesia's leading production house, such as Multivision Plus, Starvision Plus, Prima Entertainment, Soraya Intercine Films, Screenplay Productions, Amanah Surga Produksi (AS Productions), and Mega Kreasi Films, to presented various of the most popular soap operas. There are ''Deru Debu'' (Beyond the Dust), ''Melati'', ''Permata Hati'' (Purest Hearts), ''Rahasia Perkawinan'' (Wedding Agreement), ''Bayangan Adinda'' (Adinda's Shadows), ''Heart the Series'', ''Sephia'', ''Putri Duyung'' (The Mermaid), ''Cowokku Superboy'' (My Boyfriend is Superboy), ''Bidadari Takut Jatuh Cinta'' (Fairies Who Afraid of Falling in Love), ''Putih Abu-Abu'' (White and Gray) (Since 2012), ''Cintaku Bersemi di Putih Abu-Abu (My Love Blooms in White and Gray) The Series'' (Since 2012), ''Diam-Diam Suka'' (Secret Love), ''Ganteng-Ganteng Serigala'' (''Wolf Handsomes''), ''Emak Ijah Pengen Ke Mekkah'' (''Mother Ijah Wants to Mecca''), and ''Mermaid In Love''. On Christmas 2016, production company SinemArt Productions left their long-time channel

for SCTV after 9 years ceased its partnership (since 2003 till 2007). SinemArt produced ''Anak Langit'' (Sky Child), ''Anak Sekolahan'' (School Child), ''Berkah Cinta'' (Love Blessing), and rebooting the 2000s soap operas, ''Siapa Takut Jatuh Cinta?'' (Who's Afraid to Fall in Love?) for SCTV. Latest television series in 2022, namely ''Cinta 2 Pilihan'' (Love 2 Choices), ''Tajwid Cinta'' (Tajweed Love), ''Cinta setelah Cinta'' (Love after Love), and ''Takdir Cinta yang Kupilih'' (The Destiny of Love I Choose)

Sports programming

Current

= International

= Indonesia

= International

Presenters

Current

* Azizah Hanum (former

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* Reza Ramadhansyah (former tvOne anchor) * Skolastika Sylvia * Yuliana Fonataba

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* Ajeng Kamaratih * Alfito Deannova (now at

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* Eva Julianti Yunizar (now at

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and

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* Fajra Septisio (now at

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) * Inayah Sari (now at

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* Louisa Kusnandar * Mochamad Achir (now at

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* Pramita Andini *

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Slogans

* SCTV, Surabaya Televisi (1990-1991) * Ayo SCTV-Selangkah Lebih Maju (1991-1993) * Saluran Hiburan dan Informasi (1991-1993, together with

) * Selalu Siap Menemani Anda/Selalu Siap Menemanimu (1993-1997) * Ayo SCTV (1994-1997) * SCTV NgeTop! (1997-2005) * Semakin Istimewa (1990s-2005) * Satu Untuk Semua (2005–present)

Anniversary Specials

* ''Gemerlap Surya Citra'' (1996-1997) * ''Surya Gemilang'' (1998-2001) * ''Sejuta Warna Negeriku'' (2002) * ''Satu Dalam Kebersamaan'' (2004) * ''15 Tahun SCTV Satu Untuk Semua'' (2005) * ''Penuh Kemilau'' (2005, sub-slogan) * ''Terima Kasih Untuk Semua'' (2006) * ''Pesona Wajah Indonesia'' (2010) * ''Harmoni Cinta Indonesia'' (2011) * ''22 Tahun Istimewa'' (2012) * ''2 Dunia 3 Cerita'' (2013) * ''24 Tahun Teristimewa'' (2014) * ''25 Tahun Teristimewa Gojigo'' (2015) * ''26 Tahun Kontribusi SCTV Untuk Indonesia'' (2016) * ''27 Tahun Satu Untuk Semua'' (2017) * ''Tetap Berkarya Untuk Indonesia'' (2018) * ''Cinta Indonesia'' (2019) * ''3xtra0rdinary'' (2020) * ''XtraOrdinary'' (2021-2022)

Station ID

*1990-1991: The first station ID shows the 1990-2005 logo with rippling blue background. *1991-1993: The second station ID shows the SCTV logo 1990-2005 is placed over with rippling water background. *1993-1997: The third station ID begin the blue water Background and the water ripple, then the various picture of Indonesia appears, we see the ripple from the previous logo of SCTV 1990-2005, the letters and semicircle shown and the blue line wipes in. *1997-2005: The fifth station ID shown as the real live action segments, such as: Kids, Family, Basketball, Farmer, Airport, Pottery, and Entertainment. The ending was the SCTV NgeTop! logo with orange background used from 1997-2005. *2005–present: The sixth and final station ID shown as ''Satu Untuk Semua'' taglines. It used from 2005 onwards.

References

{{TV Providers in Indonesia SCTV (TV network) Television networks in Indonesia Television channels and stations established in 1990 Mass media in Surabaya Mass media in Jakarta 1990 establishments in Indonesia Elang Mahkota Teknologi

Programs

Local programming

TV series

Sports programming

Current

= International

Previous

= Indonesia

= International

Presenters

Current

Former

Slogans

Anniversary Specials

Station ID

See also

References