TVRI World is an Indonesian television channel owned by public broadcaster
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 ...
, catered for domestic and international audience. The
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
-language channel is currently on its trial broadcast, with its planned launching in 2022.
Despite its specialization, the channel is domestically available in
digital terrestrial
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,
satellite
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, and ''TVRI Klik'' streaming service.
History
Conception
When TVRI was still directly under the Department of Information, TVRI broadcasts for foreigners have been carried out since 1983, when TVRI Programa 2 first aired in
Jakarta
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(which later became predecessor of
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 ...
) and
Bandung
Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...
,
West Java
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. The main programming at that time was ''English News Service'', an English news program that aired for 30 minutes. TVRI Denpasar (now TVRI Bali), a station in
Denpasar
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With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali ...
,
Bali
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, was also known to broadcast a similar news program. ''English News Service'' would later move to
TVRI main channel and continued until 2021.
In the early 1990s, a plan for the third channel of TVRI after its main channel (with some local programming provided by TVRI local stations) and TVRI Programa 2 was put forward by TVRI director Ishadi S.K. According to a
Tempo Publishing book, he envisioned the "Programa 3 TVRI" as an upcoming television channel by TVRI as well as "educational television". However, the channel further description, including its content, was not stated:
:''"Imagine if later in Jakarta there were TVRI who operate two programs'' (channels)''. Then RCTI, and later there will be TVRI Programa 3. Then an educational television..."''
Meanwhile, another idea to launch an international television station from Indonesia has existed at least since 1997, although not directly related to TVRI. Act Number 24 of 1997 on Broadcasting which was passed by the
People's Representative Council
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(DPR) mandates the establishment of the Televisi Siaran Internasional Indonesia (Indonesian International Broadcast Television, abbreviated as TSII) as an international television station. TSII was one of the four "government broadcasting institutions" along with RRI, TVRI, and the ''Radio Siaran Internasional Indonesia'' (Indonesian International Broadcast Radio, abbreviated as RSII), and was one of the organic work units under the Department of Information. However, TSII did not materialize until Act Number 32 of 2002 on Broadcasting replaced Act Number 24 of 1997; in the new law, TSII is no longer mentioned.
TVRI 3/TVRI Kanal 3
The "TVRI third channel" plan only became a reality in 2010 when TVRI 3, as it was called, was launched as one of two initial digital television channels set up by TVRI following the
government plan to introduce digital television in Indonesia, as well as one of the Indonesian first digital terrestrial television channels. The channel, who was intended to broadcast documentary and cultural programming, was launched on 21 December 2010 as the first Indonesian digital broadcast is launched in Jakarta,
Surabaya
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(
East Java
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) and
Batam
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(
Riau Islands
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). Together with its sister channel TVRI 4 (currently
TVRI Sport
TVRI Sport (also referred to as Kanal 4 TVRI Olahraga) is an Indonesian terrestrial television channel owned by public broadcaster TVRI, specialised in sports programming. Serves as complementary to TVRI main channel, the channel is available only ...
) as well as the digital broadcast of TVRI Nasional and local TVRI stations, the channel was officially launched by
President
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*President (government title)
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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, Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring
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Biography
Life and Family ...
and Chief Director of TVRI Imas Sunarya. A communication science lecturer at the
University of Indonesia
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, Ade Armando, had been questioned the launch, given the government's lack of attention to the network and its lack of popularity at the time.
In 2019, TVRI 3 appeared to change its name to TVRI Kanal 3 (literally "TVRI Channel 3") as TVRI rebrands itself on late March 2019. The channel was also referred to as Kanal 3 TVRI Budaya.
TVRI World
An international channel plan for TVRI has been originally stated in Government Regulation No. 13 of 2005, one of the basic laws regarding TVRI. However, a more serious efforts by TVRI to make the channel a reality were at least appeared in 2018, where TVRI World was included in its revised strategic plan. TVRI initially targeted TVRI World to start broadcasting in 2019, although it had to be postponed. In 2019, the director of programming and news at the time Apni Jaya Putra again targeted TVRI World's premiere broadcast on 1 January 2020. The channel was originally planned to use TVRI Jakarta's frequency for 6 hours.
On 16 October 2020, TVRI announced plan to use TVRI Kanal 3 for TVRI World broadcasts. In the announcement, the network's president director Iman Brotoseno said that TVRI World would be a channel for class A and B audiences at home and abroad containing "promotion, tourism, arts, culture, news about Indonesia, and current issues". Until early 2021, TVRI World is only had its presence on YouTube, and there is no sign of the channel's launch yet.
TVRI World started a trial broadcast in June 2021 on TVRI Kanal 3, and was planned to start broadcasting 24 hours on 17 August 2021.
Its on-screen graphic also began replaced into TVRI World logo. However, TVRI World didn't launch on 17 August. The implementation of
Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement, especially in Jakarta, from July to August 2021 also affected the trial broadcast.
In a hearing with Commission I of the DPR on 21 September 2021, TVRI again extended the target of TVRI World launching until the 2022 launch for the
2022 G20 Bali summit.
See also
*
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 ...
*
TVRI Sport
TVRI Sport (also referred to as Kanal 4 TVRI Olahraga) is an Indonesian terrestrial television channel owned by public broadcaster TVRI, specialised in sports programming. Serves as complementary to TVRI main channel, the channel is available only ...
*
Voice of Indonesia
RRI World Service, Voice of Indonesia ( id, Layanan Dunia RRI, Suara Indonesia) is an autonomous division under Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), an Indonesian public radio service. It is a national radio station that broadcasts all over Indonesi ...
, an international broadcasting service of
RRI
References
External links
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Television stations in Indonesia
Television channels and stations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Indonesia
International broadcasters
English-language television stations