Rajawali Televisi (RTV, stylized as rtv) is a commercial television network in

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, owned by

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. RTV is currently segmented as "family television", licensed via the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, and its frequency is coordinated through the Department of Transportation. RTV officially aired for the first time on 1 November 2009, in Jakarta as B-Channel. With 24 hours of airtime, RTV's current programs focus on

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, soft news, and a variety of animation programs, ranging from

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and

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. B-Channel changed its name to RTV with the launch of Langit Rajawali on 3 May 2014. In 2016, Mayapada acquired a 20% stake in RTV ownership from Rajawali Corpora. Mayapada later acquired another television network INTV (formerly Banten TV), which in 2019 was relaunched as

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History

B-Channel was co-founded by Sofia Koswara and

in 2008, at the time was relayed through a local television station in

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, TVN (now part of RTV regional stations); which later launched on 1 November 2009. In 2012, Rajawali Corpora bought Sofia Koswara's stake in B-Channel. On 3 May 2014, B-Channel changed its name to RTV during the ''Langit Rajawali'' show. In August 2016,

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acquired 20% stocks of RTV. On 30 March 2017 on their press conference, RTV announced that they will focus more on children's programmes, resulting the majority of RTV programs were drifted towards children-focused. In February 2018, RTV opened its mini studio at KidZania Jakarta.

Broadcast coverage

RTV broadcasts from Greater Jakarta and surrounding areas, reaching over 23 UHF frequencies. Since August 2018, RTV is available throughout Indonesia from satellite Telkom-4 (previously from satellite Apstar 6 and Palapa D). Additionally, RTV broadcasts can be watched from subscription television, including Transvision,

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, and Skynindo. This is in addition to RTV's transmitter network. In terms of coverage, RTV is among the top TV networks in Indonesia. It currently has 44 transmission stations in 206 cities in the country. The TV is also available on other platforms, such as pay TV, online streaming, and other digital media.

Programming

Since 2019, RTV programs largely consist of animation. Despite this, RTV is not a

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Animation programming

The aforementioned animation programming airs from 12:00 to 4:00 pm on weekdays, consisting of children's animated series from morning to afternoon, and

series in the evening. RTV also has a time slot known as ''Zona Ceria''; now had been split into ''Sinema Ceria'', ''Sinema Keluarga'', ''Mega Hero'', ''Super Anime'' and ''Super Girly'' (see #Time slots).

News programming

RTV has a news programming entitled ''Lensa Indonesia'' (formerly ''Lensa Sore''); which airs in the morning, noon, afternoon, and midnight. RTV airs criminal news entitled ''CSI: Catatan Seputar Investigasi'', ''Turn Back Crime'', and ''10-2: Lihat, Lapor, Lacak''. During

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and 2015 elections, RTV also airs ''Indonesia Menentukan''. On 27 September 2020, ''Lensa Indonesia Sore'' ended due to the entry of children's programmes; and was replaced by the expanded slot of short news ''Lensa Indonesia Update''.

Others/miscellaneous

From 2017 to 2018, anniversary specials aired on ''Pesta Sahabat'', formerly stand-alone and not-made-for-kids from 2015 to 2016. To celebrates its fifth anniversary, RTV airs ''Hey Tayo'' on 3 May 2019; which is based on the children's animated series ''

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''. At this time, RTV's old mascot ''Mr. Ravi'', was replaced by ''Rio'', which is depicted as a purple-colored superhero with an eagle head-like helmet; although currently its mascots are usually rarely used. RTV does not air sixth-anniversary specials in 2020. RTV now rarely airs cigarette advertisements except for some shows sponsored by cigarette brands (e.g. DCODE sponsored by Dunhill).

Time slots (only used on promos and official show names)

*''Drama Korea'':

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s slot, now replaced with ''Mega Korea'' *''Female Corner'': Shows intended for women audiences *''Mega Aksi'': Chinese and Asian colossal dramas slot *''Mega Hero'':

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series in evening, split from ''Sinema Keluarga'' *''Mega Klasik Indonesia'': Indonesian colossal dramas slot. *''Mega Indonesia'': Indonesian Classic TV dramas slot *''Mega Korea'': Korean dramas slot which replaces ''Drama Korea'' *''Satwa Mania'': Documentaries about animals *''Sinema Ceria'': Animated series slot, which replaced ''Zona Ceria'' as time slot; usually airs in morning *''Sinema Keluarga'': Another animated series slot, usually afternoon and evening *''Super Anime'':

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series slot *''Super Girly'': Animated series intended for girls, now no longer branded *''Zona Ceria'': Early time slot for children's animated series. Now, this name is used for sponsored school events and Giveaway activity was held by RTV

Presenters

Current

* Kenia Gusnaeni (former MNCTV and

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anchor) * Oscar Haris * Michael Tjandra (former

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anchor) * Achmad Topan (former

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and Bloomberg TV Indonesia anchor) * Ezra Hadianto * Arina Marisa Manurung * Tasya Syarief (former

anchor) * Retno Ayu (former

anchor) * Stephani Defirstta * Felicia Wu * Zacky Hussein (former

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, NET., and

anchor) * Stefani Ginting (former

anchor) * Rian Antono * Pramadhika Samudera (former

anchor)

Former

* Daniar Achri (now at

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and

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) * Karra Raska Syam (now at tvOne) * Fristian Griec (now at

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) * Prabu Revolusi (now at

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and BuddyKu) * Sheika Rauf * Widi Dwinanda * Reinhard Sirait (now at

) * Silvano Hajid (now at BBC Indonesia) * Mehulika Sitepu * Cheryl Tanzil * Ichsan Firmansyah * Desi Dwi Jayanti * Senandung Nacita * Intan Bedisa * Richard Lioe * Nikky Sirait * Riana Rifani * Inne Sudjono (now at

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Slogans

As B-Channel *''Inside Big City'' (20 October 2008 – 31 October 2009, during the trial broadcast) *''B Inspired!'' (1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010) *''Inspirasi Keluarga Anda'' (Your Family Inspiration) (1 January 2011 – 30 September 2012) *''Inspirasi Anda'' (Your Inspiration) (1 October 2012 – 3 May 2014) As RTV *''Untuk Indonesia'' (For Indonesia) (3 May 2014 – 1 June 2018) *''Makin Cakep'' (More Cute) (1 June 2018 – present)

Anniversary specials

*''Setahun di Langit'' (2015) *''Harmoni Cinta'' (2016) *''Cak3p'' (2017) *''RTV 4 Makin Cakep'' (2018) *''Sahabat Tayo'' (2019) *''RTV 5 Makin Cakep: Hey Tayo'' (2019) *''RTV 6 Cakepan Dirumah'' (2020) *''RTV 7Agoan Kemenangan Negeri Rajawali'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{TV Providers in Indonesia Children's television networks Television networks in Indonesia Television channels and stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in Indonesia Mass media in Jakarta