SEA Today (abbreviation from Southeast Asia Today) is an Indonesian English-language news and lifestyle television channel targeting
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
n and international audiences.
Owned by PT Metra Digital Media (MD Media), a subsidiary of the state-owned telecommunication company
Telkom Indonesia
PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, also simply known as Telkom, is an Indonesian multinational telecommunications conglomerate. Telkom is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The ...
, the channel was launched on October 28, 2020 in conjunction with
Youth Pledge
The Youth Pledge ( id, Sumpah Pemuda) was a declaration made on 28 October 1928 by young Indonesian nationalists in the Second Youth Congress (). They proclaimed three ideas: one motherland, one nation and one language.Ricklefs (1982) p177
Backg ...
Day.
SEA Today currently airs through
IndiHome
IndiHome (abbreviated from Indonesia Digital Home) is a home telephone, internet, and Internet Protocol television services owned by Telkom Indonesia. IndiHome was launched on 2015 to replace Speedy. Its packages also come with digital music port ...
IPTV service UseeTV and
MNC Vision
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 radio service initially in Indonesia. Currently owned by PT MNC ...
's DTH Service in Indonesia since September 2022 and
StarHub TV
StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when ...
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
's IPTV Services.
History
The channel began on-air in November 2018 as , a 24-hour documentary and lifestyle channel. A UseeTV (now IndiHome TV) exclusive in-house channel, was intended as "a place for
state-owned enterprises
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
, governments (both central and local) and private businesses as well as small enterprises to deliver positive messages about inspiring Indonesian works through exciting, entertaining, and educating television programs".
On October 28, 2020, was replaced by SEA Today at 19:20 PM
WIB after the ''100% Indonesia'' music show.
In their launching, SEA Today was inaugurated by the Minister of State Owned Enterprises at the time,
Erick Thohir
Erick Thohir (born 30 May 1970) is an Indonesian businessman and politician who has served as Indonesia's Minister of State Owned Enterprises since 2019. He is the founder of Mahaka Group, a conglomeration that focuses on media, sports and ente ...
.
Programs
* ''SEA Update''
* ''SEA Morning Show''
* ''3-Hour News Show''
* ''Duo Ransel''
* ''Maestro''
* ''Cerita Di Balik Lensa''
* ''Temurun''
* ''Break The Limit''
* ''Local Pride''
* ''Seafood''
* ''Kapsul Ramadan''
* ''Ramadan Log''
* ''Buddy Talk''
* ''See Indonesia''
* ''The Daily Wrap-Up''
* ''Ngoceh''
* ''Nomadic Trip''
* ''Ruang Teh''
* ''Stories of Taste''
* ''Abandoned Places''
* ''The Myth of Indonesia''
* ''Mosques Around The World''
* ''Islam Is Good Morality''
* ''Richness of Creations''
* ''Meet The Creators''
* ''Magnificent Megacities''
* ''Ngonten''
* ''The Land of Spices''
* ''Duo Backpackers''
* ''Waterfall''
* ''Masa Kini''
* ''The Animal Library''
* ''Land of Santri''
* ''Tabula Rasa''
* ''Find The Answer with Buya Yahya''
* ''Art of Indonesia''
* ''Why We Ride''
* ''Stories of Taste''
* ''SEAmphony''
* ''Journals of a Nomad''
* ''This Weekend''
* ''The Animal Library''
* ''Field Guide to Innovation''
* ''The Travel Note''
* ''Serial Tourist''
* ''Dreamcatchers''
* ''Superheroes, The Secret Side''
* ''The Wish''
* ''Eat Around Indonesia''
* ''Miss Adventure''
* ''Babouchka''
* ''Challenge Accepted''
* ''Side Walk''
* ''The Wisdom''
* ''Australia's Most Terryfing''
* ''Roots of Egypt''
* ''Stories From Hidden Words''
* ''Classic Cars''
* ''The Ultimate Riders''
* ''Cantik Detektif''
* ''Vet on The Hill''
* ''Refugee Chef''
* ''Space Out''
* ''Angelo's Outdoor Kitchen''
* ''Around The World in 80 Days''
* ''Ramadan in The Islamic World''
* ''Grand Central Station''
* ''Mission Restorable''
* ''House of Islam''
* ''The Majestic Alps''
Clossing
Hymne Guru sung by Echa, Nicky and
Surya Children Choir
Surya (; sa, सूर्य, ) is the sun as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja and a ...
Presenter
* Amano Pikamee (Ms. Kettle)
* Amelia Watson
* Aubry Beer
* Aris Satya
* Bruce Poan
* Boan Sianipar
* Caroline Soerachmat
* Ceres Fauna
* Dirza Prakoso
*
Gawr Gura (Ms. Shark)
* Hans Lango
* Haneuzu Miuneru
* Hilyani Hidranto
* Iyas Lawrence
* Kai Soerja
* Karina Basrewan
* Krizia Alexa
* Maria Christy
* Maria Harfanti
* Marissa Anita
* Mochamad Achir
* Paul Palele
* Rahma Alia
* Rahma Landy
* Rasya Maeve
* Rory Asyari
* Shafira Umm
* Shahnaz Soehartono
*
* Wibisono Notodirdjo
* Yasha Chatab
References
External links
Official website
Television channels and stations established in 2020
2020 establishments in Indonesia
Telkom Indonesia
Television stations in Indonesia
24-hour television news channels in Indonesia
English-language television stations
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