Hary Tanoe Calls Immigration Analog TV Some Are Legal, STB Sellers Are Profited!

JAKARTA - Hary Tanoesoedibjo responded to the government's steps to migrate analog TV to digital TV which was officially implemented on November 2, covering the Jabodetabek area.

The MNC Group boss stated that on his official Instagram page @hary.tanoesoedibjo, from a legal point of view, he felt awkward with the implementation of this digital TV which was only in the Jabodetabek area.

According to him, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) uses double standards, namely for the Jabodetabek area following the order of Law no. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, but for areas outside Jabodetabek following the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) involving Analog Switch Off (ASO).

"If it is considered a Job Creation Law, areas outside Jabodetabek should also apply ASO. Thus, it means that ASO decisions are limited in the Jabodetabek area, not the law's orders, but only the decisions of Kominfo," said Hary.

Hary also added that he had told Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi that currently (Indonesia) should run simultaneously, aka analog broadcasts and digital broadcasts run simultaneously, until people are ready with digital TV.

"If you want to hurry, analog TV is prohibited from being traded in the market, so that when people buy new TV, digital TV is automatically purchased," said Hary.

In addition, Hary suspects that the acceleration of ASO migration is considered inappropriate, because people seem forced to buy Set Top Boxes (STB) to watch digital TV.

"This ASO decision is tantamount to forcing people to buy Set Top Boxes (STB) so they can watch digital broadcasts. Timing the economic conditions of some of our people is not good at this time, because it has been affected by the pandemic," said Hary.

"Currently what clearly benefits is the factory or seller of STB. Because it will definitely sell well. On the other hand, the people who are harmed are people who still use analog TV, which in general are small people," he added.