Hary Tanoesoedibjo, Eddy Kusnadi, And Chairul Tanjung, List Of Conglomerates Owning Analog TV Stations And Get 'Lethal Injection' From Government

Conglomerate Hary Tanoesoedibjo. (Photo: Doc. MNC Group)

JAKARTA - Several analog televisions that were forced to shut down broadcasts by the government are owned by Indonesian conglomerates.

For information, the government's analog switch-off (ASO) was officially terminated on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, in Greater Jakarta. This ASO will also be carried out in 514 districts/cities in Indonesia.

Based on data from the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo), currently, the migration of analog TV broadcasts to digital has been carried out in eight districts/cities in four broadcast areas.

Well, the majority of analog television in Indonesia is owned by some of the richest people in the country. Even one of the crazy rich TV owners in Indonesia, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, expressed his disapproval of the blackout of analog TV.

And here is the list of conglomerates that own television stations in Indonesia:

1. Hary Tanoesoedibjo

TV: RCTI, Global TV, MNC TV, iNews

Harry Tanoe is known to own several TV stations in Indonesia through the MNC Media network. This TV channel owned by Harry Tanoe has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) through PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (MNCN) since 2007.

Hary Tanoe in his Instagram upload is known to stop his analog broadcasts in Jabodetabek, but at the same time, he will sue civilly for the decision.

2. Eddy Kusnadi Sariaatmadja

TV: SCTV, Indosiar

Eddy Kusnadi Sariaatmadja owns two TV stations, SCTV and Indosiar, which previously broadcast analog. SCTV and Indosiar are listed on the Stock Exchange through PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA).

SCMA listed its shares on the IDX in 2002, with PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tb (EMTK) acting as the controlling company. SCMA currently has a market capitalization of IDR 17.75 trillion.

3. Aburizal Bakrie

TV: tvOne, ANTV

The next conglomerate that owns a television station is Aburizal Bakrie through PT Visi Media Asia Tbk (VIVA) and its subsidiary, PT Intermedia Capital Tbk. (MEDIA). The TV station under VIVA is tvOne, while ANTV is under MDIA through its subsidiary PT Cakrawala Andalas Televisi.

VIVA said that their two TV stations had stopped their analog broadcasts on November 3, 2022, and since Wednesday 2 November at 24.00 WIB they have been broadcasting digitally until now.

Meanwhile, VIVA's shares have a market capitalization of IDR 823 billion and are stagnant after being suspended by the IDX.

IDX assigns special notation X and Y to VIVA shares. Meanwhile, MDIA's shares have a market capitalization of Rp2.04 trillion, with traded shares stagnant at 52 levels.

Just like VIVA, MDIA shares were given special notations X and Y by the IDX due to not having held a GMS for 6 months.

4. Agus Lasmono Sudwikatmono

TV: NetTV

Agus Lasmono is the next generation of the Indika Group. The Indika Group which was built by Sudwikatmono is better known as a coal miner. However, apart from the commodity business, the Indika Group owns the television station Net TV.

Net TV is listed on the Stock Exchange through PT Net Visi Media Tbk. (NETV) on January 26 this year. Meanwhile, based on the prospectus, the controller of Net TV is PT Sinergi Lintas Media which is controlled by Agus Lasmono.

Apart from NETV, Agus is also the President Commissioner of the mining company PT Indika Energy Tbk (INDY). NETV has a market capitalization of IDR 5.39 trillion.

5. Surya Paloh

TV: Metro TV

The Surya Paloh conglomerate has one TV station, namely Metro TV. Metro TV is part of the Media Group Network, through its entity PT Media Televisi Indonesia.

Metro TV aired for the first time on November 25, 2000, after being granted permission to broadcast a year earlier. Metro TV is the first 24-hour news television station in Indonesia.

6. Chairul Tanjung

TV: Trans TV, Trans 7

Conglomerate Chairul Tanjung is included in this list because it owns two TV stations through PT Trans Media Corpora, which previously broadcast analog. The two TV stations are Trans TV and Trans 7.

Trans TV has been recorded to have been broadcasting since October 25, 2001, while Trans 7 was first broadcasted on November 25, 2001, under the name TV7, which was previously owned by the Kompas Gramedia Group.

7. Jakob Oetama

TV: Kompas TV

Another conglomerate that owns a television station is Jakob Oetama through Kompas TV. Prior to Kompas TV, Jakob had owned the TV7 station, which he sold to tycoon Chairul Tanjung.

Kompas TV was launched on September 9, 2011, with entertainment-based events. However, slowly in 2016 the news-based Kompas TV program to date.

8. Peter Sondakh

TV: RTV

Conglomerate Peter Sondakh is also known to own a television channel through Rajawali Televisi or often omitted by RTV. RTV is owned by Rajawali Corpora.

RTV launched for the first time November 1 as B-Channel, then on May 3, 2014 launched as RTV. Currently RTV programs are focused on entertainment and family events.