Kominfo Gives Incentives For Broadcasting Permits In 3T Regions

Screenshot - Director of Broadcasting of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics Geryantika Kurnia (leftmost) in the Discussion of Democracy/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) provides incentives to private broadcasting institutions in terms of licensing in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas. "For 3T, we provide more incentives to anyone to equalize in the 3T area," said the Broadcasting Director of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Geryantika Kurnia, in a discussion on Democracy Dialectics with the theme "Efforts for Equitable Information to Disadvantaged, Outermost, Remote Areas" at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, August 13. He also said that the government provided incentives to private broadcasting institutions in the form of a broadcast permit fee of zero rupiah for 5 years. "We zero for five years to encourage them to enter 3T," he said. In addition, he said the government did not select private broadcasting institutions who wanted to broadcast their programs in 3T areas. "In big cities, we have determined that if there is a TV or radio permit, it must go through selection because there are many enthusiasts, if in 3T we will release anyone who wants to broadcast on 3T without the need for selection," he said. Furthermore, he said the government through public broadcasting institutions TVRI also provided incentives in the form of more affordable multiplexing rental rates (MUX) for 3T areas. "If I'm not mistaken, I will give a discount of up to 75 percent, even though the MUX rental in the 3T area is cheap compared to Jakarta," he said. This is different from radio. "If the radio is still analogous, he has to build his own infrastructure, which is in 3T on average RRI," he said. He said efforts to provide incentives in terms of broadcasting permits in the 3T area were carried out so that people in the area could obtain various information, as was the case in big cities because they were only now able to enjoy broadcasts from TVRI. "Now on average in 3T, people can only watch TVRI, the private sector thinks they are still thinking about profit, they think about it in big cities," he said. Previously (5/8), Geryantika said that two private broadcasting institutions had committed to broadcasting in the 3T area following the issuance of Circular Letter of the Director General of Post and Information Implementation (SE Director General of PPI) Number 2 of 2024.

The SE, which was released by Kominfo on Wednesday (31/7), regulates the Equity of Information through the Broadcasting of Radio and Television Broadcasting Services Organized by Broadcasting Institutions through Terrestrial Media in Disadvantaged, Frontier, and Outermost Regions.