The Minister Of Communication And Information Has Responded To TV Stations That Do Not Implement ASO

Johnny G. Plate, Minister of Communication and Information and Mahfud Md Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - On Thursday, November 3 at around 6 a.m. today, VOI monitors a number of TV stations such as RCTI, MNCTV, iNews, GTV, and ANTV that are still in the air after the Ministry of Communication and Information officially implements the Switch Off/ASO Analog for the Jabodetabek area.

In accordance with Article 60A of Law no. 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting through Law no. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, the termination of terrestrial analog television broadcasts or Analog Switch Off (ASO) should be carried out no later than November 2, 2022.

But unfortunately, there is still a television station broadcasting broadcast on Analog TV. In the Analog Switch Off Countdown event at the Ministry of Communications and Informatics on Wednesday, November 2, the Minister of Communications and Informatics, Johnny G. Plate, gave his response.

According to him, if there is a television station that is still broadcasting broadcasts on analog TV, the Kominfo will invite the station officials to discuss it first.

"Of course there are rules. Later everything will refer to the rules. However, before the rules are implemented, TV management will understand everything, yes, of course there will be discussions," Johnny told the media when confirmed about the Broadcasting Institution that had not yet carried out ASO.

Johnny continued, Kominfo will speak directly in the field in a kind and family manner. "After, later this will be for the common good," he concluded.

For the implementation of the National ASO, Kominfo has not yet given an exact date regarding the target. What is clear, the Minister of Communication and Information said that the implementation of ASO will be carried out in accordance with the readiness of each region

"As directed by the President, that the implementation of ASO will really pay attention to the readiness of all regions. Pay close attention to ASO so that it can run well nationally. So that after this, we will arrange to start from which region, whether from the provincial capital, or peripheral areas, we are compiling all of that," he said.