Lombok TV Asks Government Not To Issue Multiplexing Slot Rental Regulations

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JAKARTA - The government is asked to comply with the decision of the Supreme Court (MA) which has canceled Article 81 paragraph 1 of Government Regulation (PP) Number 46 of 2021 concerning Post, Telecommunications and Broadcasting.

This was stated by the attorney for PT Lombok Nuansa Televisi, Gede Aditya Pratama from the Gede Aditya & Partner Law Office in Jakarta, Thursday, August 4. He hoped that the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) would comply with the Supreme Court's decision and not make things that are unconstitutional.

"It's like issuing a new PP with the same content," he said.

His party also asked the Ministry of Communication and Information to stop the analog switch off process throughout Indonesia for broadcasting institutions that already have a Broadcasting Operation Permit based on Law 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting in conjunction with Law No. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, until the issuance of this new regulation related to multiplexing. in the form of a law.

Multiplexing is the process of combining several signals into one signal, through a common medium to support the migration of analog broadcasts to digital broadcasts or analog switch off (ASO).

"We hope that the regulation on the implementation of multiplexing if regulated in the law can pay attention to and not discriminate against local television broadcasting operators," he concluded.

Previously, the Minister of Communications and Informatics Johnny G. Plate previously determined six LPS groups as winners or multiplexing organizers for the implementation of the Broadcast Digitalization Program or Analog Switch Off (ASO). The six LPS are Media Group, Surya Citra Media (SCM), Trans, Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), Viva Group and NTV.

"LPS that are not multiplexing providers can still broadcast by cooperating in the form of renting multiplexing slots, as regulated in Government Regulation Number 46 of 2021 concerning Post, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting (Postelsiar)," said Johnny.