 Palapa A1 had 12 transponders which allows TVRI to distribute its broadcast reach nationally.Thus TVRI entered the 1980s with a two-channel system, the first, TVRI Nasional, being broadcast nationwide (with regional opt-outs) with the second channel, launched 1983, broadcasting local content from the provinces and Jakarta.On January 5, 1980, President Soeharto issued an instruction to remove the "Siaran Niaga" advertisements from TVRI.