 Metro TV was the first to broadcast on November 25, 2000, as the seventh Indonesian television channel

On June 7, 2000, following the changes after the dissolution of the Department of Information by President Abdurrahman Wahid, TVRI was officially able to change its status into a service company ("perusahaan jawatan").The status later changed once again into a state-owned corporation before it changed as an independent public broadcasting institution ("lembaga penyiaran publik") in 2005.On December 2002, Act No.