 The first time the Indonesian public witnessed the demonstration of a television was in 1955, 29 years after its introduction in 1926, and 26 years after the world's first television broadcast was made in 1929.These first televisions were brought from the Soviet Union during the Yogyakarta 200 years anniversary fair ("Pekan Raja 200 Tahun Kota Jogjakarta").However, the initial idea to establish a television station in Indonesia was put forward by then Minister of Information Maladi as far as 1952.