RTV (Indonesian TV network)
Introduction '''PT Metropolitan Televisindo''', operating as '''Rajawali Televisi''' ('''RTV''', stylized as '''rtv''') is an Indonesian commercial television network in Indonesia, owned by Rajawali Corpora. RTV is categorised as "family television", licensed via the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Its frequency is coordinated through the Department of Transportation.RTV aired for the first time on 1 November 2009 in Jakarta, originally as the '''B-Channel'''. The B-Channel later changed its name to RTV with the launch of Langit Rajawali on 3 May 2014.Broadcasting 24 hours a day, RTV's programs focus on entertainment, soft news, and a variety of animation programs, ranging from anime, tokusatsu, children's animation and sports coverage.
History The B-Channel was co-founded by Sofia Koswara and Rajawali Corpora in 2008 - at the time being relayed through a local television station in Cikarang, TVN (now part of RTV regional stations). In 2012, Rajawali Corpora bought Sofia Koswara's stake in the B-Channel. On 3 May 2014, the B-Channel changed its name to RTV during the ''Langit Rajawali'' show.In 2016, Mayapada acquired a 20% stake in RTV ownership from Rajawali Corpora. Mayapada later acquired another television network INTV (formerly Banten TV), which in 2019 was relaunched as MYTV.On 30 March 2017, during a press conference, RTV announced that they would focus more on children's programmes,. In February 2018, RTV opened a smaller studio at KidZania Jakarta.
Broadcast coverage RTV broadcasts from Greater Jakarta and its surrounding areas, with digital television reaching over 26 UHF frequencies. Since August 2018, RTV is available throughout Indonesia from satellite Telkom-4 (previously from satellite Apstar 6 and Palapa D). Additionally, RTV broadcasts can be watched through subscription television packages, including Transvision, IndiHome, and Skynindo, in addition to RTV's transmitter network.RTV is among the top TV networks in Indonesia. It currently has 44 transmission stations in 206 cities in the country. The TV is also available on other platforms, such as pay TV, online streaming, and other digital media.
Programming Since 2019, RTV largely broadcasts animated TV. Despite this, RTV is not a children's interest channel.=== Animation programming ===Animation programming airs from 12:00 to 4:00 pm on weekdays, consisting of children's animated series from morning to afternoon, and anime/tokusatsu series in the evening. RTV also has a time slot known as ''Sinema Keluarga Ceria'', ''Girl Power'', and ''ANiMAZiNG''.=== News programming ===RTV airs a news programming entitled ''Lensa Indonesia'' which currently only airs in the morning. RTV airs criminal news entitled ''CSI: Catatan Seputar Investigasi'' and ''10-2: Lihat, Lapor, Lacak''. During 2014 and 2015 elections, RTV also airs ''Indonesia Menentukan'' before returns to broadcast in 2024 for the upcoming presidential and local elections as the part of general in the same year.RTV also airs the expanded slot of short news program named ''Lensa Indonesia Update''.=== Sports programming ===RTV airs a sports programming entitled ''RTV Sports'', the sports division of the RTV. Previously as the RTV still named ''B Channel'', the RTV officially obtained broadcasting rights for French Ligue 1 football matches for 2 years, namely the 2012-2013 to 2013-2014 season because the 2013-2014 Ligue 1 season was broadcast with the beIN Sports broadcasting rights license. B Channel (currently RTV) will broadcast 204 matches or 6 matches per week which will be broadcast every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday night until midnight. After turned into RTV on 3 May 2014, RTV tried to play with sporting events, when in October 2015 the television network got the rights to broadcast the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. On 9 May 2017, RTV received broadcast rights to broadcast all matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 4 matches of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup (semi final, third place playoff, and final matches only). Then, in 2020, RTV again broadcast live broadcasts of English second caste football matches by obtaining broadcasting rights for the EFL through collaboration with license owners Nex Parabola, Vidio and Champions TV for the next 2 seasons from 2020-21 to 2021-22.RTV will broadcast 110 EFL Championship matches or 3 matches per week, both live and delayed. In 2024, RTV returns to broadcast any sporting events with upcoming J1 League, The JFA Emperor's Cup, YBC Levain Cup, F1, Premier League, and FA Cup.=== Others/miscellaneous ===From 2017 to 2018, anniversary specials aired on ''Pesta Sahabat'', formerly stand-alone and not-made-for-kids from 2015 to 2016.To celebrate its fifth anniversary, RTV aired ''Hey Tayo'' on 3 May 2019, based on the children's animated series ''Tayo the Little Bus''.RTV's old mascot ''Mr. Ravi'', was replaced by ''Rio'', which is depicted as a purple-colored superhero with an eagle head-like helmet; although currently its mascots are not often seen on air.RTV now usually airs cigarette commercials, such as Surya, Djarum Super, Sampoerna A, Camel, Dunhill, and many more.=== Time slots (only used on promos and official show names) ===*''Bioskop Cakep'': Movie's slot*''Awesome Female'': Shows intended for women audiences*''Colosseum China'': Chinese colossal dramas slot*''Colosseum Asia'': Asian colossal dramas slot*''Colosseum Indonesia'': Indonesian colossal dramas slot. *''J–Mania'': Japanese dramas slot*''Satwa Mania'': Documentaries about animals*''Sinema Keluarga Ceria'': Animated series slot, usually airs in the morning*''Girl Power'': Animated series intended for girls including shoujo anime series, usually airs in the afternoon*''ANiMAZiNG'': Anime and Tokusatsu series slot, usually airs in the evening
Events *''Zona Ceria'': A sponsored school events and Giveaway activity was held by RTV*''Super Girly'': A sponsored girls events and Giveaway activity was held by RTV
Presenters === Current ===* Kenia Gusnaeni (former MNCTV and BeritaSatu anchor)* Oscar Haris* Michael Tjandra (former RCTI anchor)* Achmad Topan (former Kompas TV and Bloomberg TV Indonesia anchor)* Ezra Hadianto* Arina Marisa Manurung* Tasya Syarief (former RCTI anchor)* Retno Ayu (former RCTI anchor)* Stephani Defirstta* Felicia Wu* Zacky Hussein (former Global TV, iNews, NET., and MYTV anchor)* Rian Antono* Pramadhika Samudera (former BeritaSatu anchor)===Former===* Daniar Achri (now at CNN Indonesia, Trans7 and Trans TV)* Karra Raska Syam (now at tvOne)* Fristian Griec (now at BTV as a host on the program '''Obrolan Malam Fristian''')* Prabu Revolusi (now at iNews and Sindonews TV as a host on the program '''Konspirasi Prabu''')* Sheika Rauf* Widi Dwinanda (now at RCTI as a host on the program ''Silet'')* Reinhard Sirait (now at RCTI, iNews and Sindonews TV as a host on the program '''Talk Politics With Reinhard''')* Silvano Hajid (now at BBC Indonesia)* Mehulika Sitepu* Cheryl Tanzil* Ichsan Firmansyah* Desi Dwi Jayanti* Senandung Nacita* Intan Bedisa* Richard Lioe* Nikky Sirait* Riana Rifani* Inne Sudjono (now at BMKG)* Stefani Ginting (now at BTV)
Slogans '''As the B-Channel'''*''Inside Big City'' (20 October 2008 – 31 October 2009, during trial broadcast)*''B Inspired!'' (1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010)*''Inspirasi Keluarga Anda'' (Your Family Inspiration) (1 January 2011 – 30 September 2012)*''Inspirasi Anda'' (Your Inspiration) (1 October 2012 – 3 May 2014)'''As RTV'''*''Untuk Indonesia'' (For Indonesia) (3 May 2014 – 1 June 2018)*''Makin Cakep'' (More Cute) (1 June 2018 – present)=== Anniversary specials ===*''Setahun di Langit'' (2015)*''Harmoni Cinta'' (2016)*''Cak3p'' (Cut3, 2017)*''RTV 4 Makin Cakep'' (2018)*''Sahabat Tayo'' (2019)*''RTV 5 Makin Cakep: Hey Tayo'' (2019)*''RTV 6 Cakepan Dirumah'' (2020)*''RTV 7Agoan Kemenangan Negeri Rajawali'' (2021)
See also * List of television stations in Indonesia* List of programs aired on RTV (in Indonesian language)
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