RCTI

RCTI
Type	Television network
Country	Indonesia
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Studios: MNC Studios, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, Jakarta; News Studios: iNews Center, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Jakarta
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV 16:9; (downscaled to 576i 4:3 for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia
Parent	Media Nusantara Citra
Sister channels	SCTV (1990-1993); Metro TV (2000-2003); GTV (2002-present); MNCTV (2003-present); iNews (2008-present); (2010-present);
History
Founded	21 August 1987
Launched	24 August 1989; 32 years ago
Founder	PT Rajawali Wira Bhakti Utama (now Rajawali Corpora); PT Bimantara Citra (now Global Mediacom);
Links
Website	www.rcti.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Check local frequencies
Cable
First Media	Channel 39
MNC Play Media	Channel 80 (SD); Channel 430 (HD)
Satellite
MNC Vision	Channel 80 (SD); Channel 430 (HD)
TransVision	Channel 808
Telkom-4	4034/H/16600 MPEG-4
Streaming media
	Watch live (Indonesia only)
MeTube	Watch live (Indonesia only)
MIVO	Watch live
Vidio	Watch live
HOOQ	Watch live (Indonesia only)

RCTI news crew in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta, reporting the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup match.

RCTI (Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in West Jakarta. It is best known for its news programmings, sports events, celebrity bulletins and soap operas. It was first launched in 1989, originally as a local pay television network that broadcasts mostly foreign programmes, before switching to free-to-air a year later.

History

In October 1987, state broadcaster TVRI lost its monopoly when the government allowed private television stations to begin broadcasting. RCTI was officially inaugurated on the morning of 24 August 1989 by President Suharto as Indonesia's first privately owned commercial television network. Evening programming was launched by Minister of Information Harmoko. RCTI was initially broadcast to Greater Jakarta area as a local pay television channel and gained a nationwide terrestrial license a year later. Before 1995, RCTI mostly aired foreign programmes as it cost less compared to self-produced programmes, and to evoke the look and feel of a conventional pay television (which was a new and expensive technology in Indonesia at the time) . The subscription system also requires an UHF set-top box, and in some areas, an analogue satellite dish is also required.

RCTI was initially co-owned by PT Rajawali Wira Bhakti Utama (later Rajawali Corpora) and PT Bimantara Citra (later Global Mediacom, now known as PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC)), thus its name. It is completely owned by MNC, which also owns Global TV and MNCTV, both private Indonesian television stations.

RCTI now has 47 relay stations around Indonesia and reaches 180 million viewers.^{[citation needed]}

Programming

The flagship news program is Seputar iNews (formerly Seputar Indonesia), which has morning, lunchtime and late-night editions. RCTI also broadcasts quiz shows, including the Indonesian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which ran from 2001 to 2006. Animated shows include the original Aikatsu! series, Do ra emon and Crayon Shin-chan, Aikatsu! and Crayon Shin-Chan have since been replaced by locally produced Kiko. RCTI currently broadcast several daily soap operas (known as Layar Drama Indonesia, showing in many titles), as well as occasional sport programmes and localized version of talent shows, such as Indonesian Idol, Rising Star Indonesia, and MasterChef Indonesia.^{[citation needed]}

Other segments

Like other Indonesian television stations, RCTI shows Subuh and Maghrib prayer calls (adhan) in some cities, including Jakarta and Bandung. The prayer calls are best known for using a recording of Sheikh Ali Ahmed Mulla, a well-known muezzin of Masjid al-Haram in Saudi Arabia

Some RCTI stations also broadcast local programming. For example, RCTI Surabaya airs Seputar iNews Jatim, while in Bandung, Seputar iNews Jabar is aired. The Palembang station shows Seputar iNews Sumsel, the Batam station shows Seputar iNews Kepri and the Medan station shows Seputar iNews Sumut. They are mostly shown during the final half-hour of Seputar iNews Pagi (05:30-06:00 WIB or, depending on the local area, 06:30-07:00 WITA and 07:30-08:00 WIT)

Overseas broadcasting

RCTI is available as a free-to-air channel in East Timor, but only in Dili and other cities such as Ermera and Baucau. RCTI is also available in Malaysia as a free-to-air channel in Johor Bahru, and in Singapore as a free-to-air channel by using antenna. RCTI is the only Indonesian free-to-air TV channel to be broadcast free-to-air outside Indonesia. Indonesian drama series like Bunga di Tepi Jalan, Bintang, Liontin and Pernikahan Dini currently air on Astro Aruna, a channel on the Singaporean SingTel mio TV 24 Hours IPTV Pay TV Service, but these were broadcast on RCTI on 2001, 2005 and 2006 respectively.

Notable broadcasts

Obama Eksklusif RCTI Bersama Putra Nababan ("Exclusive Interview with Barack Obama") is a television program that aired in March 2010, showing an interview between Indonesian journalist Putra Nababan and President Barack Obama. According to the president, it was probably the first interview ever done by Indonesian television in the White House.^[1] The interview covered the partnership between Indonesia and the United States and the president's experiences during his childhood in Indonesia.

This show won an award at the 2011 Panasonic Gobel Awards.^[2]

Branding

This logo was used from 24 August 2000 until 19 May 2015. The logo was subsequently straightened.

Slogans

Slogan	Start usage	End usage
Hadirkan Pentas Dunia di Rumah Anda (Bringing the world stage to your home)	1989	1990
Saluran Informasi & Hiburan (The Information and Entertainment Channel)	1990	1993
Kebanggaan Bersama Milik Bangsa (The Nation's collective pride)	1993	present
RCTI Oke (RCTI, Okay)	1994	present

Anniversary

Menuju Indonesia Gemilang (Towards the bright Indonesia) (1998)
Satu Indonesia Satu (One Indonesia one) (2000)
RCTImu, RCTIku (My RCTI, Your RCTI) (2001)
Untukmu Selamanya (Forever for yours) (2002)
Bersama Wujudkan Impian (Together make dreams happen) (2003)
Semakin Oke (More Okays) (2004)
Selalu di Hati, Selalu di Nanti (Always in heart, always wanted) (2005)
Gemerlap Keajaiban (Sparkling Miracles) (2007)
Wujudkan Mimpi Indonesia (Make Indonesian dreams happen) (2009)
Terima Kasih Indonesia (Thanks to Indonesians) (2018)
Warna Cerita Cinta (Colors of love stories) (2019)

References

^ Obama Eksklusif RCTI Bersama Putra Nababan: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
^ VIVA, PT VIVA MEDIA BARU- (26 March 2011). "Daftar Pemenang Panasonic Gobel Awards - VIVA". www.viva.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] Obama Eksklusif RCTI Bersama Putra Nababan: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

[2] VIVA, PT VIVA MEDIA BARU- (26 March 2011). "Daftar Pemenang Panasonic Gobel Awards - VIVA". www.viva.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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