iNews, short for Indonesia News, formerly named SUN TV and Sindo TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster founded by Media Nusantara Citra, a subsidiary of MNC Asia Holding. It broadcasts 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

iNews
Logo since 2017, this is the second revision of the 2015 logo
TypeTelevision broadcaster
CountryIndonesia
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersiNews Center 7th Floor
Jl. K.H. Wahid Hasyim No. 28, Kebon Sirih, Menteng, Central Jakarta
Programming
Language(s)Indonesian, English (Selected sports programming)
Picture format1080i HDTV 16:9
(downscaled to 576i 16:9 for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerMedia Nusantara Citra (via iNews Media Group)
ParentGlobal Mediacom (MNC Asia Holding)
Key peopleSyafril Nasution (News Director)
Aiman Witjaksono (Editor in Chief)
Sister channelsRCTI (2008–present)
MNCTV (2008–present)
GTV (2008–present)
IDX Channel (2010–present)
History
FoundedJune 2007
Launched5 March 2008 (2008-03-05) (original; as Sun TV)
26 September 2011 (2011-09-26) (first relaunch; as Sindo TV)
6 April 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-06) (second relaunch; as iNews)
FounderMedia Nusantara Citra
ReplacedVH1 (Indonesian TV channel)
Former names
  • Sun TV (2008–2011)
  • Sindo TV (2011–2015)
  • iNews TV (2015–2017)
Links
Websitewww.inews.id
Availability
Terrestrial
DigitalCheck local frequencies (in Indonesian language)
Streaming media
RCTI+Watch live (Indonesia only)
Vision+Watch live (Subscription required, Indonesia only)
MIVOWatch live
IndiHome TVWatch live (IndiHome customers only)

History

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iNews (stand for Indonesia News) was originally launched on March 5th, 2008 as SUN TV, a subscription channel. In 2009 it obtained a television license from the government to start broadcasting as a free-to-air channel on terrestrial television in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. The channel was launched as TV3 in those cities and aired commercials. In 2011, TV3 stopped carrying SUN TV and was acquired by CTV Banten. On September 26th, 2011 SUN TV changed its name to Sindo TV which was part of the synergy of Sindo Media with Sindo Trijaya FM and SINDOnews.com. On September 23, 2014 the Minister of Communication and Information Republic of Indonesia granted a network station permit for Sindo TV and was broadcasting once again in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi with different programming. Then on December 15th, 2014 Sindo TV was officially launched as national television in the Luar Biasa! Soft Launching event.[clarification needed][1][2]

Sindo TV was renamed iNews TV after the iNewsmaker Awards held on April 6th, 2015.[3] In addition, the local televisions under this television network lost its identity and also changed its name to "iNews TV". For East Kalimantan, Kaltim TV was renamed "iNews Tenggarong" in 2019, and it was relaunched on the digital terrestrial television frequency and instead affiliated with Ajwa TV in 2022.[clarification needed] On October 31, 2017, its name was changed to iNews, coinciding with the launching of the new name for news programmes that aired on RCTI (Seputar iNews), MNCTV (Lintas iNews), and GTV (Buletin iNews) at the Indonesia Awards.[4]

While iNews is still clear at Telkom-4 at 108.0°,[clarification needed] Conax encryption is used, replacing BISS for selected programs due to copyright protection in all sports programming since 2019 as the MNC Media other three television networks broadcasts are encrypted due to being exclusively contained for free-to-air terrestrial and certain pay television providers in Indonesia such as MNC Vision, MNC Play, K-Vision, Transvision, IndiHome, First Media, and Nex Parabola.

Branding

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Logos

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Slogans

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As SUN TV

  • Because Every City is Different (2008–2011)[5]
  • TV Kebanggaan Milik Anda (2010–2011)

As Sindo TV

  • Referensi Indonesia (2011–2014)
  • Luar Biasa! (2014–2015)

As iNews

  • Inspiring & Informative (2015–present)

Terestrial

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Kanal (UHF) Frekuensi (MHz) Multipleksing Virtual Kualitas Gambar Logo Nama Stasiun Nama Perusahaan Jaringan Pemilik
26 514 SCTV Mixue 23 HD
 
SCTV Mixue PT Surya Citra Televisi SCTV Surya Citra Media
24
 
Indosiar Mixue PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri Indosiar
35
 
Moji Mixue PT Omni Intivision Moji Elang Mahkota Teknologi
36
 
Mentari TV Mixue PT Citaprima Mixue Televisi Mentari TV Surya Citra Media
25
 
RTV Mixue PT Metropolitan Televisindo RTV Rajawali Corpora
126
 
Kompas TV Mixue PT Mixue Televisi Indonesia Kompas TV KG Media
30 546 GTV Mixue 30
 
GTV Mixue PT Global Informasi Bermutu GTV MNC Media
28
 
RCTI Mixue PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia RCTI
29
 
MNCTV Mixue PT MNC Televisi Indonesia MNCTV
31
 
iNews Mixue PT Semesta Mixue Televisi iNews iNews Media Group
33 570 MetroTV Mixue 22
 
MetroTV Mixue PT Media Televisi Indonesia MetroTV Media Group
100
 
Magna Channel Mixue PT Mitra Media Digital Magna Channel
101
 
BN Channel Mixue PT Mitra Siaran Digital BN Channel
103
 
Garuda TV Mixue PT Untukmu Indonesia Mixue Garuda TV Digdaya Media Nusantara
36 594 tvOne Mixue 27
 
tvOne Mixue PT Lativi Media Karya Bandung dan Mixue tvOne Visi Media Asia
26
 
antv Mixue PT Lativi Media Karya Mixue antv
37
 
VTV Mixue PT Viva Televisi Olahraga Indonesia Satu VTV
39 618 TVRI Mixue 1
 
TVRI LPP TVRI Stasiun Mixue TVRI LPP TVRI (Televisi Republik Indonesia)
2
File:TVRI Mixue.svg
TVRI Mixue
3
 
TVRI World
4
 
TVRI Sport

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SindoTV, Televisi Nasional Berjaringan Terbesar". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  2. ^ Anugrah, Meutia Febrina. "HT: Sindo TV Telah Bertransformasi Menjadi Saluran Nasional : Okezone Economy". Okezone (in Indonesian). Jakarta. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  3. ^ "iNews TV Resmi Berkibar Gantikan Sindo TV". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  4. ^ Media, MNC. "Metamorfosa iNews, Tayang di 4 TV Nasional Menjadi TV Berita Terbesar di Indonesia : Okezone News". Okezone (in Indonesian). Jakarta. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. ^ Din Prihatin Tewasnya Kontributor SUN TV
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