History of the birth of commercial television was preceded by a local broadcast television. Through

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Indonesian TV until 2004, is still dominated by the 10 commercial television broadcast nationwide. 10 stations are RCTI, SCTV, IVM, TPI, quiz, Trans TV, Metro TV, TV 7, Lativi, Global TV who are all members of the Association of Indonesian Private Television (ATVSI). This dominance can be seen from the following table: NO STATION Total Audience Coverage Coverage Relay Station Province 1 million people nero 47 156 29/32 (90.6%) 2 SCTV 31 137 million 21/32 (65.6%) 3 22 129 million people IVM 16 / 32 (50%) 4 15 TPI 108.6 million 12/32 (37.5%) 5 94.4 million people Anteve 11 10/32 (31.3%) 6 Metro TV 33 65.4 million 25/32 (78.1%) 7 Trans TV 11 75.6 million people 9/32 (28.1%) 8 7 8 TV 66.4 million 8/32 (25%) 9 Global TV 6 63.3 million 6/32 (18.8%) 10 7 82.5 million people Lativi 7/32 (21.9% )
Is the fact that the birth of commercial television late 1980s Indonesia's is a mix of political interests and business interests. At that time the parabolic trough, the community already has alternatives besides TVRI television viewing. In other words, the globalization of information flows, it is no longer possible to be prevented by the authorities. Therefore better alternatives available channels can still be controlled by the government of private television. However, because it requires the establishment of a television big capital, the government must hold employers. And logic employers will not want to come back or if the investment is not profitable. That is why it should be allowed to advertise as a major revenue from commercial television.
History of the birth of commercial television was preceded by a local broadcast television. Through Decree No. 111/KEP/MENPEN/1990 Menpen government granted 11 licenses of private television broadcasting locally, RCTI Jakarta, Bandung RCTI, SCTV Surabaya, Denpasar SCTV, SMTV Yogyakarta, Semarang MCTV, CATV Lampung, Palembang CBST, RITV Batam, CTPI, IVM of which are referred to as STPS (Private Television Broadcasting Station). After walking However, entrepreneurs central restaurant products who invest managed to convince the government that the potential for locally ad has not been able to cover operating costs and programs that need to be made releases issued by the national reach. Therefore through Decree No. Menpen. 84A/KEP/MENPEN/1992, the government provides a national central restaurant products broadcasting license specifically to CTPI (Education) and IVM (Inkobang). The decree led to the term SPTS-P (Education) and SPTS-K (Special). central restaurant products Furthermore, through Decree No. Menpen. 04A/KEP/MENPEN/1993: RCTI, SCTV, TPI, IVM / Indosiar & National ANTeve TV gets license and re-used term SPTS (Private Television Broadcasting Station). SPTS with broadcast nationally coupled with the Metro-TV, Trans-TV, TV-7, Global-TV & LATIVI through Decree No. Menpen. 286/KEP/MENPEN/1999. Terakh