This document summarizes Indonesia's broadcasting policy. It outlines the four types of broadcasting institutions: public, private, subscribed, and community. It describes the nationwide public broadcasters TVRI and RRI along with local public stations. Private broadcasters can operate terrestrial or satellite systems, within ownership limits. Subscribed institutions distribute via satellite, cable, or terrestrial to subscribers. Licensing procedures and requirements are also outlined.

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Broadcasting Policy in Indonesia
Directorate General of Posts, Telecommunication and Broadcasting
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

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Types of Broadcasting Institution
Public Broadcasting Institution
Private Broadcasting Institution
Subscribed Broadcasting Institution
Community Broadcasting Institution

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Public Broadcasting Institution
TVRI (Television of the Republic of
Indonesia) – Nationwide Coverage
Public
Broadcasting
Institution
RRI (Radio of the Republic of
Indonesia) – Nationwide
Local Public Broadcasting
Coverage Institution – Local Coverage

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RRI and TVRI
n Nationwide coverage and consist of central and local station.
n RRI and RRI are independent, neutral, and non-commercial.
n Under the authority of and responsible to the President of the
Republic of Indonesia.
n Responsible for providing services in information, education, good
quality entertainment, social bonding to preserve the national
culture for the sake of public interests.
Local Public Broadcasting Institution
A legal entity established by local government, carries out radio or
television broadcasting, independent, neutral, non-commercial and
serves to provide services for the public interests that its broadcasting
system is networked with RRI or TVRI.

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Coverage Area of RRI and TVRI
RRI
- 59 local stations
- 148 relay stations TVRI
- 24 local stations
- 376 relay stations

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Private Broadcasting Institution
Private Broadcasting
Institution
Terrestrial Satellite
System System
- analog/digital AM/
MW Radio
- analog/digital FM - analog/digital Radio
Radio - analog/digital TV
- analog/digital TV - multiplexing
- Multiplexing

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Private Broadcasting Institution
n Established by Indonesian citizen.
n Indonesian legal entity in form of limited liability company.
n Its line of business only provides services for radio or
television broadcasting.
n Entire initial capital owned by Indonesian citizen and/or
Indonesian legal entity wholly owned by Indonesian citizen.
n In 1 (one) coverage area broadcaster can only provide 1
(one) broadcast program in 1 (one) channel.

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Capital Provisions for Private
Broadcasting Institutions
n Entire initial capital owned by Indonesian citizen and/or
Indonesian legal entity wholly owned by Indonesian citizen.
n Capital increment from foreign investors and/or foreign legal
entities must be not more than 20% of the entire issued share
capital or paid up capital and owned by 2 (two) shareholders.
n Capital increment limitation by foreign investors and/or
foreign legal entity carried out either directly and indirectly.
n 80% of the capital should remain owned by Indonesian
citizen.
n Any shares transaction that led to ownership of foreign
capital exceeds 20% shall be returned to 20%.

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Provisions on Ownership
Concentration
Radio Broadcasters: Television Broadcasters:
• 1 (one) legal entity 1 (one) • 1 (one) legal entity 2 (one)
broadcasting license. broadcasting licenses in
• Max 100% share different province.
ownership in 1st to 7th legal • Max 100% share
entity. ownership in 1st legal
• Max 49% share ownership entity.
in 8th to 14th legal entity. • Max 49% share ownership
• Max 20% share ownership in 2nd legal entity.
in 15th to 21st legal entity. • Max 20% share ownership
• Max 5% share ownership in 3rd legal entity.
in 22nd legal entity and so • Max 5% share ownership
on. in 4th legal entity and so
on.

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Provisions on Cross Ownership
n LIMITATIONS :
è1 Private Radio Broadcasters + 1 Subscribed Broadcasters +
1 Printed Media in the same area.
è1 Private TV Broadcasters + 1 Subscribed Broadcasters + 1
Printed Media in the same area.
è1 Private Radio Broadcasters + 1 Private TV Broadcasters + 1
Subscribed Broadcasters in the same area.

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Subscribed Broadcasting
Institution
Subscribed Broadcasting
Institution
Satellite
Cable
Terrestrial

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Subscribed Broadcasting
Institution
n Established by Indonesian citizen.
n Indonesian legal entity in form of limited liability company.
n Its line of business only provides services for radio or television
broadcasting.
n Entire initial capital owned by Indonesian citizen and/or Indonesian
legal entity wholly owned by Indonesian citizen.
Main Points
Distribution of broadcast programs only to its subscribers and should
have rights for every programs that transmitted.

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Provisions on Subscribed
Broadcasting Implementation
n Must conduct internal censorship.
n Provide at least 10% of the channel capacity to transmit programs from
public broadcasting institution and private broadcasting institution.
n Provide minimum 1 (one) channel for domestic programs for every 10 (ten)
channels foreign programs.
n Should provide receiver device and related terminal.
Particular Provisions for Subscribed Broadcasting
Institution via Satellite
n Should have national coverage area.
n Should have a head-end station located in Indonesia.
n Should use satellite that has landing right in Indonesia.
n Should ensure that the programs only receive by its subscribers.

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Broadcasting Licensing Procedures
1. The announcement of Broadcasting Business Opportunities by the Minister of
Communication and Information Technology, in particular for private broadcasting
institution and terrestrial subscribed broadcasting institution.
2. Hearing Evaluation by Indonesian Broadcasting Commission.
3. Coordination Meeting of the Joint Meeting Forum between the Government and the
Indonesia Broadcasting Commission.
4. Joint Meeting Forum between the Government and the Indonesian Broadcasting
Commission.
5. Issuance of the Principle Broadcasting License or Refusal Letter.
6. Infrastructure development, frequency licensing application and other licenses,
human resources recruitment, broadcast programs acquisitions, etc.
7. Trial broadcasts (max. 6 months for radio services and 1 year for TV services).
8. Trial broadcasts evaluation.
9. Issuance of permanent broadcasting license with validity period of 5 years for radio
and 10 years for TV.

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Broadcasting Licensing
NO DESCRIPTION RADIO TV TOTAL
1 NUMBER OF APPLICANT 2.710 799 3.509
2 NUMBER OF APPROVED 1.173 291 1.464
LICENSING APPLICANT
data per December 2010

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System of Networked Stations
n System of Networked Stations is a system that governing the
regular inter-relay of broadcast programs between
broadcasting institutions.
n Local Broadcasting Station is a broadcasting station
established in particular area with particular coverage in the
area where the station is established and should provides its
own studio and transmitter equipment.
n Relay Stations is a station serves to transmit broadcast
programs to another coverage area.
n Local Broadcast Program is a program with local content in
local area.

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Configuration of System
of Networked Stations Satellite
MEMBER STATION
Province B
BASE STATION
MEMBER STATION
Province A
RELAY STATIONS RELAY STATIONS
INDONESIAN TERRITORY
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The Development of Digital
Terrestrial TV Broadcasting

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Policies on Set Top Box (STB)
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content
level
of
at
least
20%
and
increased
gradually
to
50%
within
5
years.
Set Top Box should comply to the technical provisions based on the
Indonesia legislation.
Set
Top
Box
should
comply
to
the
technical
requirements
based
on
the
Indonesia
legisla+on.

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Legal Basis for the IPTV Services
LAW
NO.
32/2002
ON
BROADCASTING
IPTV
LAW
NO.
36/1999
LAW
NO.
11/2008
ON
ON
INFORMATION
&
TELECOMMUNICATION
ELECTRONIC
TRANSACTION
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Policy Orientation for IPTV
Services
Standardization, Diversity, Empowering, …
Technology Provider
Competition, Cooperation, Fairness,
Business Operator Neutrality, Efficiency, Investment, …
Service Public Easy, Cheap, Good, Variation, Secure, …

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