Kompas TV
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Kompas TV is an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

n television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 network based in Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, Indonesia. Kompas TV is television content provider owned by Kompas Gramedia Group; the media group based on Kompas
Kompas
Kompas is the most widely read newspaper in Indonesia. Published by Kompas-Gramedia Group Publishing since June 28, 1965, it has a reputation in Indonesia for high-quality writing and investigative journalism...

 daily, one of leading newspaper in Indonesia established by Jacob Oetama. Kompas TV was launched in September 9, 2011 through ”Simfoni Semesta Raya” performance. Kompas TV tag line is "Indonesian Inspiration".

Kompas TV is Indonesian first Free to air High Definition Channel, which currently can be viewed only on Aora TV

Networks

Hours before the launch and the start of formal maiden broadcast, the Indonesia Broadcasting Commission issued a statement that Kompas TV don't have a broadcasting license. In response, Kompas TV announced that the channel was merely a content provider and doesn't need a broadcast license because its content can be aired on regional and international television. Kompas TV start their to broadcast on 9 September 2011 through local television network in some Indonesian provinces. The local television will featuring local 70% Kompas TV programmes and 30% local content. The local TV stations that belongs to Kompas TV network are:
  • Ktv
    KTV
    KTV may refer to:* Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment* Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment-Medicine:Either of two quite different measures of dialysis adequacy, whose values cannot be compared:...

     (Tangerang)
  • STV Bandung (Bandung
    Bandung
    Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...

    )
  • TV Borobudur (Semarang
    Semarang
    - Economy :The western part of the city is home to many industrial parks and factories. The port of Semarang is located on the north coast and it is the main shipping port for the province of Central Java. Many small manufacturers are located in Semarang, producing goods such as textiles,...

    )
  • BCTV (Surabaya
    Surabaya
    Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...

    )
  • MOSTV (Palembang
    Palembang
    Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square...

    )
  • Khatulistiwa TV (Pontianak
    Pontianak
    The pontianak is a vampiric ghost in Malay and Indonesian mythology. It is also known as a matianak or kuntilanak, sometimes shortened to kunti. As with tiyanak of the Philippines, pontianak are said to be the spirits of children who died while being born...

    )
  • Agropolitan TV/ATV
    ATV
    -In broadcasting:*Amateur television*Analog television*ATV , the NBC affiliate in Aruba.*ATV , Austrian TV station*ATV Home, major Cantonese-language TV station *ATV Jordan*ATV *ATV Madiun*ATV...

     (Malang
    Malang
    Malang is the second largest city in East Java province, Indonesia. It has an ancient history dating back to the Mataram Kingdom. The city population at the 2010 Census was 819,708. During the period of Dutch colonization, it was a popular destination for European residents. The city is famous for...

     - Batu
    Batu (city)
    Batu is a city located in East Java, Indonesia. Formerly, It was a part of Malang regency; but in 2001, Batu became an independent city legalized by Act of 11, 2001, when it became a municipal town with its own city mayor and council....

    )
  • Dewata Bali TV (Denpasar
    Denpasar
    Denpasar is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. It has a rapidly expanding population of 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade. It is located at .-History:...

    )
  • Makassar TV (Makassar
    Makassar
    Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

    )


Other Indonesian cities are expected to follow later through establishment of local TV stations that relayed television broadcast of Kompas TV. Since 9 September 2011, Kompas TV available through these pay television:
  • aora
    Aora TV
    Aora TV is an Indonesian direct broadcast satellite pay television company that is operated by PT Karya Megah Adijaya and is owned by Rini M. Soemarno, Ongki P. Soemarno and join at dormant period Sugiono Wiyono. It started its nation-wide broadcast in the beginning of August 2008 with an initial...

  • Centrin TV
  • First Media
    First Media
    First Media is a triple play Cable Television network in Indonesia.The products are Fastnet, HomeCable, and DataComm. Because First Media is a relatively new company the coverage area is limited.-FastNet:...

  • Groovia TV
  • Skynindo
  • TelkomVision
    TelkomVision
    TelkomVision is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite and cable television provider service for Indonesia. It is a part of the Telkom Group...

  • YesTV


Kompas TV also could be viewed freely through satellite broadcasted from Palapa-D
Palapa-D
Palapa-D, also known as Palapa D1, is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Indosat. It was built by Thales Alenia Space, based on the Spacebus-4000B3 satellite bus, and carries thirty five G/H band and five J band transponders...

satellite.
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