MNC International is packaged by Media Nusantara Citra

Media Nusantara Citra

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk is a media company in Indonesia founded in 1997. It is a 70% owned by PT Global Mediacom Tbk.- Broadcasting Media :* PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia , 100 % ownership...

the largest television network in 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...

. It is a 24-hour international channel providing information news and general entertainment in Indonesian

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...

 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...

.

The channel provides all kinds of news and entertainment programs such as Indonesian

Indonesian language

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....

 sitcoms, mega sinetron, variety shows, music programs, documentaries, reality shows, and much more for Indonesian and Malay

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

 communities worldwide.

Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 is only the one country in the world outside of Indonesia to air the channel. The channel showcases the best programmes from top Indonesian channels RCTI

RCTI

RCTI is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol as well as sinetron , films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs...

, Global TV

Global TV (Indonesia)

Global TV is an Indonesian private television station based in West Jakarta. It is established in early January 1, 1998 and first went on air on January 1, 2001 with MTV programming....

, and MNCTV

MNCTV

MNCTV is an Indonesian private television channel which headquarter's based in East Jakarta. TPI was established by Tutut Soeharto . It began broadcasting on the 23rd of January 1991...

. Meanwhile Astro

Astro (Malaysian satellite television)

Astro is the brand name of the Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay television service. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia & Brunei...

 has acquired its broadcasting rights to air the channel in Malaysia.

Overseas broadcasting

MNC International is available as free-to-air channel in Singapore as free-to-air channel and pay channel on cable television systems in Singapore. MNC International is the only Indonesian free-to-air television channel to be broadcast free-to-air outside Indonesia. This channel is only pay channel in Singapore by StarHub TV cable television channel 122.

Transmission Hours in Singapore

Transmission hours are from 06:30 am to 11:10 pm every day and public holidays from 06:30 am to 11:10 pm.

Startup

MNC International starts up at 06:30 am. The national anthem

Majulah Singapura

Majulah Singapura is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for official functions of the City Council of Singapore, the song was selected in 1959 as the island's anthem when it attained self-government. Upon full independence in 1965, Majulah Singapura...

 was played, followed by the recitation of the Koran holy words. Stations ident, The first programme of the day follows thereafter.

Closedown

MNC International closes down at 11:10 pm. The last programme, This is followed by the recitation of the Koran holy words, and the national anthem. The test card

Philips PM5544

The Philips PM5544 is a television pattern generator, most commonly used to provide a television station with a complex test card commonly referred to as a Philips Pattern or PTV Circle. The content and layout of the pattern was designed in the Philips TV laboratory in Copenhagen by chief engineer...

 was broadcast at the end.

In the closing (offair) time MNC International is broadcasting testcard

Philips PM5544

The Philips PM5544 is a television pattern generator, most commonly used to provide a television station with a complex test card commonly referred to as a Philips Pattern or PTV Circle. The content and layout of the pattern was designed in the Philips TV laboratory in Copenhagen by chief engineer...

complete with date to time with text "MNC INTERNATIONAL - SINGAPORE".

History

24 August 2005

MNC International was started as the first Indonesian cable television channel in Singapore with a 24-hour broadcasts from 06:00 am.