MetroTV
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Metro TV is Indonesia
's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta
. The station was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 53 transmission
sites all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh
who also owns the Media Indonesia
daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group, also owned by Paloh.
It is the only TV station to offer Mandarin news and no sinetron (soap opera
) programs in Indonesia, although lately the station has also begun to broadcast entertainment programs such as a talk show called "e-Lifestyle", and the satirical
news and current affairs show called "Republik Mimpi" (The Dream Republic).
Metro TV also offers one of its top programs called Indonesia Now
. The program, which is broadcast worldwide, primarily gives information about Indonesia to the world.
(Media Televisi Indonesia operated by Media Indonesia Group
was officially president chairman chief executive officer manager general director exlusive secretariat by Surya Paloh
)
MetroTV was grand launched innaugurated officialy and the television network officially started broadcasting on Saturday, 25 November 2000 at 19:00 local time
. Then the husband female one player team of Sandrina Malakiano
anchored the first newscast. Among the first segments was an interview of was opened by then President of Indonesia
names Gus Dur
, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta
. Wisnu Hadi (the son of Helmi Johannes
) was named as the Chief Commissioner and Surya Paloh
as the President Director.
MetroTV was the first Indonesian
television company to have been officially inaugurated by the President of Indonesia
himself.
Metro TV has a different concept
than the other stations in Indonesia
; even this station broadcast 24 hour a week, it focused its programs only for news around the world.
Metro TV also broadcast two English language
programs, Indonesia This Morning, and also Indonesia Now. It also had a Chinese language
programs such as Metro Xin Wen. It has also had IT and documentary programs. Additionally, it has a culinary program and a motivation program, Mario Teguh Golden Ways. It also shows business programming, which one of them is Bisnis Hari Ini (Business Today).
Metro TV also have an informercial block, usually residences
, but sometimes, any price of product and techonology. The infomercial block usually air on networks and stations during morning on weekends. The block has no commercial breaks. This channel is owned by Media Group, which also owns Media Indonesia
and Lampung Post newspapers.
However, Metro TV was not the first Indonesia
n channel to be broadcast in English Language. RCTI
became the first Indonesian channel to broadcast in English language when showing Indonesia Today
on February 26, 1997, and the English news program is made with a specific target audience with foreigners who want to know the latest news and more information about Indonesia, but was canceled in 2001. Metro TV later broadcast Metro This Morning and News Flash. Metro This Morning was ended on late March 2007. Metro TV was the only news channel in Indonesia until 2008 when Lativi was re-branded as TV ONE by dropping all of sitcoms as well as soap operas, focusing in news and sports programs.
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...
's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta
West Jakarta
West Jakarta is a city within Jakarta Special District, Indonesia. It had a p[opulation of 2,278,825 at the 2010 Census; the administrative centre is at Puri Kembangan....
. The station was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 53 transmission
Transmission (telecommunications)
Transmission, in telecommunications, is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired, optical fiber or wireless...
sites all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh
Surya Paloh
Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian media tycoon who owns the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and Metro TV, a 24-hour news television network. Surya Paloh is active in politics and he is the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Golkar Party, the biggest political party in Indonesia...
who also owns the Media Indonesia
Media Indonesia
Media Indonesia is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say Media Indonesia is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the Kompas daily, and the third is Jawa Pos....
daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group, also owned by Paloh.
It is the only TV station to offer Mandarin news and no sinetron (soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
) programs in Indonesia, although lately the station has also begun to broadcast entertainment programs such as a talk show called "e-Lifestyle", and the satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
news and current affairs show called "Republik Mimpi" (The Dream Republic).
Metro TV also offers one of its top programs called Indonesia Now
Indonesia Now
Indonesia Now is a weekly programme broadcast by Metro TV, read in English language, and broadcast by all television stations around the world. Indonesia Now is the first international programme from Indonesia, first aired on September 1, 2006 to explain Indonesian news or Asian news. It also...
. The program, which is broadcast worldwide, primarily gives information about Indonesia to the world.
History and concept
MetroTV was established 25 October 1999 was initially planned test of transmission born name as MetroTVMetroTV
Metro TV is Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta. The station was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 53 transmission sites all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily...
(Media Televisi Indonesia operated by Media Indonesia Group
Media Indonesia
Media Indonesia is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say Media Indonesia is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the Kompas daily, and the third is Jawa Pos....
was officially president chairman chief executive officer manager general director exlusive secretariat by Surya Paloh
Surya Paloh
Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian media tycoon who owns the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and Metro TV, a 24-hour news television network. Surya Paloh is active in politics and he is the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Golkar Party, the biggest political party in Indonesia...
)
MetroTV was grand launched innaugurated officialy and the television network officially started broadcasting on Saturday, 25 November 2000 at 19:00 local time
Time in Indonesia
The Indonesian archipelago geographically stretches across four time zones from UTC+7 in Banda Aceh to UTC+9 in Western Papua. However, The Indonesian government only recognizes three time zones in its territory: Western Indonesian Time—seven hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time ,...
. Then the husband female one player team of Sandrina Malakiano
Sandrina Malakiano
Sandrina Malakiano is a leading news presenter of Metro TV, an Indonesian news television channel. She clinched runner-up in the "Best News Presenter" category of the 2002 Asian Television Awards...
anchored the first newscast. Among the first segments was an interview of was opened by then President of Indonesia
President of Indonesia
The President of the Republic of Indonesia is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.The first president was Sukarno and the current president is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.- Sukarno era :...
names Gus Dur
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil , colloquially known as , was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001...
, at Merdeka Palace 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...
. Wisnu Hadi (the son of Helmi Johannes
Helmi Johannes
Helmi Johannes is an Indonesian television newscaster and executive producer. Helmi Johannes now works for the Indonesian service of the Voice of America , based in Washington, DC...
) was named as the Chief Commissioner and Surya Paloh
Surya Paloh
Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian media tycoon who owns the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and Metro TV, a 24-hour news television network. Surya Paloh is active in politics and he is the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Golkar Party, the biggest political party in Indonesia...
as the President Director.
MetroTV was the first 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....
television company to have been officially inaugurated by the President of Indonesia
President of Indonesia
The President of the Republic of Indonesia is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.The first president was Sukarno and the current president is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.- Sukarno era :...
himself.
Metro TV has a different concept
Concept
The word concept is used in ordinary language as well as in almost all academic disciplines. Particularly in philosophy, psychology and cognitive sciences the term is much used and much discussed. WordNet defines concept: "conception, construct ". However, the meaning of the term concept is much...
than the other stations 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...
; even this station broadcast 24 hour a week, it focused its programs only for news around the world.
Metro TV also broadcast two English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
programs, Indonesia This Morning, and also Indonesia Now. It also had a Chinese language
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
programs such as Metro Xin Wen. It has also had IT and documentary programs. Additionally, it has a culinary program and a motivation program, Mario Teguh Golden Ways. It also shows business programming, which one of them is Bisnis Hari Ini (Business Today).
Metro TV also have an informercial block, usually residences
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, but sometimes, any price of product and techonology. The infomercial block usually air on networks and stations during morning on weekends. The block has no commercial breaks. This channel is owned by Media Group, which also owns Media Indonesia
Media Indonesia
Media Indonesia is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say Media Indonesia is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the Kompas daily, and the third is Jawa Pos....
and Lampung Post newspapers.
However, Metro TV was not the first 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 channel to be broadcast in English Language. 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...
became the first Indonesian channel to broadcast in English language when showing Indonesia Today
Indonesia Today
Indonesia Today is the first English-language newscast ever carried by a private television station in Indonesia. It appeared on RCTI from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, unable to get advertisors, Indonesia Today was discontinued and replaced by Indonesian-language criminal news, Sergap....
on February 26, 1997, and the English news program is made with a specific target audience with foreigners who want to know the latest news and more information about Indonesia, but was canceled in 2001. Metro TV later broadcast Metro This Morning and News Flash. Metro This Morning was ended on late March 2007. Metro TV was the only news channel in Indonesia until 2008 when Lativi was re-branded as TV ONE by dropping all of sitcoms as well as soap operas, focusing in news and sports programs.
Weekday programs
| Program | Scheduled to show | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Metro Pagi Metro Pagi Metro Pagi is a one and a half hour morning newscast broadcast by Metro TV, Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel at 5:00 a.m. The show has two anchors and airs the latest news with live reports from the station's bureaus throughout the country.... |
4:30 AM | Known as Metro Morning, it is a three hour and 30 minutes news program that shows event that occurs several days ago. Also features lifestyle and sports programming. |
| Editorial Media Indonesia | 7:00 AM | A one hour talkshow program about news that issued on Media Indonesia Media Indonesia Media Indonesia is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say Media Indonesia is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the Kompas daily, and the third is Jawa Pos.... . |
| The 8 Eleven Show | 8:00 AM | A three hour talkshow program based on the latest news and issues of the day with a summary outlook in the financial world and sports arena. |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show The Oprah Winfrey Show The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history.... |
11:00 AM | A talkshow that features Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011... . It does not appear in Mondays. |
| Metro Siang | 11:30 AM | Known as Metro at Noon, it is a midday news program. At the first time of this show, a headline news is announced. |
| Metro Sore | 2:30 PM | A new news programming starting in 2009. It shows news that based on event from 09:00-14:00 |
| Bisnis Hari Ini | 3:00 PM | Known as Business Today, it is another program focusing on business and financial news. It shows also after the Indonesian Stock Exchange closing bell. |
| Public Corner | 3:30 PM | A talkshow about lifestyle |
| Metro Hari Ini Metro Hari Ini Metro Hari Ini is the two-hour main evening newscast of Metro TV, an Indonesian television channel, at 17:00 . The news program brings top stories of the day with live reports from the networks bureau throughout Indonesia.... |
5:00 PM | Known as Metro Today, it is an evening news program that shows every one hour and 20 minutes during weekdays and Saturdays always one hour. |
| Suara Anda | 7:00 PM | An interactive news program. Any viewers can show which one news can be chosen. |
| Special Dialogue | 8:30 PM | A nightly talk show program. It tells the general events. |
| Top Nine News | 9:00 PM | A nightly news program that focusing on general news. There are 9 news are reported. In the end, there is a segmental called "Top of the Top" and the "Top Picture". |
| Metro Sport | 11:30 PM | A nightly sports news program. |
| Metro Malam | 12:00 AM | Known as Metro at Midnight, it is a nightly news program that focusing on general news. Shown after the beginning of a new day. |
Weekend and additional programs
- Chat Club: a talk show programming.
- Oasis: a society programming.
- Expedition: a travel program.
- Democrazy: a comedy that talks about the politician.
- Archipelago: a documentary news program.
- Mario Teguh Golden Ways: a Sunday motivation program.
- Kick Andy: a talkshow about an issue that hosted by Andy F. Noya on Fridays.
- Metro TV Infomercial: an informercial block show on weekends.
- Metro Highlights: a critical event news.
- Metro This Week: a news program shown on Sundays, for a week conclusion.
- Breaking News: a news program that shown shortly after a biggest event was occur.
- Headline News: a short news program that shows three news and starts every hour, every day.
- Indonesia NowIndonesia NowIndonesia Now is a weekly programme broadcast by Metro TV, read in English language, and broadcast by all television stations around the world. Indonesia Now is the first international programme from Indonesia, first aired on September 1, 2006 to explain Indonesian news or Asian news. It also...
: a Saturday English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
news program. - Top Nine News Weekend: a weekend version of Top Nine News, with a segment "Top of the Week" and "Top Picture of the Week".
- Menu and Venue: a culinary program.
- e-Lifestyle: a talkshow reviews communications.
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: a Liga Primer Indonesia Live Match every Sunday. - Gazzetta Football Italia
Taglines
NOTE: Metro TV does not have any slogan until 2008- See the Hope (December 15th, 2005)
- Leading the Change (December 15th, 2007)
- Be Smart Be Informed (March 5, 2008 - May 20, 2010)
- Indonesian General Election Reference (only used during the General Election in Indonesia)
- Knowledge to Elevate (since May 20, 2010)