PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCM) is an Indonesian media and entertainment company. It is owned by Emtek and is based in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

. It operates four television networks: SCTV, Indosiar, Ajwa TV, and Mentari TV, as well as the

Vidio PT Vidio Dot Com (Vidio) is an Indonesian over-the-top subscription and FAST streaming television service established on 15 October 2014. Originally owned by Mediatama Anugrah Citra, now owned by Surya Citra Media, both are subsidiaries of ...

streaming service, Nex Parabola satellite pay television, and KapanLagi Youniverse. Surya Citra shares are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

History

Surya Citra Media was established on 29 January 1999 as Cipta Aneka Selaras, with a focus on multimedia, entertainment and communications services, particularly television. In 2001, Cipta Aneka Selaras changed its name to Surya Citra Media. Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV) is a subsidiary of Surya Citra Media. SCTV commenced broadcasting in 1990 covering the city of

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

, and began operating nationwide in 1993. SCTV headquarters later moved to

. In May 2013, Indosiar Karya Media was absorbed into SCM. In 2017, SCM took over SinemArt from MNC Media due to very low ratings. In addition, MNC wanted to aim for content alignment as well as the development of digital assets and production houses owned by the group, so that SinemArt returned to SCM after working collaboratively from 2003 till 2007.

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* Elang Mahkota Teknologi Companies based in Jakarta Mass media companies established in 1999 Entertainment companies of Indonesia Mass media companies of Indonesia Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange Companies in the LQ45 1999 establishments in Indonesia 2002 initial public offerings {{media-company-stub