iNews (short for ''Indonesia News'', formerly named SUN TV and Sindo TV) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network founded by Media Nusantara Citra, a subsidiary of Global Mediacom unit of MNC Asia Holding. It broadcasting 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
History
iNews (Indonesia News) was launched on 5 March 2008 as SUN TV as a pay television channel. It later 2009, obtained a television license from the government to start broadcasting as a free-to-air channel on terrestrial television in
Jakarta
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Bogor
Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi. The channel was launched as TV3 in those cities and aired commercials.
In 2011, TV3 stopped carrying SUN TV and was acquired by CTV Banten.
On 26 September 2011, SUN TV changed its name to Sindo TV which was part of the synergy of Sindo Media with Sindo Trijaya FM and SINDOnews.com.
3 years later, precisely on 23 September 2014, the Minister of Communication and Information Republic of Indonesia officially granted a network station permit for Sindo TV and broadcasting once again in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi with the different transmission. Then on 15 December 2014, Sindo TV was officially launched as national television in the "''Luar Biasa!'' (Extraordinary!)" Soft Launching event.
Sindo TV officially changed the name to iNews TV after the iNewsmaker Awards which was held on 6 April 2015. In addition, the local televisions under this television network lost its identity and also changed its name to "iNews TV" (except Kaltim TV in East Kalimantan which broadcast until 2019 and it was relaunched on the digital terrestrial television frequency and instead affiliated with Ajwa TV in 2022).
On 31 October 2017, the "TV" word was removed, so it changed the name to iNews, coinciding with the launching of the new name for news programmes that aired on RCTI (
Seputar iNews
''Seputar iNews'' (''Around iNews'', taken from the term ''Seputar Indonesia'' and iNews) is an Indonesian flagship news programme which broadcast on RCTI, replacing ''Seputar Indonesia'' which aired from 1990 to 2017. The program broadcast for thr ...
),
MNCTV
MNCTV (legally PT MNC Televisi Indonesia,Lintas iNews
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Buletin iNews
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) at the Indonesia Awards.
Presenters
Current
* Abraham Silaban (former tvOne anchor)
* Aiman Witjaksono (former RCTI and Kompas TV anchor)
* Aldi Hawari (former TVRI & CNN Indonesia anchor)
* Anggy Pasaribu (former
NET.
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Metro TV Metro TV may refer to:
* Metro TV (Ghana), a television station in Ghana
* Metro TV (Indonesian TV network)
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anchor)
* Anita Mae (former tvOne & CNN Indonesia anchor)
* Aprilia Putri (former
MNCTV
MNCTV (legally PT MNC Televisi Indonesia,SCTV &
Bloomberg TV Indonesia
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anchor)
* Fanni Imaniar (former tvOne & CNN Indonesia anchor, also a presenter at GTV)
* Fazillah Khairunnisa
* Gede Satria (former Trans TV anchor)
* Mirfa Suri
* Prabu Revolusi (former Trans TV,
Metro TV Metro TV may refer to:
* Metro TV (Ghana), a television station in Ghana
* Metro TV (Indonesian TV network)
Metro TV is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on 25 November 2000 and now has ...
MNCTV
MNCTV (legally PT MNC Televisi Indonesia,BTV & CNN Indonesia anchor)
* Reinhard Sirait (former
TVRI Jakarta
TVRI Jakarta (officially LPP TVRI Stasiun Jakarta) is a regional public television station owned by TVRI, serving Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia and surrounding areas. TVRI Jakarta studios are located in Jalan Gerbang Pemuda, Cen ...
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TV Edukasi
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History
The station was made official ...
, RTV & CNN Indonesia anchor)
* Stefanie Patricia
* Syafaati Suryo
* Wilson Purba
* Hotman Paris Hutapea (Hotman Paris Show)
* Indah Setyani (iSeleb)
* Ina Rosalien (iSeleb)
* Haifa Nafisa (iSeleb)
* Corry Pamela (Silet)
* Dona Arsinta (Silet)
* Widi Dwinanda (Silet)
* Estherlita Corraima (Silet)
* Sandra Olga (Silet)
* Angie Ang (Silet)
* Dhiti Ismawardhani (Silet)
* Dona Amelia (Silet)
* Gus Miftah (Ngobrol Bareng Gus Miftah)
* Arie Untung (Cahaya Hati Indonesia)
* Abey Ghifran (Cahaya Hati Indonesia)
* Yuni Shara (ReYunian)
* Rizky Kinos (Intens Reborn)
* Cut Tari (Intens Reborn)
Muhammad Syahreza
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Ruby Matondang
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Poppy Zeidra
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Rio Pambudi
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Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
MNC News
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Tommy Tjokro
Tommy may refer to:
People
* Tommy (given name)
* Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film
* ''Tommy'' (1975 f ...
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David Silahooij
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MNC News
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)
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Inne Sudjono
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Risca Indah
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(now at
MNC News
MNC Vision (legally PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk, formerly Indovision) is an Indonesian subscription-based direct broadcast satellite (DBS) or ''direct-to-home'' satellite television and radio service initially in Indonesia. Currently owned by PT MNC Vi ...
)
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Debora Pungus
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Drivers al ...
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Yudi Yudawan Yudi may refer to:
*Jade Emperor
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MNCTV
MNCTV (legally PT MNC Televisi Indonesia,Ira Koesno
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Zivanna Letisha
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Tina Talisa
Tina may refer to:
People
*Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina''
Places
*Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
*Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia
* Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ...
Identity
Logos
SUN TV MNC-Group.svg, Logo used during SUN TV era from 5 March 2008 until 26 September 2011
SINDOTV.svg, Logo used during Sindo TV era from 26 September 2011 until 6 April 2015
iNews TV logo.svg, Logo used during iNews TV era from 6 April 2015 until 31 October 2017, with the "iNews" word was revised with the bolder one a month later
iNews.png, Logo used during iNews era since 31 October 2017, this is the second revision of the 2015 logo
Slogans
As SUN TV
* ''Because Every City is Different'' (2008-2011)Din Prihatin Tewasnya Kontributor SUN TV /ref>
* ''TV Kebanggaan Milik Anda'' (2010-2011)
As Sindo TV
* ''Referensi Indonesia'' (2011-2014)
* ''Luar Biasa!'' (2014-2015)
As iNews
* ''Inspiring & Informative'' (2015–present)
MNCTV
MNCTV (legally PT MNC Televisi Indonesia,MNC Trijaya FM
MNC Trijaya FM (formerly known as Trijaya FM Network, Sindo Radio and Sindo Trijaya FM) is an Indonesian radio network founded in 1970.
Network Radio stations
# MNC Trijaya FM Jakarta (104.6 FM) PT. Radio Trijaya Shakti
# MNC Trijaya FM Banda Ac ...
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Koran Sindo
''Koran Sindo'' (lit. ''Sindo Paper'') is an Indonesian newspaper published by Media Nusantara Citra (MNC Media) under PT Media Nusantara Informasi. The term "Sindo" is taken from the abbreviation of ''Seputar Indonesia'', the former flagship news ...