Kompas TV

For the daily newspaper, see Kompas.

PT Cipta Megaswara Televisi, operating as Kompas TV, is an Indonesian private terrestrial television news broadcaster.^[1] It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group, and named after its flagship property, the Kompas daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in 2008 and launched on 9 September 2011 with a concert titled Simfoni Semesta Raya (The Symphony of the Universe).^[2] Kompas TV's current slogan is "Independent, Reliable" (Indonesian: Independen, Terpercaya).

Kompas TV

Type	Television broadcaster
Country	Indonesia
Broadcast area	Nationwide Worldwide (via YouTube)
Headquarters	Menara Kompas 6th Floor, Jalan Palmerah Selatan 21, Gelora, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Programming
Language(s)	Indonesian
Picture format	1080i HDTV 16:9 (downscaled to 576i 16:9 for the SDTV and PAL feed)
Ownership
Owner	KG Media
Parent	Kompas Gramedia
Key people	Rikard Bagun (President Director)
Sister channels	KTV Gramedia TV
History
Founded	2008
Launched	1 August 2011 (2011-08-01) (trial broadcast) 9 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-09) (official broadcast)
Founder	Jakob Oetama
Links
Website	www.kompas.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital Greater Jakarta	24 (UHF) Channel 125
Digital Regional branches	Check local frequencies (in Indonesian language)
Streaming media
Vidio	Watch live
IndiHome TV	Watch live (IndiHome customers only)
MIVO	Watch live

On 28 January 2016, Kompas TV was relaunched as a news-oriented network during the Suara Indonesia special event.

Regional stations

See also: Kompas TV East Java

Just hours before the launch of the channel in 2011, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission announced that Kompas TV did not have a broadcasting license. In response, Kompas TV stated that the channel was merely a "content provider" and was not required to have a broadcast license because its content could be aired on regional and international channels.^[3] Kompas TV started its broadcast through local television networks in some Indonesian provinces. The local television networks initially featured 70% of local content and 30% of Kompas TV national programs,^[1][4] but the majority now air national programming.

Other Indonesian cities were expected to follow by establishing local stations that relay Kompas broadcasts. Since 9 September 2011, Kompas TV has been available through these pay television networks (but excluding local programs):^[5]

• Accola Play
• Biznet Home
• CubMu
• First Media
• IndiHome/IndiHome TV
• Transvision
• K-Vision
• MNC Vision
• Nex Parabola
• Vision+
• Vidio

Kompas TV can also be viewed through satellite broadcasts from Telkom-4.

Digital broadcasting

PT Gramedia Nusantara proposed digital TV broadcasting, but the government postponed approval pending completion of its National TV Digital Broadcasting Policy.^[6]

Partnerships

In July 2019, Kompas TV formed a rebroadcasting partnership with BBC News Indonesia, allowing it to broadcast the BBC television programme Click to its Indonesian-speaking audiences.^[7]

Visual identity

Slogan history

• Inspirasi Indonesia ("Indonesia's Inspiration"), 9 September 2011 – 28 January 2016
• Berita dan Inspirasi Indonesia ("News and Indonesia's Inspiration"), 28 January 2016 – 19 October 2017
• Independen, Terpercaya ("Independent, Reliable"), 19 October 2017–present

Logo history

• 
  Logo used from 9 September 2011 to 19 October 2017
• 
  Logo used from 28 January 2016 to 19 October 2017
• 
  Logo used since 19 October 2017

See also

• List of television stations in Indonesia