Indosiar
PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television network, established on 19 July 1991, with test broadcasts commencing on 18 December 1994, and officially launching on 11 January 1995. It has been owned by Elang Mahkota Teknologi since 2011; it eventually operated under its subsidiary, Surya Citra Media since 1 May 2013, with the network's original owner, Indosiar Karya Media, absorbed into the latter company.
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| Type | Television network |
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Indosiar Television Centre Building, Jalan Damai 11, Daan Mogot, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Indonesian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV 16:9 (downscaled to 576i 16:9 for the SDTV and PAL feed) |
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| History | |
| Founded | 19 July 1991 |
| Launched | 18 December 1994 (Trial broadcast) 11 January 1995 (Official broadcast) |
| Founder | Sudono Salim Anthony Salim Eko Supardjo Rustam |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Check local frequencies (in Indonesian language) |
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| Vidio | Watch live |
| IndiHome TV | Watch live (IndiHome customers only) |
Its claimed audience share for September 2008 was 16.2% of viewers. By December 2009 this share had shrunk to 11.6%. Indosiar broadcasts Indonesian soccer sports such as BRI Liga 1, and the Indonesia President's Cup. along with other world sports broadcast.
Indosiar currently uses a HDTV 16:9 and SDTV 16:9 as the main aspect ratios, replacing 4:3 from 30 November 2021. Indosiar started a HDTV service in 2017, available on Nex Parabola. Indosiar also has DVB-T2 nationwide broadcast feeds on the encrypted-transponder at Telkom-4 since 2021.