Kompas TV


PT Cipta Megaswara Televisi, operating as KompasTV, is an Indonesian private terrestrial television news broadcaster. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group, and named after its flagship property, the Kompas daily newspaper. KompasTV was founded in 2008 and launched on 9 September 2011 with a concert titled Simfoni Semesta Raya. KompasTV's current slogan is "Independent, Reliable".
On 28 January 2016, KompasTV was relaunched as a news-oriented network during the Suara Indonesia special event.

History

From 1 August until 8 September 2011, KompasTV started its test broadcasts on KTV in Jakarta during 19 hours, and soon expanded into 7 cities on 30 August 2011. Then, on 9 September 2011, KompasTV was officially launched on Simfoni Semesta Raya. Jakob Oetama hoped during its launch that KompasTV could "enlighten the nation and enrich the people". Despite this, the entrance of KompasTV was not smooth, after receiving protests from Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, and KompasTV soon removed the text "TV" on its logo on 11 September 2011. However, it was used again since 5 October 2012. KompasTV is one of the earliest television networks in Indonesia to adopt high definition image quality.
The entrance of KompasTV in Jabodetabek initially cooperates with a local television station from Banten, KTV, which operates on 28 UHF. At that time, KTV obtained its broadcasting licence in Serang, while its broadcasts were transmitted from Tangerang, following 19 December 2011, the government forced KTV to relocate its transmitters. As a result, KTV and KompasTV could not be watched in Jakarta, until reobtaining its licence and returning to air on 22 June 2012. A thanksgiving was held on 28 June 2012, and that date was made as its official birthday for a while until finally returning to 9 September few years later.
To prevent this from happening again, in 2014, KompasTV took over TV Plus!, a local TV station from Bogor which operated on 25 UHF. Its legal entity was made as the operator of KompasTV and the parent of its network throughout Indonesia. Actually, Kompas TV since 2012 had formally adopted networked stations system, but its parent station was TVB in Semarang.
On 28 June 2015, KompasTV in Jakarta officially moved to 25 UHF, while TV Plus! changed its name into, which broadcasts on 32 UHF. Following this frequency change, it hoped an increase of broadcasting quality, so that KompasTV could increase its rating. Meanwhile, unlike KTV which later separated from its network, slowly since 2014, all member stations of its network changed their names to Kompas TV + province name, indicating its change from a content provider to a proper television network. It was estimated in 2016 that 30 local TV stations had become the members of Kompas TV network.
Initially, KompasTV programming took emphasis on entertainment shows, especially those with educative and localised values, previously initiated by Indra Yudhistira. Because of this, its programming was dominated by documentaries, talk shows, edutainment, quiz shows, and others. Despite that, KompasTV also had a larger proportion of news broadcasts than most other TV networks at that time. After receiving satisfying results, KompasTV also tried airing other programmes, such as sports. In 2013, KompasTV obtained broadcasting rights for Bundesliga (only for 2013–15 seasons and 2014–15 Serie A through cooperation with beIN Sports. KompasTV had also aired the 2012–13 seasons of Formula One through cooperation with Fox Sports Asia and also broadcasting rights for other sport tournaments such as badminton, volleyball, and others.

Regional stations

Just hours before the launch of the channel in 2011, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission announced that KompasTV did not have a broadcasting license. In response, KompasTV 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. KompasTV 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, but the majority now air national programming. is a notable exception, since it has resisted absorption into KompasTV brand and is not under majority ownership by KG Media.
Other Indonesian cities were expected to follow by establishing local stations that relay Kompas broadcasts. Since 9 September 2011, KompasTV has been available through these pay television networks :
KompasTV 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.

Partnerships

In July 2019, KompasTV formed a rebroadcasting partnership with BBC News Indonesia, allowing it to broadcast the BBC television programme Click to its Indonesian-speaking audiences.

Visual identity

Slogan history

  • Inspirasi Indonesia, 9 September 2011 – 28 January 2016
  • Berita dan Inspirasi Indonesia, 28 January 2016 – 19 October 2017
  • Independen, Terpercaya, 19 October 2017–present

    Logo history