| Indosiar | |
| Type: | Television broadcaster |
| Launch Date: | (Trial broadcast) (Official broadcast) |
| Founder: | Sudono Salim Anthony Salim Eko Supardjo Rustam[1] |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Language: | Indonesian |
| Area: | Nationwide |
| Headquarters: | Indosiar Television Centre Building, Jalan Damai 11, Daan Mogot, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta |
| Terr Serv 1: | Digital |
| Terr Chan 1: | Check local frequencies (in Indonesian language) |
| Online Serv 1: | Vidio |
| Online Chan 1: | Watch live |
| Online Serv 2: | IndiHome TV |
| Online Chan 2: | (IndiHome customers only) |
PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television broadcaster, 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 Emtek since 2011 and later operated under its subsidiary, Surya Citra Media (owner of SCTV) since May 2013, with the network's original owner, Indosiar Karya Media, absorbed into SCM.
Its claimed audience share for September 2008 was 16.2% of viewers,[2] then shrunk to 11.6% in December 2009.[3] Indosiar broadcasts Indonesian association football matches such as BRI Liga 1,[4] and the Indonesia President's Cup. along with other world sports broadcast.
Indosiar currently uses an HDTV 16:9 and SDTV 16:9 as the main aspect ratios replacing from 30 November 2021, following an HDTV service which started in 2017. The channel also had DVB-T2 nationwide broadcast feeds on the encrypted-transponder at Telkom-4 since 2021.
Indosiar was officially launched on 11 January 1995.[5] The next day, the first independent film to be premiered on the channel is Sesal, directed by Sophan Sophiaan.[6] [7] [8] Two years after, it started airing the musical series Melangkah Di Atas Awan (A Walk in the Clouds).