| PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk | |
| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Satellite television |
| Founded: | (company founded) (launch)[1] |
| Hq Location City: | Jakarta |
| Hq Location Country: | Indonesia |
| Area Served: | Indonesia |
| Key People: | Peter F. Gontha (Co-founder) Ade Tjendra (President Director) Hari Susanto (President Commissioner) Syafril Nasution (President Commissioner, MNC Vision Networks) |
| Former Name: |
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| Owner: | MNC Vision Networks |
| Parent: | MNC Asia Holding (via Global Mediacom) |
MNC Vision, previously known as Indovision, is a direct-to-home satellite television and radio service that operates in Indonesia on a subscription basis. It is owned by PT MNC Vision Networks Tbk, which is a subsidiary of MNC Asia Holding. MNC Vision is the oldest subscription-based television service in Indonesia, and is known for its slogan "Pay TV Keluarga Indonesia," which means "Pay TV for Indonesian Families."
PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk was originally founded as PT Malicak Nusa Semesta on 8 August 1988 and on 29 July 1989 changed its name to PT Matahari Lintas Cakrawala.[2] However, it was only at the end of 1993 that this company received permission to manage the subscription television business under the trademark Indovision, and was finally launched on 16 January 1994 and began operating on 1 October 1994.[3] Indovision started its service with a five-channel C-Band Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) analog service. Using Palapa B2P satellite for its transponders, the C-Band DBS service featured programming from the "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against STAR TV in Asia. Indovision has had deals with Turner Broadcasting System and ESPN Asia since October 1991, HBO Asia since October 1993 and others since March 1994.[4] Before the launch of Indovision, their three channels could still be taken by satellite dishes, but after the launch, their broadcasts were scrambled using Videocipher.[5] [6] [7]
In 1997, IndoStar-1 which is also known as Cakrawarta-1 (designed and built by Thomas van der Heyden, founder of what later became Orbital Sciences GEO division), was launched as the world's first commercial communications satellite to use S-band frequencies for broadcasting (pioneered by van der Heyden), which provided high-quality transmissions to small-diameter 80 cm antennas in regions that experience heavy rainfall such as Indonesia.
This satellite uses S-Band frequency, which is less vulnerable to atmospheric interference than other satellite frequencies, and are well suited to tropical climates such as Indonesia. Cakrawarta-1 is managed and operated by PT Media Citra Indostar (MCI), established on 22 July 1991.
By the end of 1997, the company anticipated terminating its analog service and encouraged its subscribers to switch to its digital DBS service.
In 2008, a slimmed-down suite of channels was marketed separately by Indovision as Top TV. It was discontinued at the end of 2017 in the rebranding to MNC Vision.[8]
In May 2009, Indovision launched a satellite named Indostar-2/Cakrawarta-2/ProtoSar-2. It was later renamed to SES-7 in May 2010. It is positioned at 108.2° East longitude to avoid collisions.[9] [10] [11]
On 12 December 2017, Indovision merged with Top TV and Okevision to form MNC Vision.[12]
Currently, MNC Vision has 5 channels in high-definition, including HBO HD, Fox Movies Premium HD, National Geographic Channel HD, Disney XD HD, and Fox Sports 3 HD.
On 12 May 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific ended its contract with MNC Vision and removed its 14 channels from the platform.[13]
| Sindonews TV | |
| Launch Date: | (as MNC News Channel) (relaunched as MNC News) (relaunched as Sindonews TV) |
| Former Names: | MNC News Channel (1 March 2006-30 November 2010) MNC News (1 December 2010-30 June 2023) |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Owner: | MNC Media |
| Parent: | iNews Media Group |
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Sindonews TV, formerly known as MNC News Channel and MNC News, was founded in June 2006 as a 24-hour general, infotainment, sports, and lifestyle news channel. Sindonews TV is available on MNC Vision.
The MNC News logo has changed throughout its existence, originally looking like the MNC logo, then changing colour to blue in December 2010. On 25 June 2014, the logo changed again to be similar to MNC Home & Living but with the addition of a red rectangle. On 20 May 2015, similar to the company logo under other MNCs, the logo was changed to upright. 5 years later, the logo was simplified again by removing the MNC rhombus and red rectangle.