Digital terrestrial television in Indonesia
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Digital terrestrial television in Indonesia (DVB-T2) began in 2010 and, in most areas, operates alongside the analog TV system. The first phase of the nationwide analog shutdown took place in 166 regencies and cities, including Dumai, Banda Aceh, Batam, Tanjungpinang, Serang, Bali, Samarinda, Tanjung Selor, Tarakan, Makassar, and Jayapura, starting on 30 April 2022. Dumai was the first to shut down, with the rest of phase one following before phase two began. The shutdown process was simplified into three stages, originally scheduled for 17 August 2021 but postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about public readiness.
An analog broadcasting station in Jakarta, along with non-terrestrial services in 173 regencies/cities, was officially shut down on 2 November 2022 at midnight, except for ANTV, RCTI, MNCTV, GTV, and iNews, which completed the shutdown on 3 November 2022 at midnight. Batam, Bandung, Semarang, Surakarta, and Yogyakarta followed suit on 2 December 2022, Surabaya on 20 December 2022, Banjarmasin on 20 March 2023, Bali and Palembang on 31 March 2023, Makassar on 20 June 2023, and Medan on 30 July 2023. On 15 July 2023, Trans Media (Trans TV and Trans7) and Emtek/SCM (SCTV and Indosiar) officially completed their analog shutdown. On 31 July 2023, at midnight, Viva Group, RTV, and NET TV officially completed the nationwide analog shutdown, followed by MNC Group on 1 August 2023 at midnight. On 12 August 2023, Indonesia's digital terrestrial television fully transitioned to high definition across all thirteen local free-to-air terrestrial television stations.
History
On 20 May 2009, two television broadcasting consortiums completed a trial run for digital television.
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