RCTI
Logo used since 2015 | |
| Type | Television broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Studios: MNC Studios, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, Jakarta News Studios: iNews Center, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Jakarta |
| Programming | |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV 16:9 (downscaled to 576i 16:9 for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MNC Media |
| Parent | Global Mediacom (MNC Asia Holding) |
| Key people | Kanti Mirdiati Firmansyah |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Founded | 21 August 1987 |
| Launched | 13 November 1988 (Trial broadcast) 24 August 1989 (Official broadcast) |
| Founder |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital Greater Jakarta | 28 (UHF) Channel 28 |
| Digital | Check local frequencies (in Indonesian language) |
| Streaming media | |
| RCTI+ | Watch live (Indonesia only) |
| Vision+ | Watch live (Subscription required, Indonesia only) |
| MIVO | Watch live |
RCTI (an abbreviation of Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity news, general news, and sports programmes. The network was launched in 1989, initially operating as a local pay television service that mainly broadcast foreign programmes, before switching to a free-to-air terrestrial network a year later.
RCTI was originally co-owned by PT Rajawali Wira Bhakti Utama (later Rajawali Corpora) and PT Bimantara Citra (later Global Mediacom, now known as PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC)), from which its name is derived. One of its commissioners at the time, Indra Rukmana, is the husband of Tutut Soeharto, the founder and former owner of its eventual sister network, TPI.
RCTI is now fully owned by MNC, which also operates GTV, MNCTV, and iNews, all of which are private Indonesian television networks.