TelkomVision
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TelkomVision is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite
Direct broadcast satellite
Direct broadcast satellite is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.A designation broader than DBS would be direct-to-home signals, or DTH. This has initially distinguished the transmissions directly intended for home viewers from cable television...

 (DBS) and cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 provider service for Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. It is a part of the Telkom Group 

PT. Indonusa Telemedia "TelkomVision" was established on the 7th of May, 1997 and began operations in 1999. PT Indonusa Telemedia "TelkomVision" started as a company consisting of several shareholders:
  • PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom)
  • PT Telkomindo Primabhakti (Megacell)
  • PT Rajawali Cira Televisi Indonesia (RCTI
    RCTI
    RCTI is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol as well as sinetron , films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs...

    )
  • PT Datakom Asia (Datakom Asia)

By 2003, Telkom became its principal shareholder by holding 98.75% share of "TelkomVision", while the rest (1.25%) is owned by Datakom.

Cable TV

TELKOMVision coverage area for analog cable TV is exclusively in selected cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, Bandung
Bandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...

, Semarang
Semarang
- Economy :The western part of the city is home to many industrial parks and factories. The port of Semarang is located on the north coast and it is the main shipping port for the province of Central Java. Many small manufacturers are located in Semarang, producing goods such as textiles,...

, Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

, and Surabaya
Surabaya
Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...

. For every city, TelkomVision offers a different set of channels. TelkomVision also has a digital cable service that covers Bandung, Jakarta, and Surabaya.

Satellite TV

TelkomVision's Satellite service covers 11 distributor area in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. TelkomVision is using the Telkom 1 satellite (c-band).

TV Channels

The following channels applicable only for TelkomVision Satellite TV only.
Channel Name
TelkomVision Promo 100
Goal TV 1  101
HBO Asia
HBO Asia
HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....

 
102
Cinemax Asia  103
HBO Signature  104
Star Movies
STAR Movies
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...

 
105
DIVA Universal  106
MGM  107
Celestial Movies
Celestial Movies
Celestial Movies is a 24-hour movie channel bringing current Chinese blockbusters to the world. The channel also showcases internationally acclaimed titles from Japan and Korea, and features behind-the-scenes, interviews with movie stars and directors, entertainment news and film award ceremonies...

 
108
Star Sports
STAR Sports
STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

 
109
ESPN
ESPN Asia
ESPN Asia is an Asian cable sports network owned by STAR TV in partnership with ESPN. It is the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

 
110
Goal TV 2  111
Fox  112
Fox Crime
Fox Crime (Asia)
FOX Crime Asia is an Asian entertainment TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels and distributed by STAR TV. This channel focus on crime and investigation series programs.-Current Programs:* 9MM* Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

 
113
Star World
STAR World
STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

 
114
E! Entertainment Television  115
Asian Food Channel
Asian Food Channel
The Asian Food Channel is an Asian lifestyle cable and satellite television channel first launched in August 2005. Based in Singapore, AFC currently covers seven markets: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Thailand...

 
116
TLC  117
Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo
Discovery Turbo can mean:*Discovery Turbo , a UK television channel, which replaced Discovery Wings in March 2007*Discovery Turbo , an Asian television channel, which replaced Discovery Real Time in October 2008...

 
118
National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic Adventure, formerly known as Adventure One but now commonly known as Nat Geo Adventure, is a subscription TV channel part of National Geographic Channels International and News Corporation...

 
119
FX
FX (Asia)
FX Asia is an Asian entertainment TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels and distributed by STAR TV.-Current Programs:*30 Rock*Archer*Big Lake*Californication*In Plain Sight*It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...

 
120
Channel V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

 
121
AXN Asia
AXN Asia
AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...

 
122
Animax Asia
Animax Asia
Animax Asia is the Japanese anime TV network Animaxs English language feeds in Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as its feeds across other regions of mainland Asia, including Hong Kong and Taiwan...

 
123
National Geographic Wild
National Geographic Wild
Nat Geo WILD is a cable TV channel focused on animal-related programs. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society and Fox Cable Networks. It first launched in Hong Kong on January 1, 2006, focusing...

 
125
AXN Beyond
AXN Beyond
AXN Beyond is a cable and satellite TV channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific. Launched on January 1, 2008, the channel is a spin-off of the popular TV channel AXN Asia, It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region and features programmes...

 
126
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (Southeast Asia)
Cartoon Network is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming.Programming is broadcast in dual-language audio in English language, Chinese language, Thai language, and Malay language with Vietnamese...

 
127
JimJam
JimJam
JimJam is a television children channel which was launched in 2006 in Italy on SKY Italia. In September 2007 was acquired as part of a joint venture partnership between Chellomedia and HIT Entertainment....

 
128
Disney Channel Asia
Disney Channel Asia
Disney Channel Asia, a franchise of Disney Channel, airs in most parts of Southeast Asia.- Programming :Disney Channel Asia airs a variety of shows, aimed particularly at children and teenagers. Most of the programming is similar to the American counterpart with some shows exclusive to the Asian...

 
129
Disney Junior Asia  130
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel (Asia)
The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...

 
131
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (South East Asian TV channel)
Discovery Channel is an Asian satellite and cable TV channel which provides documentary programming. Its documentaries focused mainly on popular science, technology, history and culture similar to that of the National Geographic Channel and History.It is owned and operated by Discovery Networks...

 
132
Animal Planet Asia
Animal Planet Asia
Animal Planet Asia is an Asian satellite and cable television channel owned by Discovery Communications Network Asia based in Singapore. It also broadcasts to several countries in Asian region...

 
133
CNN International
CNN International Asia Pacific
CNN International Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific edition of the CNN International pay-TV cable network. The feed originates from Hong Kong.CNN International began transmissions in August 1989....

 
134
BBC World News  135
CNBC Asia
CNBC Asia
CNBC Asia is a business news television channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Channel . Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney and has bureaus in Tokyo and Seoul....

 
136
Alif TV  137
RCTI
RCTI
RCTI is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol as well as sinetron , films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs...

 
138
tvOne  139
MetroTV
MetroTV
Metro TV is Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta. The station was established on 25 November 2000 and now has over 53 transmission sites all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily...

 
140
Indosiar
Indosiar
Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...

 
141
ANTV
Antv
antv is an Indonesian television network based in South Jakarta. It is owned by PT Visi Media Asia,Tbk.-History:antv was launched on 1 March 1993 as a local television station in Lampung province. In the same month it was awarded a government license for nationwide broadcasting, and moved its...

 
142
Global TV  143
SCTV
Second City Television
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.- Premise :...

 
144
Trans TV
Trans TV
Trans TV is an Indonesian national television station based in South Jakarta. Owned by Chairul Tanjung, it began broadcasting on 15 December 2001 based in Jakarta. On 15 December 2006 based in Jakarta due to its half ownership by Trans Corporation, a company that also owned Trans 7...

 
145
Trans 7
Trans 7
Trans 7 is an Indonesian commercial television station based in Central Jakarta. It is jointly owned by the Gramedia Group and Trans TV. It began broadcasting on 15 December 2001. On 15 December 2006, the official name became Trans 7 from TV 7 due to its half ownership by Trans Corp, a company...

 
146
B-Channel  148
Bali TV
Bali TV
Bali TV is a privately-owned Indonesian television station covering the island of Bali.The station became well known for regularly broadcasting in the Balinese language. Some examples include the broadcast of Balinese songs and ceremonies. News is also broadcast, in Indonesian....

149

Subscribers

At April 2011, TelkomVision has 200,000 subscribers and will be boosted up to 500,000 at end of the year using security and media technology software, Irdeto's Conditional Access System. The lowest Hit Family package costs Rp.55,000 ($6.4) per month, but TelkomVision would soon release a cheaper product to introduce pay TV broadcasts.

External links

TelkomVision official website
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