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(s) | 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 (abbreviated from Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia) is an Indonesian free-to-air television broadcaster. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, originally as a local pay television operator that broadcasts mostly foreign programmes, before switching to free-to-air terrestrial network a year later.
RCTI was initially 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)), thus its name. One of its commissioners at that time, Indra Rukmana, is the husband of Tutut Soeharto, the founder and ex-owner of its eventual sister network, TPI. It is completely owned by MNC, which also owns GTV, MNCTV, and iNews, both private Indonesian television networks.