RCTI

PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian commercial broadcast free-to-air private television network. It was the third oldest national and first private television network in indonesia. The company was initially incorporated as an official public private corporate entity on 12 July 1985. The network's official birthday and corporate anniversary was later established on 24 August 1985 as the country's first and oldest private television, a date that coincided with the 25th corporate anniversary of TVRI and its 23rd broadcasting anniversary, occurring seven days after the 40th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia. Following these milestones, it became an official registered corporate entity on 21 August 1987. After four years of corporate preparation since its 1985 foundation, the network officially launched its commercial broadcasts on 24 August 1989. The initially operating as a local pay television service that mainly broadcast foreign programming, before successfully transitioning and switching to a free-to-air terrestrial television network a year later. The network is widely known for broadcasting sinetron soap operas, celebrity news, general news and sports programming. 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 MNCTV, GTV and iNews, all of which are private Indonesian television networks.