RTV (Indonesian TV network)

PT Metropolitan Televisindo, operating as Rajawali Televisi (RTV, stylized as rtv) is an Indonesian television broadcaster in Indonesia, owned by Rajawali Corpora. RTV is categorised as "family television", licensed via the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Its frequency is coordinated through the Department of Transportation.

RTV aired for the first time on 1 November 2009 in Jakarta, originally as B Channel. B Channel later changed its name to RTV with the launch of Langit Rajawali on 3 May 2014.

Broadcasting 24 hours a day, RTV's programs focus on entertainment, soft news, and a variety of animation programs, ranging from anime, tokusatsu and children's animation.

History
The broadcaster, originally known as B Channel, was co-founded by Sofia Koswara and Rajawali Corpora in 2008, at the time being relayed through a local television station in Cikarang, TVN (now part of RTV regional stations). In 2012, Rajawali bought Koswara's stake in B Channel. On 3 May 2014, B Channel changed its name to RTV during the Langit Rajawali special event.

In 2016, Mayapada Group acquired a 20% stake in RTV ownership from Rajawali. Mayapada later acquired another television network INTV (formerly Banten TV), which in 2019 was relaunched as MYTV.

On 30 March 2017, during a press conference, RTV announced that they would focus more on children's programmes. In February 2018, RTV opened a smaller studio at KidZania Jakarta.

Broadcast coverage
RTV broadcasts from Greater Jakarta and its surrounding areas, with digital television reaching over 26 UHF frequencies. Since August 2018, RTV is available throughout Indonesia from satellite Telkom-4 (previously from satellite Apstar 6 and Palapa D). Additionally, RTV broadcasts can be watched through subscription television packages, including Nex Parabola, Transvision, IndiHome, First Media, and Accola Play, in addition to RTV's transmitter network.

RTV is among the top TV networks in Indonesia. It currently has 44 transmission stations in 206 cities in the country. The TV is also available on other platforms, such as pay TV, online streaming, and other digital media.

Programming
Since 2019, RTV largely broadcasts animated series. Despite this, RTV is not a children's interest channel.

Animation programming
Animation programming airs from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm on daily.

News programming
RTV airs a news programming entitled Lensa Indonesia which currently only airs in the morning. RTV airs criminal program entitled 10-2: Lihat, Lapor, Lacak. Similar in style and loosely based on the United States program, America's Most Wanted, this program has helped the Indonesian authorities apprehend many criminals at large trying to escape justice. During 2014 and 2015 elections, RTV also airs Indonesia Menentukan before returns to broadcast in 2024 for the upcoming presidential and local elections as the part of general in the same year.

RTV also airs the expanded slot of short news program named Lensa Indonesia Update.

Sports programming
RTV airs a sports programming entitled RTV Sports, the sports division of the RTV. In the past, the network obtained broadcasting rights for French Ligue 1 football matches for 2 years, namely the 2012-2013 to 2013-2014 season. The network would broadcast 204 matches or 6 matches per week which would be broadcast every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday night until midnight. On 3 May 2014, RTV tried to play with sporting events, when in October 2015 the television network got the rights to broadcast the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. On 9 May 2017, RTV received broadcast rights to broadcast all matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 4 matches of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup (semi final, third place playoff, and final matches only). Then, in 2020, RTV again broadcast live broadcasts of English second caste football matches by obtaining broadcasting rights for the EFL through collaboration with license owners Nex Parabola, Vidio and Champions TV for the next 2 seasons from 2020-21 to 2021-22. RTV will broadcast 110 EFL Championship matches or 3 matches per week, both live and delayed.

Currently, the remaining sports programming on RTV only consisting Strongman Champions League and Monster Knockout.

Miscellaneous
From 2017 to 2018, anniversary specials aired on Pesta Sahabat, formerly stand-alone and not-made-for-kids from 2015 to 2016. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, RTV aired Hey Tayo on 3 May 2019, based on the children's animated series Tayo the Little Bus. RTV currently also airing many news magazines programs, which has similar concepts with On the Spot on Trans7 or Berita Viral on BTV.

RTV's old mascot Mr. Ravi, was replaced by Rio, which is depicted as a purple-colored superhero with an eagle head-like helmet; although currently its mascots are not often seen on air.

Current

 * Kenia Gusnaeni (former MNCTV and BeritaSatu anchor)
 * Oscar Haris
 * Michael Tjandra (former RCTI anchor)
 * Achmad Topan (former Kompas TV and Bloomberg TV Indonesia anchor)
 * Ezra Hadianto
 * Arina Marisa Manurung
 * Tasya Syarief (former RCTI anchor)
 * Retno Ayu (former RCTI anchor)
 * Stephani Defirstta
 * Felicia Wu
 * Zacky Hussein (former Global TV, iNews, NET., and MYTV anchor)
 * Rian Antono
 * Pramadhika Samudera (former BeritaSatu anchor)

Former

 * Daniar Achri (now at CNN Indonesia, Trans7 and Trans TV)
 * Karra Raska Syam (now at tvOne)
 * Fristian Griec (now at BTV as a host on the program Obrolan Malam Fristian)
 * Prabu Revolusi (now at iNews and Sindonews TV as a host on the program Konspirasi Prabu)
 * Sheika Rauf
 * Widi Dwinanda (now at RCTI as a host on the program Silet)
 * Reinhard Sirait (now at RCTI, iNews and Sindonews TV as a host on the program Talk Politics With Reinhard)
 * Silvano Hajid (now at BBC Indonesia)
 * Mehulika Sitepu
 * Cheryl Tanzil
 * Ichsan Firmansyah
 * Desi Dwi Jayanti
 * Senandung Nacita
 * Intan Bedisa
 * Richard Lioe
 * Nikky Sirait
 * Riana Rifani
 * Inne Sudjono (now at BMKG)
 * Stefani Ginting (now at BTV)

Slogan history
As B-Channel
 * Inside Big City (20 October 2008 – 31 October 2009, during trial broadcast)
 * B Inspired! (1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010)
 * Inspirasi Keluarga Anda (Your Family Inspiration) (1 January 2011 – 30 September 2012)
 * Inspirasi Anda (Your Inspiration) (1 October 2012 – 3 May 2014)

As RTV
 * Untuk Indonesia (For Indonesia) (3 May 2014 – 1 June 2018)
 * Makin Cakep (More Cute) (1 June 2018 – present)

Anniversary specials

 * Setahun di Langit (2015)
 * Harmoni Cinta (2016)
 * Cak3p (Cut3, 2017)
 * RTV 4 Makin Cakep (2018)
 * Sahabat Tayo (2019)
 * RTV 5 Makin Cakep: Hey Tayo (2019)
 * RTV 6 Cakepan Dirumah (2020)
 * RTV 7Agoan Kemenangan Negeri Rajawali (2021)
 * RTV Satu Dekade (2024)