TvOne (Indonesian TV network)


tvOne is an Indonesian free-to-air news channel based in East Jakarta. It used to be known as Lativi, but changed its name after an ownership swap in February 2008. tvOne is owned by and Visi Media Asia.
The channel was launched as a test broadcast on 17 January 2002 at 4:00 PM local time, and was officially launched on 30 July 2002 at 7:00 PM. The final transmission and broadcast aired on 14 February 2008 at 19:30 WIB. The network was then sold by Abdul Latief and the new owners changed the name from Lativi to tvOne.

History

As Lativi

As part of the boom in national television stations in the 2000s, Lativi was one of five new terrestrial television networks which were granted a license to broadcast nationwide in Indonesia. It was initially owned by Abdul Latief, previously Minister of Labor and also a famous businessman.

After Lativi bankruptcy

By 2007, ownership of the network was transferred to Aburizal Bakrie and Erick Thohir due to debt and poor network management.
Then the husband and wife team of Divi Lukmansyah and Nane Nindya anchored the first newscast. The television network officially started broadcasting on-air as tvOne on 14 February 2008 at 7:30PM local time. It was opened by the then President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. Anindya Bakrie was named the Chief Commissioner and Erick Thohir as the President Director.
tvOne was the second Indonesian television channel to be officially inaugurated by the President of Indonesia himself.

Domestic and international network

tvOne had a domestic and international network in:
tvOne broadcasts a mixture of news and sports. The network is now more targeted towards A and B socio-economic groups. Currently, tvOne broadcasts general news and current affairs programming during the daily schedule and some sports and live events programming during afternoons and some evening and weekend timeslots. Aside from its daily news bulletins, tvOne broadcasts a three-minute news summary every hour outside its bulletins and live breaking news. Since 2008, tvOne has successfully maintained its position as the country's #1 TV news channel. Significant daily events are presented in “Breaking News” which has become a leading reference for viewers throughout the country. During the legislative elections and also the Presidential and Vice Presidential election debates, tvOne generally ranks as the #1 news channel, beating the general entertainment channels.

News One

Licensed from Fox Sports :

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In late 2006, the station was involved in a controversy regarding a nine-year-old boy who died after suffering injuries while allegedly trying to imitate the staged moves of performers on WWE Friday Night SmackDown! The station decided to pull the show and all other WWE programs following public outcry. Authorities, however, downplayed connections between wrestling and the death of the boy. The chief of the Bandung Crime and Detective Unit said at a press conference that there was no reason to believe that the child's death had anything to do with watching wrestling.

List of managing directors

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