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RCTI (Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia) is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol as well as sinetron (soap operas), films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs. Its news and current affairs programs include Seputar Indonesia (Around Indonesia) and Buletin Malam (Nightly Bulletin). Presenters include Ade Novit, Atika Suri, Desi Anwar and Helmi Johannes.
In 1989, state broadcaster TVRI lost its monopoly when the government's sixth Five-Year Plan allowed private television stations to begin broadcasting. RCTI first went on-air on 24 August 1989]broadcasting in Jakarta area form Jabodetabek as a local pay-channel station and was awarded a nationwide license one year later. It now has 48 relay stations around Indonesia and reaches 180 million viewers. It is 100 percent owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) and Panasonic Corporation, which also owns Global TV and 75 percent of MNCTV, both private Indonesian television stations.
RCTI is available as free-to-air channel in East Timor, but only in Dili and other cities such as Ermera and Baucau. RCTI is also available in Malaysia as a free-to-air channel in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya and Selangor began broadcasting in the Klang Valley (the area surrounding Kuala Lumpur (a national capital of Malaysia)). It is also available on cable television for viewers throughout Malaysia, and is also available in Singapore as free-to-air channel and pay channel on cable television systems. RCTI is the only Indonesian free-to-air TV channel to be broadcast free-to-air outside Indonesia.