Metro TV (Indonesian TV network)

PT Media Televisi Indonesia, operating as Metro TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was launched on 25 November 2000, and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group.
It is the only TV network to offer Mandarin-language news programs in Indonesia and no soap opera, although it had broadcast entertainment and multicultural programs such as the now-defunct tech show e-Lifestyle, the satirical news and current affairs show News Dot Com / Republik Mimpi (The Dream Republic), musical programming such as Musik+ and Idenesia, and other special or regional programming. Metro TV is considered to be the mouthpiece of Nasdem Party.
Metro TV was launched on November 25, 2000, by Abdurrahman Wahid, the fourth President of Indonesia. Metro TV was the first Indonesian television network to have been officially inaugurated by the Indonesian president himself, after RCTI.
On November 25, 2020, during the network's 20th anniversary, its on-air bug was replaced with an eagle icon of the current logo with the text "METRO TV" in a smaller size below the eagle, although the text was removed during advertisements, leaving only the eagle in a light grey color. However, the logo shown in the infobox is still used for corporate purposes and other branding. On November 25, 2021, the text "METRO TV" in smaller size below the eagle was removed entirely as part of on-screen revamp.
Since November 3, 2022, Metro TV stopped airing over PAL broadcasts for the Greater Jakarta area, and then on December 3, 2022, Metro TV shut down the analog terrestrial broadcasts in Bandung, Semarang, Surakarta, Yogyakarta and Batam before Palembang following the move on March 31, 2023.
In November 2023, Metro TV signed a content sharing agreement with Chinese state media outlet China Media Group.
Metro TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, with programmes focused on news around the world. Unlike other channels, Metro TV never airs soap operas.
Metro TV broadcast three new English language programs: World News, Indonesia Now, and Talk Indonesia. It also had Chinese language programmes such as Metro Xin Wen, as well as IT, documentary, and culinary programmes. It has a motivational talkshow, Mario Teguh Golden Ways. It also shows business programming, including "Economic Challenges" and Bisnis Hari Ini (Business Today, no longer aired).
Metro TV also has an informercial block, usually residential, but sometimes with any price of product or technology. The infomercial block usually airs on networks and stations during morning on weekends. The block has no commercial breaks. This channel is owned by Media Group, which also owns Media Indonesia and Lampung Post newspapers.
Metro TV also broadcast Metro This Morning and News Flash. Metro This Morning ended in October 2007. Metro TV was the only news channel in Indonesia until 2008, when Lativi was rebranded as tvOne by dropping all sitcoms as well as soap operas, focusing on news and sports programmes.
Metro is the flagship news television program that broadcasts on Metro TV. There is no single show, but instead consists of Metro Pagi Primetime (morning), Metro Siang (lunchtime), Metro Hari Ini (afternoon), Primetime News (evening), and Top News (late night).
Before January 1, 2017, the shows Metro Kini (morning) and Metro Sore (afternoon) were still aired before the date, and Metro Pagi Primetime was originally named Metro Pagi.
The time slot history follows.
Midnight Live is an original unique television program combining interviews with on-scene live report on real-life issues and behavior trends, broadcast weekdays from midnight to 1:30 a.m. on Metro TV. The program explores on a specific topic with first-hand resources interviewed live in the studio while the phenomenon is being carried live by on-the-spot reporter. Midnight Live also has interactive segments where viewers can give live comments through call-ins and text messages. It has been the highest-rated talk program during midnight by a television station in Indonesia.