RTV (Indonesian TV network)
Rajawali Televisi (RTV, stylized as rtv) is a commercial television network in Indonesia, owned by Rajawali Corpora. RTV is currently segmented as "family television", licensed via the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, and its frequency is coordinated through the Department of Transportation. RTV officially aired for the first time on 1 November 2009, in Jakarta as B-Channel. With its airtime 24 hours, RTV's current programs focus on entertainment, soft news, and a variety of animation programs, ranging from anime, tokusatsu and children's animation. B-Channel changed its name to RTV with the  launch of Langit Rajawali on 3 May 2014. In 2016, Mayapada acquired 20% stake in RTV ownership from Rajawali Corpora. Mayapada later acquired another television network INTV (formerly Banten TV), which in 2019 relaunched as MYTV. History. B-Channel was co-founded by Sofia Koswara and Rajawali Corpora in 2008, at the time was relayed through a local television station in Cikarang, TVN (now part of RTV regional stations); which later launched in 1 November 2009. In 2012, Rajawali Corpora bought Sofia Koswara's stake in B-Channel. In 3 May 2014, B-Channel changed name to RTV during the  Langit Rajawali show. In August 2016, Mayapada Group acquired 20% stocks of RTV. In 30 March 2017 on their press conference, RTV announced they're will more focus on children's programmes, resulted that the majority of RTV programs were drifted towards children-focused. In February 2018, RTV opened its mini studio at KidZania Jakarta. Broadcast coverage. RTV broadcasts from Greater Jakarta and surrounding areas, reaching over 23 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 from subscription television, including Transvision , IndiHome, First Media, and Skynindo. This is in addition to RTV's transmitter network. In terms of coverage, 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 programs largely consists of animation. Despite this, RTV is not a part of the children's interest channels. Animation programming. The aforementioned animation programming airs from 12 to 16 hours in weekdays, consisting of children's animated series from  morning to afternoon, and anime/tokusatsu series in the evening. RTV also has a time slot known as "Zona Ceria"; now had been split into "Sinema Ceria", "Sinema Keluarga", "Mega Hero", "Super Anime" and "Super Girly" (see #Time slots). News programming. RTV has a news programming entitled "Lensa Indonesia" (formerly "Lensa Sore"); which airs on morning, noon, afternoon, and midnight. RTV airs criminal news entitled "CSI: Catatan Seputar Investigasi", "Turn Back Crime", and "10-2: Lihat, Lapor, Lacak". During 2014 and 2015 elections, RTV also airs "Indonesia Menentukan". In 27 September 2020, "Lensa Indonesia Sore" ended due to entry of  children's programmes; and replaced by the expanded slot of short news "Lensa Indonesia Update". Others/miscellaneous. From 2017 to 2018, anniversary specials aired on "Pesta Sahabat", formerly was stand-alone and not-made-for-kids from 2015 to 2016. For celebrates its 5th anniversary, RTV airs "Hey Tayo" on 3 May 2019; which based on children's animated series "Tayo the Little Bus". At this time, RTV old mascot "Mr. Ravi", was replaced by "Rio", which depicted as purple-colored superhero with eagle head-like helmet; although currently its mascots are usually rarely used. RTV does not airs 6th  anniversary specials on 2020. RTV now rarely airs cigarette advertisements except for some shows sponsored by cigarette brands (e.g. DCODE sponsored by Dunhill). Slogans. As B-Channel As RTV