DISTRIBUTION AND RENTAL OF MULTIPLEXING TRANSMITTERS FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The migration of analog television to digital television in Indonesia has been planned for more than 10 years and will be implemented on November 2, 2022, after several delays. According to the theory of public policy, the government should make regulations that do not harm the public. However, the results of this study show that regulations regarding migration to digital TV make it difcult for local TV to maintain their business because they have to pay rent to TVRI and private TV as licensees. This research was conducted using literature studies and case studies, and several local television stations were used as research objects. Several regional televisions were chosen with consideration; they are televisions that already have analog transmitters, and must rent out digital transmitters to mux holders. In the analog broadcast system, this regional television also has difculty getting advertisements so it continues to lose money. The relatively high cost of renting mux, as well as the difculty of obtaining permits from mux holders, make it difcult for regional TVs to migrate to digital. The principle of diversity of ownership and diversity of content will be increasingly difcult to apply, so the migration of digital TV will not create new TV owners with varied content and will better protect the current television conglomerate.