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Metro TV is an Indonesian 24-hour news channel broadcasting from Jakarta, launched in 2000 and part of the Media Group.

Indonesia's news channel

Metro TV was the country's first 24-hour news channel. Its grid runs on continuous news editions, political talk and live coverage of national events, drawing on one of the largest newsrooms in Indonesian television, with correspondents across the archipelago.

A first in Indonesian broadcasting

Before 2000 Indonesian television offered news within general schedules, and a channel devoted to it changed the country's news habits. Metro TV also pioneered the rolling headline format that its competitors later adopted.

Jakarta and the archipelago

Indonesia stretches across more than 17,000 islands, and national channels reach the outer regions by satellite and terrestrial relay. Coverage of Aceh, Papua, Kalimantan or the eastern islands depends on bureaux and stringers, which makes it uneven and expensive.

The news agenda

Indonesian coverage follows the presidency and the legislature, the country's infrastructure programme, commodity exports and natural disasters, with the archipelago's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions a recurring subject. Broadcasting in Indonesian reaches a national audience that speaks hundreds of local languages at home.

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