Steep Path of Digital Television Ecosystem

In an unusual move, the Communications and Information Ministry and the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission suddenly campaigned for the transformation of broadcasting services from analog to digital.

The issue, after being on the back burner, has regained momentum with the passage of the Job Creation Law, which includes stipulations on digital broadcasting. Long before that, the implementation of a digital system seemed to be off to a slow start. The transformation toward digital broadcasting — especially television — designed to create an “information super-highway”, had been slow going due to a number of government constraints.