Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics is offering a license incentive to private broadcasting institutions serving underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions.This was conveyed by the ministry's broadcasting director, Geryantika Kurnia, at a discussion themed "Efforts to Equalize Information Reaching Underdeveloped, Frontier, and Outermost Regions" at the Parliamentary Complex here on Tuesday.
According to him, the incentive is in the form of a zero-cost broadcasting license for five years. In addition, the government will not conduct selections for private broadcasting institutions that wish to broadcast their programs to 3T regions, he said.
Furthermore, he noted that the government, through public broadcaster TVRI, is also providing an incentive in the form of more affordable multiplexing (MUX) rental rates in the 3T regions.
"If I'm not mistaken, the discount is up to 75 percent," he added.
He said that the broadcasting license incentive is being provided in the 3T regions so that people in those regions can access information just like people in big cities since currently, they only get TVRI broadcasts.
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"Now, on average, people in 3T regions can only watch TVRI. The private sector still thinks about profit, they only think about big cities," he added.
Earlier, on August 5, 2024, Kurnia said that two private broadcasters have made a commitment to carry out broadcasting in 3T regions following the issuance of the Circular of Director General of Postal and Informatics Services Number 2 of 2024.
The circular, which was issued by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics on July 31, regulates efforts to create equal access to information in 3T regions.