PT Lativi Media Karya (previously PT Pasaraya Media Karya), operating as tvOne (formerly known as Lativi) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in East Jakarta. tvOne is owned by Visi Media Asia, a unit of Bakrie Group.
As Lativi, The channel was test broadcast on 17 January 2002 at 4:00pm local time, and was officially formal launched took place on 30 July 2002 at 4:00pm. The final transmission and broadcast aired on 14 February 2008 at 7:30pm. The network was then sold by Abdul Latief in 2007 and the new owners changed the name from Lativi to TvOne.
Programming
tvOne broadcasts a mixture of news and sports. The network is now more targeted towards A and B socio-economic groups. Currently, tvOne broadcasts general news and current affairs programming during the daily schedule and some sports and live events programming during afternoons and some evening and weekend timeslots. Aside from its daily news bulletins, tvOne broadcasts a three-minute news summary every hour outside its bulletins and live breaking news. Since 2008, tvOne has successfully maintained its position as the country's #1 TV news channel. Significant daily events are presented in “Breaking News” which has become a leading reference for viewers throughout the country. During the legislative elections and also the presidential and vice presidential election debates, tvOne generally ranks as the #1 news channel, beating the general entertainment channels.