Multimedia firm to start next year<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Indonusa Telemedia, a newly established
\nmultimedia company, will offer interactive non-telephony services
\nbeginning next year to television viewers.<\/p>\n
Peter F. Gontha, the president of Datakom Asia, which partly
\nowns the multimedia company, said yesterday that Indonusa
\nTelemedia would offer domestic and international services.<\/p>\n
The multimedia company is 35 percent owned by domestic
\ntelecommunications provider PT Telkom, 20 percent by cellular
\ntelecommunications provider PT Telekomindo Prima Bhakti, 20
\npercent by private television broadcaster PT Rajawali Citra
\nTelevisi Indonesia (RCTI) and 25 percent by PT Datakom Asia.<\/p>\n
An agreement on the establishment of Indonusa Telemedia was
\nsigned in Jakarta last October. The new company has an authorized
\ncapital of Rp 48 billion (US$20.5 million) and paid-up capital of
\nRp 12 billion ($5.1 million).<\/p>\n
The new company, originally called PT Telemedia Indonesia, is
\nowned by Telkom, Telekomindo, RCTI and PT Asriland, a subsidiary
\nof the publicly-listed Bimantara Citra. Datakom, controlled by
\nAsriland, then replaced Asriland and ownership did not change.<\/p>\n
Datakom, also owned by state-owned PT Indosat, PT Persada Giri
\nAbadi, PT Lembah Subur Adipertiwi and PT Azbindo Nusantara, has
\nseveral subsidiaries and affiliated firms including PT Media
\nCitra Indostar which will operate the Indostar satellite later
\nthis year.<\/p>\n
\"With RCTI as the content provider, Telekomindo as the
\nmarketing arm, Telkom as network provider and Datakom as
\nsatellite operator, Indonusa Telemedia will be a leading
\nmultimedia company,\" Gontha said.<\/p>\n
Telekomindo's director, P. Sartono, said yesterday that
\nIndonusa would provide entertainment services including news,
\naudio materials, videos and games on demand, home shopping as
\nwell as transactions.<\/p>\n
\"We expect a trial operation in March or April next year. Some
\n500,000 users are estimated to use the service within the first
\nfive years of its operation,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to Indonusa Telemedia, there have been other firms
\nprepared to run multimedia or multimedia-related services. The
\nmultimedia firms, mostly involving similar shareholders, include
\nPT Multimedia Nusantara, PT Multi Media Asia (M2A) and PT YTC.
\nMultimedia Nusantara is a consortium of PT Indocitra Grahabawana,
\nTelkom, Indosat and the state-owned television broadcaster TVRI.
\nM2A is owned by PT PSN and Indosat, while YTC is owned by
\nDatakom, Youk Tanzil and Indosat. (icn)<\/p>",
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