Metro TV
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country |  Indonesia |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | PT Media Televisi Indonesia |
| Key people | Surya Paloh, CEO of Media Group |
| Website www.metrotvnews.com |
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Metro TV is Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel based in West Jakarta. The station was established on November 25, 2000 and now has over 53 transmission sites all over the country. It is owned by Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily. These two, along with other newspapers distributed in different parts of Indonesia, are part of the Media Group, also owned by Paloh.
It is the only TV station to offer Mandarin news and no sinetron (soap opera) programs in Indonesia, although lately the station has also begun to broadcast entertainment programs such as a talk show called "e-Lifestyle", and the satirical news and current affairs show called "Republik Mimpi" (The Dream Republic).
Metro TV also offers one of its top programs called Indonesia Now. The program, which is broadcast worldwide, primarily gives information about Indonesia to the world.
MetroTV has been critized for spreading unbalanced news. They have pro liberalism views, and they are well known of Islam-phobia. Sandriana Malakiano, once the well known presenter, was forced to leave the presenting job, after she wear scarf. And on June 2008, when there was a debate on Ahmadiyya issue, MetroTV tend to suppress news from religious sources, and presented mainl only from liberal figures.
