Public broadcasting in Indonesia

[1] While the annual budget appropriation for RRI and TVRI is approved by the national government and parliament (DPR), the annual budget for LPPL is approved by the respective local government and local parliament.

RRI and TVRI were initially established as corporations separate from the central government but were later incorporated into the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan) in 1946[2] and 1975, respectively.

Concerns about repositioning RRI and TVRI as public broadcasters grew after the Reformation period.

In the same year, RRI and TVRI were restructured as service corporations (Perusahaan Jawatan or Perjan) under the Ministry of Finance.

These broadcasters are sometimes, but not always, located in cities, regencies, or provinces without an existing RRI or TVRI station.

[6][7] Apni Jaya Putra, a former director of news and programming at TVRI, stated that the "public broadcasting institution" status is not recognized within the Indonesian state-established agency structure.