'Equator Public TV', abbreviated as PKTV), is a local television station based in Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Prior to its foundation, the preparations were done at Mandiri Video Productions, Yogyakarta in March 1996, and a comparative study was done at Caltex TV Rumbai, Pekanbaru in November 1997.
[5] PKTV was originally managed by Retina (production house owned by the Baiturrahman Foundation).
[6] PKTV was later transformed into its current form as a limited company, as PT Khatulistiwa Media, by notarial act no.
[7] When it was in effect, its initial capital was only 80 million rupiahs, but PKTV had also absorbed the remaining assets of Retina, including broadcasting utilities.