Garuda TV
Defunct Dutch television channel
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Garuda TV was a Dutch cable television channel aimed primarily at Indonesian and Dutch East Indies immigrants. It was a subscription channel, part of a digital package. Garuda TV's parent company was GTV, based in Jakarta, Indonesia, unrelated to the Indonesian television channel of the same name.
| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Picture format | 4:3 SDTV |
| History | |
| Launched | December 2005 |
| Closed | December 2009 |
History
In late 2004, the company was established with a tentative early 2005 launch date. The channel was owned by PT Altra Excis Investama (AXIS Group) who owned 100% of the channel, and its subsidiary PT Cipta Indah Strategi. The target audience was made up of Dutch people of Indonesian descent, as well as ethnic Java/Surinamese Dutch and people with active interest in Indonesia who were living in Europe.[1] It procured rights for programs from the main Indonesian channels.[2]
The channel was formally announced in late October 2005, with Casema and Multikabel the first companies to carry it.[3] Experimental broadcasts started in December 2005, becoming regular on 15 January 2006.[4]
By 2009, the channel was in limbo, carrying mainly repeats. Facing this situation, the channel ceased operations gradually during December that year.[5]