MNC Corporation began in the financial service industry as a brokerage house and has evolved to become Indonesia's leading investment group.
Established in late 1989, MNC Investama or known as MNC Corporation began in the financial service industry as a brokerage house and has evolved to become Indonesia's leading investment group. It went public on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 1997.Under the leadership of its founder and Group CEO, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, MNC Corporation focuses on 3 strategic investments: Media, Financial Services, Property and Portfolio Investments.In the media sector, operated under its subsidiary Global Mediacom or known as MNC Media, MNC Group own the largest and the most integrated media in South East Asia, with a portfolio of free to air TV stations, Pay TV platforms and online business.In advertising related business, MNC owns four national free to air stations. Being the largest TV station in Indonesia, RCTI specializes in family drama series and major entertainment programs. Some major programs produced by RCTI include Indonesian Idol, Master Chef, X Factor and Rising Star. MNCTV focuses on variety shows, traditional type of drama and live sports. And Global TV entertains kids and young adults with hollywood movies and cartoons.MNC also owns iNews TV, the largest national TV network, comprising 51 local TV stations across Indonesia with focus on news programs operates 22 Pay TV channels under the MNC family brand and has the largest content library of more than 270,000 hours. iNews TV network and Pay TV channels will become an important source of future growth for MNC Media.