Rendra Widyatama - Department of Communication, Ahmad Dahlan University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Habil Zsolt Polereczki - Károly Ihrig Doctoral School of Management and Business, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

All around the world, the TV broadcasting business has had an enormous impact on the social, political, and economic fields. Therefore, in general, most the countries regulate TV business well to produce an optimal impact on the nation. In Indonesia, the TV broadcasting business is growing very significantly. After implementing Broadcasting Act number ۳۲ of ۲۰۰۲, the number of TV broadcasting companies increased to ۱,۲۵۱ compared to before ۲۰۰۲, which only had ۱۱ channels, and were dominated by private TV stations. However, the economic contribution of the TV broadcastingbusiness in Indonesia is still small. Even in ۲۰۱۷, the number of TV companies decreased by ۱۴.۲۳% to ۱,۰۷۳. This situation raises a serious question: how exactly does Indonesian government policy regulate the TV industry? This article is the result of qualitative research that uses interviews and document analysis as a method of collecting data. The results showed that the TV broadcasting industry in Indonesia cannot develop properly because the government does not apply fair rules to the private TV industry. Political interests still color the formulation of rules in which the government and big TV broadcasting companies apply the symbiotic mutualism policy to protect each other's interests.

Television Broadcasting, politics, and Business, Television Regulations, Differences in Treatment, Broadcast Coverage, Share Ownership