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(Pusat Teknologi Komunikasi Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan-
Pustekkom Dikbud) , as at that time UT had not have its own studio to produce

television programs. In 1986, UT set up a small studio with equipment such as
cameras and editing tools donated by the Japanese government. Since that time,

UT has produced its own television programs.
In accordance with the development of UT, the quality of non-printed

learning material also improved. After two years of preparation , in 1994 a special
studio to developed and produced non-printed learning materials was built. This

building is called Pusat Produksi Multi Media (Multi Media Producation Center) ,
with 2 television studios measuring 12 x 18 m completed with adequate control

rooms .
From 1984 to 1992, UT was broadcasting its television programs through

national TV (TVRI) once a week. In 1992, UT also had a chance to broadcast its
lecture programs through Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI) station 4 times a
month. But since February 1998 TPI has declined to broadcast UT lectures to

none at all. It caused major concern as TPI , by definition, should have

broadcasted more education programs. Apparently, more commercialized popular
programs were dominated their TV programs .
On October 1997, the Department of Education and Culture (DEPDIKBUD)

was offered to use Cakrawarta satellite owned by lndovision to broadcast

education programs. This channel was specially planned to broadcast education
programs , including UT. The offered was enthusiastically welcomed by UT, and
since 1998 UT has started to schedule its educational program to be broadcast

through this channel. But it could not be implemented as planned due to some

constraints , and it appears that this channel was no longer used for education,
although UT still had time allocation. In 2000, there was privatization in this
company, and it was called Quick Channel or Q-Channel. From 2000 until now,

UT televised program on Q-Channel is allocated one hour a day. On the other

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