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Lativi
Launched	July 30, 2002
Closed	February 14, 2008
Owned by	Bakrie and Brothers
Country	Indonesia
Broadcast area	Free To Air/Cable/Satellite

Lativi (July 30, 2002 - February 14, 2008) was a privately owned Indonesian national television station based in East Jakarta. It was owned by entrepreneur Abdul Latief and ANTV. It was created in 2002, and carried similar programming to other commercial stations. The network stopped broadcasting on February 14, 2008 and was replaced by a new network called TVOne.

Controversy

In late 2006, Lativi was involved in a controversy regarding a 9-year-old boy who died after suffering injuries supposedly related to watching SmackDown!. Although nothing was proven regarding the circumstances of the death, Lativi succumbed and pulled all of its WWE program off the air on November 29, 2006.

Domestic and International network

Lativi had a domestic and International network in:

• Polonia, Medan
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Rappocini, Makassar
• Jemursari, Surabaya

See also

• List of Indonesian language television channels
• Media of Indonesia
• TV ONE (Indonesia)
• STAR TV (Asia)