Refinitiv Expands Partnership with Indonesia’s National News Agency to Provide Realtime Indonesia Market Insights

Antara now delivers fast, comprehensive news and information on one of South East Asia’s fastest growing markets

 

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 10 December, 2019 – Refinitiv has expanded its long term partnership
with Antara, Indonesia’s leading national news agency, which has been delivering
timely and reliable content about the market for over 80 years. Available in Bahasa Indonesian and English, coverage has been
added to the Refinitiv Data Platform so customers can now access in-depth news
and information to make smarter decisions and drive growth for business in
Indonesia across Refinitiv’s products, including via Eikon.

 

As Indonesia’s economy expands at
the fastest pace in seven years, an understanding of the local business and
political climate is crucial for international businesses looking to capture growth
opportunities in the market. Through its breaking and in-depth articles on
Indonesia’s politics, economy and business, finance, sports, as well as
international news, Antara is regarded as a trusted and quality news source
with an extensive network.

 

Refinitiv’s Eikon provides an open technology
platform that allows users to access real-time, market-moving news and analysis
to support smarter business decision-making.

 

“Antara is pleased to expand our partnership with
Refinitiv.  This cooperation, I believe, covers the best of all
worlds:  the world-wide network of Refinitiv combined with the local
knowledge of Antara and our network which reaches all parts of Indonesia — one
of the most vibrant counties in Southeast Asia. We believe that this
cooperation will continue to be long-lasting and very in-depth in the way that
it can provide you with the necessary information and knowledge that you
need,” said Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, President Director at Antara. 

 

“Refinitiv continues to invest in high quality content for our local
markets and are pleased to build on our already strong relationship with
Antara. Our objective is to empower our customers to make informed business and
investment decisions through trusted data, insights and technology. Antara’s
valuable content meets this objective while highlighting our ongoing commitment
to Indonesian financial markets,” said Steven Carroll, Managing Director, ASEAN
at Refinitiv.

For complete information on Antara News via
Eikon, please visit here.

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About ANTARA

Antara is Indonesia’s
news agency which supported with 34 bureaus spreads in every province and
powered by more than 500 journalists all across country. Antara is the largest
content provider for most media in Indonesia and abroad by producing
approximately 1000 news text, photos, videos, and infographics. Not only
producing contents, Antara also provide services in the area of data service
and Strategic Communication Services which include media monitoring and agenda
setting. Today, Antara have more than 30 portals, 500 indoor and outdoor media,
Asianet press release consortium,as part of one stop media communication
services for corporations as well as government institutions.