TVRI Sport was launched as one of two initial digital television channels set up by TVRI following the
government plan to introduce digital television in Indonesia, as well as one of the Indonesian first digital television channels.
TVRI 4, as it was called, was launched on 21 December 2010 as the first Indonesian digital broadcast is launched in
Jakarta,
Surabaya (
East Java) and
Batam (
Riau Islands). Together with its sister channel TVRI 3 (currently
TVRI World) as well as the digital broadcast of TVRI Nasional and local TVRI stations, the channel was officially launched by
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring and TVRI President Director Imas Sunarya. In 2018, TVRI 4 changed its name to
TVRI Sport HD. Later in 2022, the channel changed its name again to simply TVRI Sport. == Current coverage ==