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Russia Today is a state-funded globally broadcast English-language news channel from Russia, and the first all-digital Russian TV channel.
The channel started broadcasting on December 10, 2005 with nearly 100 English-speaking journalists reporting for it worldwide, and is available around the world via satellite. The broadcast is also available online for free on the RT homepage.
Objectives
RT gives the viewers an opportunity to get acquainted with Russian views on world and domestic events.
Like Al Jazeera English, France 24, Iranian Press TV and Germany's DW World, the channel can be seen as an attempt to provide an alternative to the point of view on international news, dominated by CNN International and BBC World.
A major part of RT air time is devoted to world and Russian news, but it also airs business, entertainment, scitech and sports news. In addition, Russia Today features documentaries and commentaries on present-day life in Russia and Russian history.
Satellite, Internet and Cable broadcasts
RT is transmitted on thirteen satellites, covering Europe, Asia, the Americas, southern Africa and Australia. Of these, eleven transmit the channel free to air, enabling it to be received without a subscription. Viewers in the Russian Federation can receive the English-language channel as a part of the NTV Plus basic package. In the UK and Ireland, it is available on the Sky platform's channel 512, including in the Freesat from Sky package. In Italy it is available on the Sky Italia Channel 954. In the US, it is available to digital customers of Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey, Channel 135.
News clips and a free live stream of the broadcast are also available via the RT homepage. In some countries, RT can also be received by the IP-TV program Zattoo. RT can also be viewed in high quality for free using the Livestation software.
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