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| Type | State media |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Network | RT |
| Headquarters | RT Television Station, Borovaya Street, Building 3/1, Moscow, Russia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Live channels: English, Russian Video on demand: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Russian, Spanish & Swahili |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ANO "TV-Novosti" |
| Sister channels |
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| History | |
| Launched | June 23, 2011 |
| Former names | RT Documentary channel |
| Links | |
| Website | rtd en india-rtd |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| RT Documentary | On Air |
| RT.Doc | On Air |
RT Documentary (RTД, literally "RTD") is a Russian free-to-air documentary channel presented in both the English and Russian languages. It was launched on 23 June 2011 by the erstwhile President Dmitry Medvedev who visited RT's studio in Moscow, and deals with a wide variety of topics including Russian culture and life in Russia. The channel shows documentaries mostly on Russia but also from around the globe.
History
2020
On 1 July, 2020, Latvia bans the broadcasting channels of RT Documentary and RT Documentary HD, along with its sister channels including RT International, RT International HD, RT Arabic and RT Spanish. In line with the EU sanction under control of “Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Director-General Dmitry Kiselev”. On 9 July, 2020, Lithuanian followed the banning of channels with immediately effect for RT Documentary, RT Documentary HD, RT International, RT International HD and RT Spanish.
2022
On 13 March 2022, RT Documentary YouTube channel with 1.9 million subscribers was suspended.
In September 2022, RT launched its new online streaming platform for "RT Documentary Hindi", available in both English and Hindi language. Along with social media platforms on telegram and X (formerly Twitter).
See also
References
- ^ "Contacts". RT Documentary channel. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ International, Sputnik (2014-04-09). "FACTBOX: RT News Channel". Sputnik International. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "Visit to Russia Today TV channel". President of Russia. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ International, Sputnik (2020-06-30). "Latvia's Media Watchdog Bans Broadcasting of 7 RT Channels". Sputnik International. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "Latvia bans Kremlin propaganda channel RT". lrt.lt. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "Lithuania bans Kremlin's RT". lrt.lt. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "RT Documentary Channel (148 Censored Videos)". altCensored.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "About". RT DOC India (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-07-15.
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