Press releases

MOSCOW, 20 MARCH 2012. – RT launches a new Smart TV App through LG’s global application store LG apps TV,* providing happy owners of the latest generation LG Smart TVs with free access to all of RT’s TV programming.

MOSCOW, 2 FEBRUARY 2012 — RT’s profit from YouTube has exceeded a million dollars, doubling in just six months.

MOSCOW, JANUARY 25, 2012 - RT will launch an exclusive interview series by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange called "The World Tomorrow" in March.

MOSCOW, 7 NOVEMBER 2011 – RT, the 24/7 global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington, has been selected as a finalist at the AIB International Media Excellence Awards 2011 which recognizes international broadcasting industry excellence.

MOSCOW, OCTOBER 17, 2011 - RT, a global news channel with studios in Moscow and Washington, has started round-the-clock broadcasting in Philadelphia, adding 2 million households to the channel’s U.S. audience reach.

MOSCOW, 27 SEPTEMBER 2011 – Two representatives of RT have been invited to the jury of the International Emmy Awards for the Current Affairs category – RT presenter Bill Dod and channel Deputy Editor-in-Chief Aleksey Nikolov.

MOSCOW, 26 SEPTEMBER 2011 – Thanks to newly-launched cooperation with Aeroflot, RT programming is now available onboard Russia’s largest air carrier.

MOSCOW, JUNE 23, 2011 – The RT family has a new member. RTDoc, a TV channel featuring documentaries about Russia, has launched, broadcasting 24/7 in English. The new channel’s open signal coming from the Hot Bird satellite will be received by 120 mill

MOSCOW, JUNE 15, 2011. - Profits from advertising on RT's YouTube channel have exceeded $500,000. This figure places RT among an elite few in the history of the international video hosting service who can boast of such financial success.

MOSCOW, MAY 17, 2011 – RT has made it to the final of the Monte Carlo Television Festival where it is competing with SKY NEWS, CNN INTERNATIONAL.