Ofcom revokes RT’s broadcast licence
Ofcom has today revoked RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK, with immediate effect. We have done so on the basis that we do not consider RT’s licensee, ANO TV…
Russian State Media Move to Alternative Video Streaming Site After Several Bans
Following moves by tech companies and the EU to reduce the visibility of Russian state media site RT, the network says it will begin streaming its content on a YouTube-like…
EU bans RT & Sputnik
Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik are officially banned in the EU as of Wednesday morning, in a move meant to crack down on Russian disinformation amid Moscow’s invasion of…
RT ‘extremely disappointed’ in UK media watchdog’s decisions over ‘impartiality breach’
RT is “extremely disappointed” following British broadcasting regulator Ofcom’s announcement that some content on the RT news network was in breach of impartiality rules. In a bulletin issued December 20,…
Ofcom Update on RT news channel
Ofcom has today opened seven new investigations into the due impartiality of news and current affairs programmes on the RT news channel. The investigations (PDF, 240.5 KB) form part of…
UK TV regulator writes to RT
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom says it will “consider the implications for RT’s broadcast licenses” if it’s determined there was “an unlawful use of force by the Russian state against the…
Nat West Bank freezes RT UK bank accounts
Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted: “They’ve closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. ‘The decision is not subject to review.’ Praise be to freedom of speech!” The bank said the…
OFCOM: ‘Russia Today in serious breach’
UK regulator Ofcom has come down heavily on Russia Today (RT and RT Europe) over a series of 14-minute transmissions called ‘The Truthseekers:Genocide of Eastern Ukraine’ which RT broadcast in…
RT – News or Propaganda?
In 2015, RT (Russia Today), which has often been accused of being the Kremlin’s mouthpiece targeting foreign audiences, will receive $402 million (15.4 billion rubles), a 30 percent increase from…
RT critisised by Ofcom
RT, the Russian news channel, managed to breach Ofcom regulations four times in a single week back in early March over its allegedly biased coverage of the Ukrainian crisis. Ofcom…