RT (TV network)
RT, formerly Russia Today, is a existing since 2005, aligned to international audiences, government-funded television station based in Moscow. It broadcasts in English, Arabic, Spanish and Russian.
The declared aims of the transmitter are to present the Russian perspective on international affairs to the public and reduce old prejudices and stereotypes about Russia. Here RT trying to represent a counterweight to the "Western media ". Also developments within Russia will be examined here from a Russian perspective. The station sees itself as an alternative to Russian international channels such as CNN, BBC or Euro News, at whose transmission concepts, too, is inspired by RT.
News from international and Russian politics, sports, business and culture, as well as documentaries, political magazines ( IMHO, In Context ) and the daily broadcast political talk show "Spotlight with Al Gurnov " make up the program of the sender. RT has about 2,000 employees worldwide, of which the majority are non-Russian journalists. Numerous well-known Western journalists and personalities worked or work for RT, including Max Keiser, Thom Hartmann, Larry King or Julian Assange. The transmitter operates correspondent offices around the world.
The popularity of the station increased significantly in recent years. According to Pew Research RT is now the world's most popular news channel on YouTube and posted there so far over 1.01 billion video views. According to BBC News RT is in the United States is now the most popular foreign news channels and was able to double its local audience base within a year.
History
On 15 September 2005, the television station shortly after its establishment, went for the first time on the air. Since then, Russia Today broadcasts around the clock in English and can via satellite ( in Europe on Hotbird -6, Astra 1KR and Euro Bird 1 and depends on the local cable network operators will also receive digital cable. Russia Today strives accordingly to a feed- in cable networks, in Germany can RT for example on the net of Unity Media, kabel BW and are received in the Cologne -Bonn- Aachen in the network of NetCologne.
In 2007, a Spanish and Arabic version were added. Send this transmitter a parallel program to the English version. For other transmitters in other language areas is Russia Today footage available, are made from the the German-speaking area of Russland.ru also contributions in German and published. Total RT is distributed to more than 20 satellites worldwide. While RT English, for example, on Hotbird 13 ° East, 19.2 ° East Astra and Astra / Eutelsat 28.2 ° East will each broadcast in SD and HD, RT Arabic in Germany is easiest on Hotbird 13.0 ° East and RT Spanish about 19.2 to receive degrees East, only in SD. Russia Today can also be received on the Internet via live streaming. The program is available through the peer-to -peer service Livestation. In addition, individual contributions into a separate channel distributed on YouTube and there have been over 1 billion (June 2013) produced hits.
In addition to these news channels there is since 2010 a station for the Americas. In Germany this is only with considerable effort in the C band on NSS 806 at 40.5 ° West to receive (HD and SD). Since June 23, 2011 There are also the documentary channel RT Д ( Cyrillic Д corresponds to the Latin D ) showing documentaries on Russia. Despite the Cyrillic addition to the name will be sent only in English. RT Д can be received in Germany only on Hotbird 13.0 ° East, both in HD and SD.
In March 2014, the presenter Liz cared choice for attention in the international media, because she quit her job on camera. It justified this step in subsequent interviews with the, in their eyes, to one-sided coverage of the transmitter in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. In comments to her live performance was rated as "cheap propaganda ".
Program of the station Russia Today
The program of English-language news station Russia Today consists of segments that are temporarily interrupted by program announcements. There is also every half hour news segment.
Well-known presenters at Russia Today
Several times alternated known personalities of journalism to Russia Today. Recently announced 2013 RT, Larry King, an icon of American journalism, soon will begin with a show on RT.
Running programs from Russia Today
Since the beginning of 2005, broadcasting the programs changed several times.
Formerly spilled programs
Spotlight, In Context, Russia Close- Up, The World Tomorrow, Wayfarer, Moscow Out, IMHO, The Alyona Show, Venice of the North, Golden Ring, Adam vs. The Man, Capital Account
German Interview and cooperation partners
German Interview and cooperation partners include the journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter, and Jürgen Elsässer, Christoph R. Hörstel and Oliver Janich, further Karl Albrecht Schneider shaft and Beatrix von Storch.
Reception
RT often leaves analysts with conflicting viewpoints have their say and is repeated the view of the western news channel in question. Sergei Frolov, Managing Director of ANO TV Novosti, the parent company of RT, explained that the popularity of the station is exactly herein constitutes. RT was 2010 and 2012 nominated for the Emmy Award, the most important American Television Award.
RT is accused by various parties to pursue a loyal to the Kremlin line in reporting, especially as there were concerns about giving freedom of the press in Russia. However, RT reported, for example, including detail on the parliamentary elections in Russia in 2011 and the related protests, which were compared with the U.S. Occupy Wall Street movement. RT is also accused of giving in some situations conspiracy theorists of different types a platform. Others criticize that personalities like Julian Assange a media platform is offered. Some U.S. journalists RT designated as anti-American and anti-Western, while others called the station only a platform for sharp criticism of U.S. policy. During the Caucasus War 2008 RT was one of the few English speaking channels, the institution designated by the beginning Georgia as an aggressor, a fact that was later confirmed by an independent EU Commission. Julia Ioffe from the Columbia Journalism Review called RT as a tool of the Russian government to combat alleged biases against Russia in the Western media.
For the 60th birthday of Radio Free Europe in October 2010 called Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, media companies such as Press TV, RT, China Central Television and Telesur (Venezuela, South America ) as "enemies ". Isaacson corrected himself later, he was referring to "enemies " in relation to Afghanistan and not to the countries and television stations, which he had mentioned in his speech.
The former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an appearance before the U.S. Congress in early March 2011 that the United States defeat in the "global info was " threatened due to the increased success of television stations such as Russia Today. RT on YouTube have been almost 700 million views, while CNN had barely reached 5 million (as of April 23, 2012 ).
The station's website, rt.com is, in Syria, the most visited news website.
Ruptly
In Berlin Russia Today has opened in 2013 a global daughter, the TV news agency Ruptly, which is supplied from 25 offices around the world (including in Washington, Damascus, London, Madrid, Gaza and Cairo ).