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RT Doc

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	RT International RT America (formerly) RT Arabic RT en Español RT DE RT France RT UK (formerly)
History
Launched	June 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-23)
Former names	RT Documentary channel
Links
Website	rtd.rt.com en.arteldoc.tv india-rtd.rt.com
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

• RT (TV network)
• Rossiya Segodnya
• Ruptly

References

1. "Contacts". RT Documentary channel. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
2. International, Sputnik (2014-04-09). "FACTBOX: RT News Channel". Sputnik International. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
3. "Visit to Russia Today TV channel". President of Russia. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
4. International, Sputnik (2020-06-30). "Latvia's Media Watchdog Bans Broadcasting of 7 RT Channels". Sputnik International. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
5. "Latvia bans Kremlin propaganda channel RT". lrt.lt. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
6. "Lithuania bans Kremlin's RT". lrt.lt. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
7. "RT Documentary Channel (148 Censored Videos)". altCensored.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
8. "About". RT DOC India (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-07-15.

External links

• Official website

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