RT Scores 7Bln Views On YouTube, May Have 10Bln In Year - Editor-in-Chief
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published October 16, 2018 | 02:09 PM
Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency, said on Tuesday that videos, which RT posted on its YouTube channels, gained seven billion of views, and RT would try to increase the number of views to 10 billion in a year.
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th October, 2018) Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency, said on Tuesday that videos, which RT posted on its YouTube channels, gained seven billion of views, and RT would try to increase the number of views to 10 billion in a year.
On Monday, RT informed that it had been excluded from the broadcast networks of two US providers - Spectrum and Comcast Chicago. Commenting on the situation, Simonyan said that attempts to "squeeze" the channel out of the broadcast programming resulted in the growth of its audience on other platforms.
"RT YouTube channels have seven billion of views, my friends. Thanks to everyone who is with us. And for those who is against us, we will try to achieve 10 billion [of views] in a year," Simonyan wrote on her Telegram channel.
While Spectrum cited the inexpediency of broadcasting television signals amid the development of the internet refusing to extend its contract with RT, Comcast Chicago referred to the fact that US providers could refuse broadcasting content that they regard as being controlled or financed by the Russian government without any explanation, under the US legislation.
In November, the US Department of Justice ordered the broadcaster's branch in the United States RT America to register as a "foreign agent" under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. At the same time, many other media outlets, including BBC, China's CCTV, France 24, and Deutsche Welle were not registered as such. Later that month, RT's accreditation to the US Congress was revoked.
Simonyan pointed out at the time that RT's registration as a "foreign agent" put the broadcaster at a disadvantage compared to other foreign media outlets working in the United States.
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