The Russia Today TV channel has officially announced an expansion of its coverage in Europe. Starting May 3, more than 750,000 viewers in Belgium and the Netherlands will have an opportunity to watch Russia Today.
Such leading satellite TV operators as CANALDIGITAL (Netherlands) and TV VLAANDEREN (Belgium), which broadcast via Astra 19,2 satellite, became partners of Russia Today.
According to signed agreements, RT news programmes will be included into two packages of CANALDIGITAL and TV VLAANDEREN, broadcasting on the 67th and 62nd channels respectively.
The deal in Belgium and the Netherlands will bring Russia Today’s total audience in Europe closer to a record 16 MLN viewers – more than a 30% growth in less than six months.
“The pay TV market in Western Europe is traditionally highly competitive. TV operators in Europe always choose the most interesting and actual content. The fact that RT is now available both in the Netherlands and in Belgium shows the implicit growth of the Europeans’ interest to the news coming from Russia,” – stressed Sergey Lisnevsky, the Head of RT Distribution Department.