RT TV channel is launching FreeVideo, the first English-language video agency in Russia. It means RT can give its 260m audience and media partners all over the world an opportunity to access a unique source of information about Russia.
“FreeVideo”, the first English-language video service in Russia, is a selection of exclusive news stories, interviews and RT programs in high definition format, which can be accessed daily at http://freevideo.rt.tv and on the website of the RT TV channel (www.rt.com). Now any internet user and media resource can watch RT news reports and download them free of charge.
The video database is updated every day, and archive videos are kept available too. It is easy to find any given video story – all you need to do is use the video services convenient search engine.
Due to the opportunities provided by “FreeVideo”, RT is attracting the attention of the global community to Russia and introduces a Russian point of view on events that are happening around the world.
In July RT expanded its presence on the Asian market. The channel signed an agreement with leading satellite company Globe-Cast to be included in the Big TV news package. Big TV is the fifth largest subscription TV operator in India. This move brings RT a potential twenty million new viewers in the country.
RT is also available in 100 of the regions major hotels. In future, the channel plans to broadcast to at least 300 hotels. In Hong Kong, RT is now available to two million viewers who subscribe to the standard package of the CABLE TV operator.