RT is now broadcasting live from a new studio complex in Washington D.C. with a dedicated service for our U.S. audience. In prime-time, U.S. viewers will be able to watch news of interest to them, from an angle that differs from mainstream U.S. media..
RT will broadcast from its Washington D.C. studios on weekdays from 4:00 to10:00 p.m. ET (00:00 to 6:00 a.m. Moscow time). The new complex was built in just four months and includes two studios: one will be used for news, with the other for The Alyona Show, which broadcasts daily. Correspondents from New York and elsewhere in the U.S. will also contribute to our in-depth coverage.
RT is now broadcasting from different countries to target viewers in a specific region, like other leading news channels CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera English. This means U.S. viewers will receive news that is particularly relevant to them, with coverage also helping present Russias position on various international issues. The six-hour broadcast from the Washington complex will include some shows aired from Moscow for our general international audience.
According to a Nielsen Media Research study, RTs daily audience in Washington was 6.5 times greater than that of Al Jazeera English in 2009, while RTs monthly audience was five times greater than that of Deutsche Welle.
We show U.S. viewers news they cannot see elsewhere. Now that we have started broadcasting from Washington, there is no doubt our audience will increase dramatically, said Margarita Simonyan, RT Editor-in-Chief.