Russias English-language TV news channel Russia Today has begun broadcasting in Great Britain on the free to-air digital terrestrial platform, Freeview.
The free digital terrestrial television platform, Freeview is available to 9.7 million households or about 30 million viewers across Great Britain.
Freeview was launched in October 2002 as an alternative to analogue television. It provides TV viewers with more than 40 digital TV, radio and interactive channels, including CNN, BBC, SKY News and others.
From February, Russia Today will be available on Freeview each day for two hours from 6 a.m. until 8 a.m. GMT on channel 85.
On February 5 a series of exclusive direct reports from South Ossetia will be shown in the monthly Close-Up program.
Besides Great Britain, Russia Today is included in the package of major satellite operator BSkyB, which provides services for around 9 mln. householders. The TV channel is also accessible to the more than 200,000 subscribers of satellite platform Freesat.