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Spazito

(54,362 posts) Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:13 AM Feb 2022

Rogers, Bell to pull Russian state-controlled channel RT over invasion of Ukraine

Rogers and Bell said Sunday they will no longer be carrying Russian state-controlled network RT in their TV channel lineups in the latest action against Russian entities following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bell confirmed it is no longer carrying RT as of Sunday, while Rogers said it will pull the TV network on Monday. It was not immediately known if the moves are permanent.

RT is a multi-language 24-hour news channel launched in 2005 — when it was known as Russia Today — and is now broadcast in more than 100 countries, according to its website. Funded by the Russian government, the channel has long been described by critics as a propaganda outlet for the Kremlin.

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On Friday, several Canadian phone providers — including Rogers and Bell — said they were waiving long-distance and text charges for customers looking to connect with people in Ukraine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-bell-russia-today-1.6366729

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Rogers, Bell to pull Russian state-controlled channel RT over invasion of Ukraine (Original Post) Spazito Feb 2022 OP

It would be nice if someone hacked it off the air everywhere Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #1

Hopefully more and more media outlets will remove it from their lineup... Spazito Feb 2022 #2

We should check our cable providers and raise hell about RT Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #3

That's a great idea! Spazito Feb 2022 #4

I found RTVi, which is different from RT, on our channel lineup. Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #6

+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #5

Yup, Faux News is a cancer! BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #8

Every little bit helps. BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #7

Luckily, I deal with neither and have never had it on my tv and never would Bev54 Feb 2022 #9

Good fucking riddance. Fords Crackpipe Mar 2022 #10

Wicked Blue

(6,655 posts)

1. It would be nice if someone hacked it off the air everywhere

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:33 AM

Feb 2022

Spazito

(54,362 posts)

2. Hopefully more and more media outlets will remove it from their lineup...

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:36 AM

Feb 2022

and do it permanently and not just temporarily.

Wicked Blue

(6,655 posts)

3. We should check our cable providers and raise hell about RT

Reply to Spazito (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:39 AM

Feb 2022

I rarely watch tv but will check our Verizon channel lineup and contact them if I find RT on it.

Spazito

(54,362 posts)

4. That's a great idea!

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:40 AM

Feb 2022

I hope others do the same!

Wicked Blue

(6,655 posts)

6. I found RTVi, which is different from RT, on our channel lineup.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:49 AM

Feb 2022

I will contact Verizon to demand its removal anyway. Why should any Russian channel be allowed to broadcast in the U.S.?

I had to look it up in Wikipedia to find out what it was

Wikipedia:

RTVI (Russian Television International), more recently stylized as RTVi, is an international Russian-language privately owned television network. Its primary audiences are the Russian-speaking communities of Israel, Germany and the US. RTVI does not broadcast in Russia, but is available to the Russian audience online.

The channel studios are based in New York City, Tel Aviv, Berlin and Riga. Additional news bureaus of RTVi are located in Washington, D.C., London, Moscow, Kyiv, Tbilisi, Yerevan and Chisinau. The channel launched on 1 January 1997 as NTV International, before rebranding as RTVi in 2002.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTVI