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Objectives

RT sets out to present the Russian point of view on events in Russia and its 'near abroad' and give the viewers an opportunity to get acquainted with Russian views on world and domestic events. Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, says the station was born out of the desire to present an "unbiased portrait of Russia".^[1]
A major part of RT's airtime is devoted to Russian and world news, but it also airs business, sports and culture news. In addition, RT features documentaries, travel shows and commentaries on present-day life in Russia and Russian history.

Satellite, Internet and Cable broadcasts

RT is transmitted on thirteen satellites, covering Europe, Asia, the Americas, southern Africa and Australia.^[12] Of these, eleven transmit the channel free to air, enabling it to be received without a subscription.^[13]
Viewers in Russia can receive the channel as a part of the NTV Plus basic package as well as COSMOS. In the UK and Ireland, it is available on the Sky platform's channel 512, including in the Freesat from Sky package. It is also available in the UK daily 0600-0800 on Digital Terrestrial platform Freeview channel 85. In Italy it is available on the SKY Italia Channel 531. In the US, it is available to digital customers of Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey, Channel 135.^[14] Portions of RT are shown on MHz Worldview. Since MHZ Worldview is shown as a digital subchannel for some PBS stations (in addition to being available on DirecTV), this makes RT available on digital terrestrial television in the United States. MHz Networks, which owns MHZ Worldview, does a complete simulcast of RT on one of the digital subchannels of WNVC, one of the two stations it owns in Northern Virginia.
News clips and a live stream of the broadcast are available via the RT website.

[edit] Programmes

• News
• Weather (only graphics)
• Business Today
• Moscow Out (arts and culture show)
• Spotlight
• Sports
• Russia Close-Up
• XL Reports (Documentary since 2006)
• In Context
• Technology Update
• Wayfarer (Russian Travel and Adventure Programme)
• Primetime Russia (Evening "opt out" news show for only Russia/CIS audiences)