RT Spanish Begins Broadcasting in Washington DC

RT is launching its Spanish-language 24/7 open broadcast in the US capital. RT will now be available to numerous Spanish-speaking viewers in the Washington Area through MHz Networks.

MHz Networks is one of the most popular non-commercial TV companies in Washington, D.C. Its programmes are available to every household in the area. Besides RT, its digital broadcast package includes leading international news channels, such as Al Jazeera English, Deutsche Welle, Euronews and France 24. RT English has been available through the network since June 2007. According to Nielsen Media Research 2009, the daily audience of RT English in Washington, D.C., is 6.5 times as great as that of Al Jazeera and is five times as great as that of Deutsche Welle.*

“RT English has achieved serious results in the US. People know about us and watch us,” RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said. "We have no doubt that our Spanish-language channel will find its audience in the US and will be in demand just as much as our English-language channel, considering that Spanish is the second most popular language in the US with about 40 million speakers”.

RT Spanish was launched in December 2009. It broadcasts from Moscow 24/7. The open signal is available to millions of viewers in Europe, North and South America. The channel’s official website, actualidad.rt.com, is a fully-fledged multimedia news service, where visitors can watch RT Spanish live. In 2010, RT Spanish was nominated for the prestigious British Broadcast Digital Awards 2010 in the Best Channel Launch category.