DirecTV Drops RT America In Wake Of Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
The satellite service was one of the largest U.S. distributors of RT, along with Dish Network and Roku., we are accelerating this year’s contract expiration timeline and will no longer offer their programming effective immediately,” a spokesperson for DirecTV said.
DirecTV already had been reviewing the value of RT America as part of a review of contracts up for expiration this year. RT America’s contract was up mid-year, but DirecTV moved up the timeline given the recent events in Ukraine, the spokesperson said. Roku announced on Monday that it was removing RT from its Roku offerings in Europe, where the EU has sanctioned Russia state-backed media outlets.to stop carrying Russian state-sponsored programming, while a number of major studios have paused their movie release plans in the country.
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