StarSat:
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- The Smithsonian Channel closing down in the UK
- Delayed SABC channel launch on StarSat explained
- Russia Today to launch South African hub
RT, the Russian state-owned news channel formerly known as Russia Today, was removed from the DStv platform in 2022. But the decision was out of the pay-television broadcaster's hands as sanctions in Europe prohibited the distribution of the channel.
The channel returned to South Africa by May of last year on rival platform StarSat after the pay-tv operator got permission from ICASA to broadcast the channel with Russia Today at the time made viewable SES S.A.'s SES-5 satellite transponder which is similar to Intelsat.
Within that year, Russia Today was eyeing a potential African expansion after setting up headquarters on the continent in South Africa where the Kremlin-funded TV channel is carried and supported by China.
Paula Slier, the South African TV reporter who previously worked for SABC News and who was posted in Jerusalem, Israel, as RT's correspondent for that region, was overseeing the set-up of RT's African headquarters in South Africa and will be managing the bureau.
After almost a year of broadcast, StarSat issued out a statement to viewers that the European Union had terminated the feed of Russia Today on channel 260 but on the bright side the channel is still viewable on the StarTimes app for the time being.
Russia Today becomes the first channel to exit the platform in 2023 joining Boomerang and Glow TV as those also exiting their respective platforms DStv and StarSat before the end of the current financial year.
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