London: Russian news channel RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK has been revoked with immediate effect by the regulator Ofcom, which said it “cannot be satisfied that RT can be a responsible broadcaster in the current circumstances.”
RT has already been pulled by some UK platforms, by EU networks and on YouTube across the continent by Google Europe.
In a statement in the past hour, Ofcom said it did not consider RT’s licensee, ANO TV Novosti, “fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence.”
The regulator is investigating 29 breaches of its impartiality code by RT since the invasion in Ukraine and, under pressure from the British government and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launched a separate probe into ANO TV Novosti due to “the volume and potentially serious nature of the issues raised within such a short period.” Web Desk
