RT Documentary

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RT Doc

Type	State media
Country	Russia
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Network	RT
Headquarters	RT Television Station, Borovaya Street, Building 3/1, Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)	Live channels: English, Russian Video on demand: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Russian, Spanish & Swahili
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	ANO "TV-Novosti"[1]
Sister channels	RT International RT America (formerly) RT Arabic RT en Español RT DE RT France RT UK (formerly)
History
Launched	June 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-23)
Former names	RT Documentary channel
Links
Website	rtd.rt.com en.arteldoc.tv india-rtd.rt.com
Availability
Streaming media
RT Documentary	On Air
RT.Doc	On Air

RT Documentary (RTД, literally "RTD") is a Russian free-to-air documentary channel presented in both the English and Russian languages.^[2] It was launched on 23 June 2011 by the erstwhile President Dmitry Medvedev who visited RT's studio in Moscow, and deals with a wide variety of topics including Russian culture and life in Russia. The channel shows documentaries mostly on Russia but also from around the globe.^[3]