Russia’s New Public TV Now Available Worldwide Online – Boss

File Photo of Russian Television Studio

(RIA Novosti – May 28, 2013) Russia’s Public TV (OTR), a new public service broadcaster launched on 19 May, is now broadcasting online and can be watched worldwide, Anatoliy Lysenko, the channel’s general director, told Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency on 28 May. Earlier, the channel’s internet broadcast was only available to IP addresses in Russia.

As of 1700 gmt on 28 May, BBC Monitoring was able to access the online broadcast from outside Russia at the following address:  http://otr-online.ru/online/

[featured image is file photo of Russian television studio]

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