UK regulator Ofcom revokes #RT’s license to broadcast

U.K. communications regulator Ofcom Friday revoked Kremlin-backed channel RT's license to broadcast, with immediate effect.

The watchdog said it did not consider RT's licensee, ANO TV Novosti, "fit and proper" to hold a British license.

In a 12-page decision, the regulator argued that ANO TV Novosti could not be considered as a responsible broadcaster given the "pressures to which all media providers in Russia are currently subject by the Russian state and ANO TV Novosti's particular relationship with the Russian Federation."