俄罗斯RT电视节目将在华盛顿停播

Russia's RT television network is going off the air in the Washington, D.C. area, one of the channel's most coveted markets in the United States.

The Kremlin-backed English language news channel will still be available via satellite, but two Washington-area stations that carry it are set to suspend operations at midnight Saturday, prompting cable operators to drop the channel.

MHz Networks, a Virginia-based distributor of international programming in the United States that broadcast RT and other foreign news channels on the two stations, said it was ending distribution in the wake of the station operator's decision to auction off their licenses.

As a result, Washington-area cable operators will drop them.

俄罗斯的RT电视网将停止在华盛顿地区播出。华盛顿地区是这家俄罗斯电视台在美国最注重的市场之一。

这家由克林姆林宫支持的英语电视频道将继续通过卫星播放，但是华盛顿地区两家传送电视信号的基站将于星期六午夜停止运营，电缆电视运营商因而将不再播出这家俄罗斯电视台的节目。

总部在维吉尼亚州的MHz网络公司通过两个基站在美国传送包括RT电视台在内的外国资讯电视频道。该公司说，基站运营商决定拍卖他们的许可证，所以将不再传送这些电视频道。

华盛顿地区的电缆电视公司称因此将停播这些外国电视节目。