In Spain (before the 2022 EU ban on RT), the network was available on TV Orange, Vodafone and Movistar TV +, Telecable, among others. The network is also carried via satellite and several cable television companies in Latin America. 7 In Vodafone Spain (ex ONO TV) began broadcasting in December 2010. During Vladimir Putin's visit to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on July 12, 2014 in Buenos Aires, it was announced that the channel would be available on Open Digital TV for free. Actualidad RT entered on the grid on October 10, 2014, becoming the first media produced outside Latin America to enter the state television network in Argentina, as
Telesur (which is another international channel that broadcasts on TDA) is of Venezuelan origin and is funded by the Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan governments. RT reaches not only Argentina but also Venezuela, which since 1 December 2014, has been aired on TDA. In May 2015, RT began high definition broadcasting in Chile through the GTD group. By mid-2015, at the end of March 2016, RT enters through the Ecuradorian
Grupo TVCable, one of the largest operators in the country. RT Spanish was available in more than 900 private television operators in Latin America and Spain. In addition, national channels of Venezuela and Cuba emit a part of the network of the Russian chain. On June 9, 2016, the Argentine government of Mauricio Macri, through the Federal System and Public Files Media announced the suspension RT's signal on TDA. Victoria Vorontsova, director of the network, said that the Argentine government was pressured by the United States and would not be surprised that "at that frequency CNN is more likely to appear rather than a regional channel." The same happened with the signal of Telesur. Hernán Lombardi, head of the Argentine public media, announced a review of the matter. Martin Sabbatella, former head of the FASCA, had stated that the removal was due to an alignment of the Argentine government with the United States. Finally, he carried out an agreement where the signal TDA remained in Argentina. In addition an exchange of programming projects, and reciprocity agreed to spread the Argentine content in Russia and several co-productions. On July 13, 2016, RT announced that they would begin broadcasting in Mexico via the cable operator
Izzi Telecom, one of the largest cable TV providers in the north of the country. In response to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the
European Union (EU) announced on February 27, 2022 that they would ban RT and
Sputnik in all languages throughout all their member states. This effectively ended broadcasts of RT en Español in Spain, as the country is an EU member state, though broadcasts continue to air in Latin America. The council is likely to issue sanctions due to the lack of transparent information about the lease; in addition, two documentaries aired on RT through Telecanal have led to a sanction from the regulator. ==Programming==