It's official: RT is the first TV news channel to reach 1 billion views on the video-sharing website YouTube, beating its long-established rivals to the mark.
RT is the first dedicated news network to join YouTube's elite "1 billion club", more typically dominated by comedy clips, music videos and entertainment shows produced by such networks as BBC or CBS.
“We proved that the mass YouTube audience isn’t just about kittens and Justin Bieber. There’s real demand for serious news online delivered in the right way,” RT chief online content editor Kirill Karnovich-Valua comments on RT’s breakthrough.
“It’s a massive landmark,” Google VP and Head of Content for YouTube Robert Kyncl commends RT’s achievement,attributing the network’s success to “learning and earning” an online viewer base. Full story...
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RT is the first dedicated news network to join YouTube's elite "1 billion club", more typically dominated by comedy clips, music videos and entertainment shows produced by such networks as BBC or CBS.
“We proved that the mass YouTube audience isn’t just about kittens and Justin Bieber. There’s real demand for serious news online delivered in the right way,” RT chief online content editor Kirill Karnovich-Valua comments on RT’s breakthrough.
“It’s a massive landmark,” Google VP and Head of Content for YouTube Robert Kyncl commends RT’s achievement,attributing the network’s success to “learning and earning” an online viewer base. Full story...
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