Russian independent TV Rain announces relaunch from abroad They blocked access to its website as part of a larger crackdown on journalism, including the criminalisation of sharing “unofficial” information about Moscow’s invasion, with penalties of up to 15 years imprisonment. In March 2022, Russian authorities ordered the channel off-air. TV Rain, or Dozhd, a liberal station branded a “foreign agent” by the Kremlin in 2021, became one of many independent Russia-based media outlets forced to close its doors following the onset of war against Ukraine. The developments come amid broader attention to how broadcasting infrastructures should respond to channels seen as disseminating Russian propaganda, with efforts to tackle the issue also turning upwards to satellites and their providers. The Amsterdam studio will become the channel’s main studio.” It will however retain offices in Riga, the Latvian capital “as it remains a vital area for us as part of the editorial board’s information strategy.” The station released a statement on T witter that “TV Rain will move its editorial centre to Amsterdam. In addition, the Latvian public broadcaster LSM reported the license will allow TV Rain to broadcast on all cable networks in the Netherlands, and other EU countries including Latvia. The permit, published on an unknown date, will “provide a commercial television broadcasting service via a program channel named ‘TV Rain’ for a period of five years from December 22, 2022,” according to the Dutch regulator’s announcement. Latvia has cancelled the licence of Russian independent television station TV Rain after the company was branded a threat to national security, the state broadcasting regulator said on Tuesday (6 December). Latvia cancels licence of exiled Russian television station TV Rain
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