RU.TV claims Russian topspot

Russian music channel RU.TV is claiming to be the country’s most-watched non-terrestrial network on a daily basis.

Citing data from TNS Media Research, between October to December 2011 the average daily audience for the channel was 2.33 million people. The accumulated audience during that period was 23.877 million viewers. The channel it was the third-most watched non-terrestrial channels in terms of average monthly viewers.

The channel is available on pay TV platforms NTV-Plus, Tricolor, Cosmos TV and Mostelecom.