RU.TV is a Russian music TV channel founded by Sergey Kozhevnikov and owned by Russian Media Group. It started broadcasting in October 2006 as the video version of Russkoye Radio.

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In January 2017 RU.TV switched to the 16:9 format and began broadcasting in HDTV.^[1]