Russia Today is to broadcast on Freeview for a limited number of hours per day, it has emerged.

The English language news channel from Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti is already carried in the UK on satellite and is listed in the electronic programme guides of Sky and Freesat.

Today, it was revealed that the channel has secured a licence from Ofcom to broadcast on digital terrestrial. According to a report on the Digital Spy forums, the channel's hours on Freeview will be "quite restricted".