Thinkstock/iStock(WASHINGTON) — C-SPAN viewers who tuned into the network’s online broadcast of House proceedings on Thursday afternoon found their stream suddenly interrupted for a few minutes by a broadcast from a different network: RT.
RT, formerly known as Russia Today, is an English-language television network owned by the Russian government.
A spokesperson for C-SPAN told the New York Times that the outage happened around 2:30pm (Eastern), and only affected online viewers.
In a statement posted on Twitter, the network said the situation was being investigated, but they are “currently operating under the assumption that it was an internal routing issue,” as RT is one of the networks they monitor internally.
“If that [assumption] changes,” the statement read, “we will certainly let you know.”
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