russia-backed news channel RT initially dropped in Europe. Roku says it is now dropping the channel from its Roku store everywhere.

The company confirmed the carriage change late Tuesday. Roku spokesperson Kimberly Sampson said:’we are removing RT from the Roku Channel Store everywhere, including the US’.

The streamer’s decision follows a similar move from DirecTV. Directv spokesperson Nicholas ammazzalorso told the verge on Tuesday that DirecTV will no longer offer their programming effective immediately.

Directv had already been weighing whether to keep the channel on its service but moved the timeline up from mid-2022. axios previously reported the provider was dropping the channel.

Roku and DirecTV were two of the largest providers to carry the channel in the US along with Dish networks. Dish spokesperson Caroline Krause said:’our thoughts are with all the people of Ukraine, and particularly with our team members in the country’.