SMOTRIM.RF will contain everything that can be seen or heard on the air of the media holding's channels: federal and regional news, analytical programs, favorite films and series, premieres, exclusives and much more.
[citation needed] On November 1, 2020, VGRTK presented the Smotrim media platform — a website and an application for mobile devices.
At the official presentation, VGTRK Deputy General Director Anton Zlatopolsky said that they "worked very carefully and for a long time on the new digital platform, did tests, held focus groups".
[3] According to Denis Kuskov from TelecomDaily, the cost of developing and launching Smotrim should have amounted to tens of millions of rubles.
[3] From December 2020 to January 2021, all existing videos, news and program pages on the websites of the Russia-1, Russia-K and closed Rossiya-2 TV channels, as well as in the My Planet application, were transferred to this platform.
In March 2021, the platform began providing a selection of VGTRK documentaries, access to which was limited by the YouTube video hosting service.
[1] The platform is available in desktop versions on the smotrim.ru website, in applications for mobile devices based on the iOS and Android operating systems, as well as on Samsung and LG smart TVs.
In 2021, the Smotrim platform was included in the list of applications required to be pre-installed on smart TVs sold in Russia from April 1 of the same year.