London (CNN Business) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hadn't been seen in public for many months before he was arrested and hauled out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday. Yet it wasn't captured by leading UK broadcasters like the BBC, Sky News or Independent Television News (ITN). Instead, the only media organization with video of the controversial moment was an obscure outfit called Ruptly. Ruptly, which has carved out a niche for itself by recording events around the world and selling the footage to other broadcasters, is a subsidiary of Russian state-backed media outlet RT. The footage of Assange may be its biggest moment yet.

Source: CNN April 11, 2019 14:37 UTC