| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater New York |
| Headquarters | Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, NY |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Asian Culture and Media Group |
| Sister channels | Sino TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 1990 |
| Closed | Sep 1, 2024 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 63.3 (SinoVSN) |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 63.4 (SinoVSN English) |
| Streaming media | |
| SinoVisionNet | www |
| Roku | APP |
SinoVision (simplified Chinese: 美国中文电视; traditional Chinese: 美國中文電視; pinyin: Měiguó zhōngwén diànshì; Jyutping: Mei5gwok3 zung1man4 din6si6) was a U.S.-based Chinese language television network. SinoVision has offices in Lower Manhattan, Flushing, and Brooklyn. It has correspondents in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston.[1]
SinoVision was founded in 1990 by personnel dispatched to the U.S. from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) and its China News Service to counter negative perceptions of the Chinese government following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] SinoVision is formally owned by Asian Culture and Media Group, which also owns the newspaper The China Press.[2] According to academics Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role."[2]: 106 According to Reporters Without Borders, SinoVision and The China Press are "discreetly controlled by the Chinese authorities and use content taken directly from China’s state media."[3][4]
According to Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, "SinoVision’s content echoes China's official media. The vast majority of its stories about China, Sino-American relations, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other important issues for the PRC government are taken directly from official Chinese media outlets or websites, including CCTV, Xinhua, and the People’s Daily."[2]
In a letter to its advertisers on July 9, 2024, SinoVision announced that it would end its broadcasts on September 1, 2024.[5]
- ^ "关于我们-美国中文网". SinoVisionNet. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d Diamond, Larry; Schell, Orville (2019-08-01). China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance. Hoover Press. pp. 106, 107, 120. ISBN 978-0-8179-2286-3. OCLC 1104533323. Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ Markay, Lachlan (March 23, 2022). "Propagandists plumb "high-skilled" visa program". Axios. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "China's Pursuit of a New World Information Order (2019)". Reporters Without Borders. 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "纽约知名新闻广播台WCBS880熄灯 美国中文电视即将关闭有线电视频道". Global Cloud Media·环球云视. 26 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.