| 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 theOverseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) and itsChina News Service to counter negative perceptions of theChinese government following the1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] SinoVision is formally owned byAsian Culture and Media Group, which also owns the newspaperThe China Press.[2] According to academicsLarry Diamond andOrville Schell, OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role."[2]: 106 According toReporters Without Borders, SinoVision andThe China Press are "discreetly controlled by the Chinese authorities and use content taken directly from China’sstate 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, includingCCTV,Xinhua, and thePeople’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]
As of September 2024[update], theMedia and Journalism Research Center evaluated SinoVision's parent company, Asian Culture & Media Group, to be "State Controlled Media" under itsState Media Matrix.[6][7]