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Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, abbreviated SBTN, is a 24-hour Vietnamese-language and liberal television channel targeted at Vietnamese audiences living outside of Vietnam. [1] Its headquarters are in Garden Grove, California. [2]
SBTN is distributed by International Media Distribution, a leading provider of in-language and multi-ethnic programming in the United States and launched the network on Time Warner Cable in 2014. [3] The network is also available throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia on DirecTV, [4] Comcast, [5] Cox Communications, [6] Verizon Fios, [7] AT&T U-Verse, [8] and many other video service providers.
The channel provides television programs in the fields of Vietnamese history, news, culture, economics, talk shows, children's shows, sitcoms, dramas, Asian movies and documentaries, and games shows. [9] The channel is catered towards Vietnamese Americans with news from both the United States and Vietnam. [10]
SBTN has affiliates in Boston, Massachusetts (Boston Vietnamese Media), [11] Washington, D.C. (SBTN-DC), Dallas, Texas (SBTN DFW), [12] and Honolulu, Hawaii. [13]
SBTN Canada, owned my the Ethnic Channels Group, [14] [15] is programmed from the United States service, including additional content produced in Canada.
The network was founded in 2001 [16] in Orange County, California by Truc Ho, [17] songwriter/composer, producer and human rights activist in the Vietnamese community. "It was my intention to help the Vietnamese community unite and form one voice to speak out on issues related to the community. Together with a few other dedicated partners we raised the funds to launch the channel more than ten years ago." [18]
SBTN broadcast programs include:
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (November 2009) |
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Country | United States, Singapore, Malaysia |
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Ownership | |
Owner | SBTN Inc. |
History | |
Launched | 2001 |
Links | |
Website |
sbtn |
Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, abbreviated SBTN, is a 24-hour Vietnamese-language and liberal television channel targeted at Vietnamese audiences living outside of Vietnam. [1] Its headquarters are in Garden Grove, California. [2]
SBTN is distributed by International Media Distribution, a leading provider of in-language and multi-ethnic programming in the United States and launched the network on Time Warner Cable in 2014. [3] The network is also available throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia on DirecTV, [4] Comcast, [5] Cox Communications, [6] Verizon Fios, [7] AT&T U-Verse, [8] and many other video service providers.
The channel provides television programs in the fields of Vietnamese history, news, culture, economics, talk shows, children's shows, sitcoms, dramas, Asian movies and documentaries, and games shows. [9] The channel is catered towards Vietnamese Americans with news from both the United States and Vietnam. [10]
SBTN has affiliates in Boston, Massachusetts (Boston Vietnamese Media), [11] Washington, D.C. (SBTN-DC), Dallas, Texas (SBTN DFW), [12] and Honolulu, Hawaii. [13]
SBTN Canada, owned my the Ethnic Channels Group, [14] [15] is programmed from the United States service, including additional content produced in Canada.
The network was founded in 2001 [16] in Orange County, California by Truc Ho, [17] songwriter/composer, producer and human rights activist in the Vietnamese community. "It was my intention to help the Vietnamese community unite and form one voice to speak out on issues related to the community. Together with a few other dedicated partners we raised the funds to launch the channel more than ten years ago." [18]
SBTN broadcast programs include: