Saigon Broadcasting Television Network Explained

Saigon Broadcasting Television Network
Launch Date:2001
Owner:SBTN Inc.
Country:United States, Singapore, Malaysia

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.

History

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]

Programming

SBTN broadcast programs include:

Management

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.imediadistribution.com/news/sbtn-partners-comcast-offer-special-free-preview-california-celebrate-asian-pacific-american-he "SBTN PARTNERS WITH COMCAST TO OFFER A SPECIAL FREE PREVIEW IN CALIFORNIA TO CELEBRATE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH"
  2. http://www.sbtn.tv/en/contact "SBTN website"
  3. https://www.prweb.com/releases/international_media_distribution_launches_sbtn_and_cctv_4_on_time_warner_cable/prweb11528262.htm PRWeb
  4. Web site: DIRECTV Satellite TV - International TV Channels & International TV Packages .
  5. http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Programming/IntlNetworks/vietnamese.html Comcast Website/International Programming Retrieved January 9, 2015
  6. http://www.cox.com/residential/tv/channel-lineup.cox (Cox Channel Line Up) Retrieved January 9, 2015
  7. http://www.verizon.com/home/fiostv/web/packages (Verizon Fios Packages Availability) Retrieved January 9, 2015
  8. http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=24514 (AT&T Press Release) Retrieved January 9, 2015
  9. http://www.trademarkia.com/s-sbtn-saigon-broadcasting-television-network-78498033.html "Trademarkia Website (SBTN)"
  10. http://www.imediadistribution.com/news/10-questions-truc-ho-sbtn-ceopresident "10 Questions: Truc Ho, SBTN CEO/President"
  11. http://sbtn-boston.net/ "SBTN (Boston)"
  12. http://www.sbtndfw.com/ SBTN Dallas Fort Worth Website
  13. https://www.prweb.com/releases/oceanic_time_warner_cable_launches_two_new_asian_american_networks_serving_korean_and_vietnamese_hawaiians/prweb11152627.htm "Oceanic Time Warner Cable Launches Two New Asian American Networks Serving Korean and Vietnamese Hawaiians"
  14. SBTN Canada Website http://www.sbtncanada.com/
  15. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-462.htm "Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Website"
  16. http://www.sbtn.tv/en/about-us.html "SBTN Mission Statement"
  17. http://www.imediadistribution.com/news/sbtn-partners-comcast-offer-special-free-preview-california-celebrate-asian-pacific-american-he "SBTN Partners with Comcast to offer a special free preview in California to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month"
  18. http://www.imediadistribution.com/news/10-questions-truc-ho-sbtn-ceopresident "10 Questions: Truc Ho, SBTN CEO/President"
  19. Web site: Hollywood First Look Features. May 2018.
  20. xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2014/04/01/discover-sbtn/ (XFINITY/COMCAST Website) Retrieved January 9, 2015
  21. https://www.imdb.com/company/co0516550/?ref_=tt_dt_co IMDB Retrieved January 17, 2015
  22. Web site: Hollywood First Look Features Website. May 2018. Hollywood First Look Features.
  23. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4344092/ IMDB Retrieved January 17, 2015
  24. Web site: Hollywood First Look Features. May 2018. Hollywood First Look Features.
  25. sbtn.co/images/sbtn4.jpg SBTN Website Retrieved January 9, 2015