| SinoVision | |
| Terr Serv 1: | Digital terrestrial television |
| Terr Chan 1: | Channel 63.3 (SinoVSN) |
| Terr Chan 2: | Channel 63.4 (SinoVSN English) |
| Terr Serv 2: | Digital terrestrial television |
| Parent: | Asian Culture and Media Group |
| Sister Channels: | Sino TV |
| Country: | United States |
| Launch Date: | 1990 |
| Closed Date: | Sep 1, 2024 |
| Headquarters: | Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, NY |
| Online Serv 1: | SinoVisionNet |
| Online Serv 2: | Roku |
| Online Chan 2: | APP |
| Area: | Greater New York |
SinoVision 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. According to academics Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role." 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."
In a letter to its advertisers on July 9, 2024, SinoVision announced that it would end its broadcasts on September 1, 2024.[5]
, the Media and Journalism Research Center evaluated SinoVision's parent company, Asian Culture & Media Group, to be "State Controlled Media" under its State Media Matrix.[6] [7]