Sky Link TV (

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: 天下衛視;

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: ''Tiān Xià Wèi Shì''; ) is Chinese satellite TV network in the United States owned by

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History

In 1989, a Taiwanese American financial group founded North America Television (NATV) in Los Angeles. California. In 2009, it was purchased by a private Chinese company, Tian Xing Media Company. In 2013, it was purchased by a subsidiary of Guangzhou Broadcasting Network, GZ Television Media.

Jetsen Huashi Wangju Media & Sky Link TV Merger

On March 22, 2019, Jetsen Huashi Wangju Cultural Media Company announced a merger with Sky Link TV USA.

Timeline of events

* December 1, 1989 - North America Television (NATV) was founded in

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. * 1990 - North America Television entered Charter Cable. * December, 1992 - North America Television started branch company in

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. It entered

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Cable in

. * 1999, North America Television closed New York branch company. * December, 2001 - North America Television changed its name to Global Communication Group, Inc. started

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Sky Link TV. * January 1, 2004 - Sky Link TV began live broadcast

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at every New Year's Day in

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. * August 10, 2006 - Sky Link TV joined

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channel. * November 9, 2007 - Sky Link TV joined Kylin internet TV channel.Article on joining Kylin
/ref> * July 27, 2009 - Sky Link TV was sold to Tian Xing Media Company from China.
* December, 2009 - Sky Link TV launched its first free-to-air channel

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, UHF 31.5 for 24/7 Mandarin programs. * September 17, 2012 - Sky Link TV was sold to Guangzhou Media American Co, Ltd. * November 2, 2012 - Sky Link TV launched its second free-to-air channel: a brand new

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TV Channel (

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UHF 44.4), thus became the first TV Station broadcast in both

and Cantonese in the

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24/7. * November 4, 2012 - Sky Link TV hosted Dayo Wong stand-up comedy show at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. * January 1, 2013 - Sky Link TV began to live broadcast

and

language. * May 15, 2014 - Sky Link TV launched its third channel (

UHF 44.3) in Mandarin. Meanwhile, Sky Link TV ends its affiliation with

31.5. * November 16, 2014 - Sky Link TV hosted another Dayo Wong stand-up comedy show in

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, and

. * May 2015 - Sky Link TV ended Kylin TV internet TV streaming. * September 18, 2015 - Sky Link TV signs an agreement with

KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...

. * September 29, 2015 - Sky Link TV SF goes on the air via

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4.2 and

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channel 193. *December 6, 2018 - Sky Link TV Names Nielsen New Local Television Measurement Provider *March 22, 2019 - Jetsen Huashi Wangju Media & Sky Link TV Merger and Acquisition

References

External links

* {{Chinese-language television, state=collapsed Television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area Television channels and stations established in 1989 Television stations in Los Angeles State media Government-owned companies of China