Sky Link TV


Sky Link TV is the first 24/7 Chinese satellite TV network in the United States. Sky Link TV is a U.S. Chinese entertainment and news distributor with three areas of prominence, TV, Digital and Content. Sky Link TV is on OTA and MVPD in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and nationally. Sky Link Content develops and acquires the best entertainment and news content from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S. Sky Link Media engages the Chinese consumer wherever they are.
Sky Link TV currently has one channel in the San Francisco Bay Area airing Cantonese & Mandarin Programming; and three channels airing Mandarin and Cantonese programs individually in the Greater Los Angeles area. These programs include headline news, dramas, variety and entertainment shows, sports shows, auto shows, music shows, cooking shows, educational features and documentaries.
Sky Link TV has the widest coverage and is the only station that offers 24 hours of Chinese programs in the basic package with Comcast, Time Warner, Dish Network and Charter in California.

History

In 1989, a Taiwanese American financial group founded North America Television in Los Angeles. California. It was the first 24 hours Chinese television company headquartered in the United States.
In December 2001, North America Television changed its name to Global Communication Group, Inc. It started doing business as Sky Link TV. Sky Link TV provided the Chinese community with family oriented Asian programming from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea in the languages of Cantonese and Mandarin. It became one of the most popular Chinese television stations in Southern California.
On November 5, 2012, Sky Link TV launched its second channel: an over-the-air Cantonese TV Channel, thus became the first TV Station broadcasting in both Mandarin and Cantonese in the United States 24/7.
On May 15, 2014, Sky Link TV launched its third channel: UHF 44.3 which provide programs in Mandarin.
In 2015, Sky Link TV expanded its coverage to Northern California by launching a new over-the-air station in San Francisco: KRON 4.2. It serves Chinese speaking viewers in the Bay Area. 4.2 has the widest coverage in the Bay Area, covering all major cities in the. 4.2 launched on September 29, 2015.
In 2019, Sky Link TV has been acquired and merged with Jetsen Huashi Wangju Media Company.

Jetsen Huashi Wangju Media & Sky Link TV Merger

Rosemead, CA,March 22, 2019 - Jensen Huashi Wangju Cultural Media Company announced the acquisition of Sky Link TV USA. Together, these two companies merged to be committed to serving the Chinese communities in USA with the best entertainment announced the immediate availability of providing on-demand streaming media through multiple platforms and wireless devices.
Jetsen Huashi Wangju Cultural Media Company and Sky Link TV also announced that the two companies will create and launch an APP called “Seein” to serve the Chinese communities in USA enabling viewers more options to access to Chinese entertainment contents.
Many Sky Link TV viewers have already experienced the same day entertainment broadcasting content in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Jetsen Huashi Wangju Cultural Media Company and Sky Link TV will expand to serve the Chinese community in New York City starting May 1, 2019.

Sky Link TV & Nielsen Local Measurement

After lengthy discussions with Nielsen, Sky Link Media has named Nielsen its Local TV measurement provider.  Sky Link Media has made tremendous strides in establishing itself as the premier Chinese TV station in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Beginning our 4th year in San Francisco, Sky Link Media's consistent and effective Programming, social Media platforms and just as importantly our commitment to the Community has proven to us that our outstanding growth is just the beginning.  The next great leap to continued growth was to have Nielsen.  Sky Link Media will be able to provide agencies and media buyers with the most sophisticated data in which to make the most informed buying decisions.
"Having Nielsen will finally allow us to have an Asian media marketplace with standard industry metrics,” said Michael Moon, Director of Digital Media and Business Development at Sky Link Media in San Francisco. “We want to provide ad agencies and media buyers the tools to justify increasing multicultural budgets. Being part of Nielsen is the first step in making buying the Asian market easy. Wen hope that other Asian media will join Nielsen with us for an inclusive view of the Asian TV landscape. Sky Link chose to start measuring the San Francisco Chinese market due to the concentrated Asian
population in the area."
“We’re excited to welcome Sky Link Media to Nielsen to take full advantage of our enhanced local measurement capabilities,” said Jeff Wender, Managing Director, Nielsen Local. “We’re looking forward to empowering Sky Link Media with the tools that they need to measure the local market of San Francisco, as they continue to expand their business in the U.S. using our currency audience insights and enhancing their ability to buy and sell with confidence.”
Sky Link Media's audience engagement information, be it via On-Air TV or Social Media promotions, On the Ground involvement at over 15 Bay Area Community events throughout the calendar year and Nielsen information will now be a part of our collective research available to all.
Sky Link Media, engaged and committed to the Asian Market.

Timeline of events

Sky Link TV Los Angeles Channel 1

Live programs

Rose Parade

The Rose Parade is part of the "America's New Year Celebration" held in Pasadena, California each year. Sky Link TV is the only Chinese TV station that broadcasts the Rose Parade in Mandarin and Cantonese live.
Parade hosts

News

Current on-air talents/anchors

On July 24, 2015, Sky Link TV began airing Where Are We Going, Dad? on Fridays at 7pm.

Mandarin programs