[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.

[9] The channel is catered towards Vietnamese Americans with news from both the United States and Vietnam.

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.

Together with a few other dedicated partners we raised the funds to launch the channel more than ten years ago.