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Silence TV
To make public information more available to the hearing-impaired by producing TV programmes with sign language to be broadcasted on an online platform
ABOUT
Year Established: 2015
Beneficiaries: Hearing-impaired people
| http://www.silencetv.hk | |
| Socially including the hearing-impaired with effective communications |
SOCIAL ISSUES
- It is difficult for the hearing-impaired to receive information through the mainstream TV programmes
- The hearing-impaired sometimes face isolation from communities as their needs are misunderstood
SOCIAL INNOVATION
- Established as the first online TV platform with sign language, tailor-made for the hearing-impaired, and hired some of them as part of the production crew
EXPECTED SOCIAL IMPACT
 | 100,000 hearing-impaired individuals to watch Silence TV and to receive better information from around the world |
 | 92 programmes including news, social issues, entertainment, movies and cuisine to be produced for the new entertaining and informative channel in sign language |
 | Public awareness and understanding towards the hearing-impaired to be improved |
 | The hearing-impaired to be employed as production crew, providing job opportunities, and subsequently a pool of hearing-impaired talents to be nurtured for the creative industry |
BUSINESS MODEL
Silence TV provides trainings to hearing-impaired people and employs them in video production
PROGRAMME CONTENT
Diverse TV programmes in Sign Language
The programmes cover news, social issues, entertainment, movies and cuisine, history, music, etc
Training courses to the hearing-impaired
Silence TV provides trainings to hearing-impaired persons and employs them in video production for online TV platform