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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 |
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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
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Diverse TV programmes in Sign Language
The programmes cover news, social issues, entertainment, movies and cuisine, history, music, etc
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Training courses to the hearing-impaired
Silence TV provides trainings to hearing-impaired persons and employs them in video production for online TV platform