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DawnSignPress Makes Deal with Silent Network to Stream Content

  • 19 December 2019

Publishing House and Media Magnate, DawnSignPress has closed a deal with Silent Network to provide content for the OTT (Over-The-Top) television network that caters to America’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.

A sampling of DawnSign’s titles that will be airing on Silent Network include a recent feature segment on Discovery Channel’s Innovations which gives a brief history of Deaf education and materials in the United States lauding DawnSign for their contributions; trailers for the DawnSignPress Award-Winning children’s series, Once Upon a Sign – fairy tales told in a modern way; and a featurette of DawnSign’s visit to Oak Park High School’s ASL class for an interactive discussion on The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Joe Dannis, Founder of DawnSignPress states, “We’re pleased to make a deal with Silent Network and support the network with content.  Silent Network, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, has a mission in providing America’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens with a platform for expressing an opinion, and as an entertainment vehicle to display the diversified talents of Deaf artists, as well as serving as an educational outlet that will enable hearing people to better understand the needs, desires, and attitudes of individuals in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community resonates with the goals of DawnSignPress.”

About DawnSignPress: DawnSignPress is a media and publishing house that creates, develops, produces, publishes and distributes quality American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture-related materials. DawnSignPress is on the cutting edge of the educational, cultural, and social trends in the Deaf world. Deaf-owned and -operated, DawnSignPress produces educational materials that raise standards in ASL education, break new ground in ASL literature and the arts, and preserve the unique and rich contributions of the Deaf and signing community.

For more information, visit www.dawnsign.com.
 
For DawnSignPress media inquiries, contact Susan Gold, susan@susangoldconsulting.com

For information on how to access Silent Network, visit www.TheSilentNetwork.tv