Vee TV

04/03/2024

Here is an update on VeeTV, as our social media platform continues to attract new followers. We are incredibly grateful for your support. VeeTV was launched at RIT as a student startup in 2017. Unfortunately, VeeTV is no longer active, as our team was composed of students and the typical scenario for many startups unfolded: everyone graduated from college, found full-time jobs, and moved on to other startups. Vision: VeeTV aims to revolutionize sign language entertainment by providing an all-in-one streaming service with a curated library of the best content featuring deaf/sign language themes and characters. From award-winning short films and documentaries to feature-length movies, the content on VeeTV is not only entertaining and educational but also empowering.

Our Milestones:
•Secured 2nd place in NBI.
• Participated in the RIT Saunders Startup Program.
• Had a booth at DEN in Washington DC.
• Received a sponsored trip to DEN in Los Angeles.
• Were featured in Reporter Magazine.
• Won 3rd place in the RIT Business Model Competition.
• Networked with numerous deaf and hard-of-hearing filmmakers. Through our research and interviews, we learned that producers of sign language content face challenges in distribution and profitability.
• Launched an actual prototype with movies and videos, which was very well received (!).

Thank you so much for your support throughout our startup journey.

Now, we are happy to see a friend launching VSYN+ the world’s
first streaming platform for sign language entertainment. We are thrilled to see what VSYN+ will bring! Follow VSYN+ for more. www.vsynplus.com

❤️ Team VeeTV

05/07/2019

We loved bumping into CJ Jones here in Rochester! ⭐️👏🏻 So good to see more deaf actors and talents in mainstream media. Representation and rolemodels are so important. 🌎

04/27/2019

Our booth at Imagine RIT - Creativity and Innovation Festival! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoyed pitching, meeting and learning from you all.

04/26/2019

Us at our booth at Demo Night for The RIT Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship :)

04/18/2019

A big part of being in an accelerator program is to work with others. Working on our pitch with the other startup teams. ☺️👏🏻

04/15/2019

Coffee and video calls all day with filmmakers. 😄☕️ We love using appear.in for video calls. 💥

04/15/2019

🤟🏻 Happy National ASL Day! Did you know the first deaf school opened on April 15, 1817? 👏🏻 Take a moment to share the love for ASL and honor our unique heritage ♥️

04/10/2019

Just goofing around before a photo shoot 🤣😎. Sometimes things get way too busy, so important to take a break and have fun.

04/10/2019

A great list of 10 family-friendly ASL / deaf culture movies by KODAheart 🍿🎥

Need something to do on a rainy day or a new film for family movie night? Here are 10 movies with deaf/koda characters and themes. From to bringing up valuable conversations about ASL, deaf history, and/or deaf culture, these movies showcase various topics that can discussed together as a family.

http://kodaheart.com/10-things-15

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04/08/2019

Another day, another pitch for VeeTV. :D

04/04/2019

Our first blog post is out on Medium! Get a glimpse in our startup journey.

VeeTV aims to be a video streaming service for the signing community.

04/02/2019

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 (Keep in mind it’s April Fools Day but fingers crossed 😉)

UPDATE:

SHOULD this movie be real? Yes. IS this movie real? Sadly, no. We took the opportunity this April Fool's Day to highlight some and show what COULD be happening. Thanks to everyone - especially Jules Dameron and Adam Pottle - for being such great sports!

ORIGINAL POST:

Finally! An all-deaf movie - director, writer, actors, costumes, absolutely everything! 🎬 We can't wait to watch!