Meaning & use
chyrons
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Text graphics, such as captions, names, or headlines, displayed on the lower portion of a television or video screen.
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The news broadcast used bold chyrons to identify each guest as they spoke.
Viewers relied on the scrolling chyrons for updates during the breaking news coverage.
A note on using this word
The term originated as a trademark of the Chyron Corporation, maker of the graphics equipment, but has since become a generic term in broadcasting.
Words with a similar meaning
captionslower thirds
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