chyron

Definitions

1. A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
   US
2. Alternative spelling of ciron (“the itch-mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), which infects the skin”).
   alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Chyrons (electronically enlarged words or numbers superimposed on the screen) might be used to illustrate⟳ and compare⟳ budget figures or to emphasize a quote.”

“Chyron recognition: A celebrity who needs no electronically inserted title or caption (a chyron) to identify⟳ him or her on television, especially news programs or interview shows.”

“The ABC broadcast⟳ also began to use⟳ Chyrons, which "generated brightly colored maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations and imposed text over pictures. A red slash, like⟳ the one on the cover⟳ of Time magazine, was superimposed on stories, in an effort to give⟳ ABC's newscast a distinctive identity."”

“In the days before desktop video production software, such as Final Cut⟳ Pro and After Effects, making even a simple black and white title was a tough business. Creating broadcast-quality video titles required a specialized piece of expensive equipment called a Chyron generator and a highly skilled Chyron operator to run⟳ it. In fact, there was a time when Chyron operators made a good living because they were the only ones who knew how to make⟳ good, professional quality titles.”

“The TV images that would shake⟳ American politics like⟳ none had since Watts in 1965 began innocuously enough: on NBC, above a chyron reading taped, it looked like⟳ a busy New York rush⟳ hour, though some are holding handkerchiefs to their faces. […] [T]he hemmed-in cops threw tear-gas canisters across the street at the apex of the marchers' U-turn […] grant park⟳, chicago, illinois, the chyron now reads, and a woman's voice says, "The kids are still marching, it looks like⟳ a whole gathering of people with terrible colds"; […]”

“Chyron. Words shown on a video screen. Also known as a super. A slash (/) indicates a line break⟳ in a Chyron message in a script.”

“On the TV, a guest sits on the George Drudge couch. Below her a chyron reads: Chandice, Admits she eats her Kleenex. A chyron reads: Rick, Says he doesn't trust⟳ Amy, that's why he watches her poop. On the bus, someone shouts, 'I do dat, too!' On the TV, a chyron reads: Selena, Admits she's obsessed with burping.”

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