supercaption
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supercaption (plural supercaptions)
- (television) An on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.
- 2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page cxlviii:
- A notable difference here is that whereas the BBC uses supercaptions in 15 percent of all items, ITN uses them in 28 percent.
- 2013, John Eldridge, The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. I, page 272:
- On only five occasions did correspondents or reporters appear in the studio without supercaptions; Jones on News Extra, Wain on First Report and Colebourne from the Midlands and Delahaye from the North, Luton and Blackie.