Meanings
plural supercaptions
- broadcastingAn on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.
A notable difference here is that whereas the BBC uses supercaptions in 15 percent of all items, ITN uses them in 28 percent.
2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page cxlviii1 more example
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.
2013, John Eldridge, The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. I, page 272
Origin
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