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XDS uses the same line in the vertical blanking interval as closed captioning (NTSC line 21), and shares the available second video field bandwidth with the closed captioning channels CC3 and CC4, and with the text channels TXT3 and TXT4. XDS information is used by TV commercial detection software to skip advertisements.
With the digital video frames, they also include more of the Latin-1 character set, and include stubs to support full UTF-32 captions, and downloadable fonts. CTA-708 caption streams can also encapsulate EIA-608 byte pairs internally, a fairly common usage. [1] CTA-708 captions are used in MPEG-2 video streams in the picture user data. The ...
EIA-608, also known as "Line 21 captions" and "CEA-608", [1] is a standard for closed captioning for NTSC TV broadcasts in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It was developed by the Electronic Industries Alliance and required by law to be implemented in most television receivers made in the United States.
The National Captioning Institute was incorporated on January 30, 1979, with millions of dollars of start-up funding from the federal government. [1] [2] [10] On March 23, 1979, the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare announced plans for closed-captioning of twenty hours per week of television shows. [11]
In the United Kingdom, of 7.5 million people using TV subtitles (closed captioning), 6 million have no hearing impairment. [22] Closed captions are also used in public environments, such as bars and restaurants, where patrons may not be able to hear over the background noise, or where multiple televisions are displaying different programs.
America's Next Top Model (abbreviated ANTM and Top Model) is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry.
They docked at St. John’s, Antigua for a beach photo shoot, where they met ANTM Cycle 8 winner, Jaslene Gonzalez. After the shoot, the 20 contestants were selected. Tyra asked the 20 contestants why they should become America's Next Top Model. Marvita Washington failed to make the final cut. [a] Featured photographer: Jim Wade
Teletext was created in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s by John Adams, Philips' lead designer for video display units to provide closed captioning to television shows for the hearing impaired. [6] Public teletext information services were introduced by major broadcasters in the UK, [7] starting with the BBC's Ceefax service in 1974. [8]