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chyron
[kahy-ron]
noun
a text-based graphic overlay displayed at the bottom of a television screen or film frame, as closed captioning or the crawl of a newscast.
verb (used with object)
to display (information) in overlaid text at the bottom of a screen.
The network prematurely chyroned what they believed to be final election results and had to issue a correction shortly thereafter.
Word History and Origins
Origin of chyron1
Example Sentences
A chyron running with a Fox News commentary suggested “Democrats have lost their mind,” as proved by their attempts to downplay the anti-ICE riots.
The chyron at bottom read, “Is Biden’s age now a bigger problem than Trump’s indictments?”
Fox carried them in full, with the chyron, “Trump: Supreme Court Case Was a Beautiful Process.”
Odds are you'll see lots of images of last night's Republican debate, with lots of chyrons hyping Haley for her allegedly sober-minded performance.
Car Chase — that’s the direct, if unimaginative, name for Pluto TV’s new channel — airs each pursuit from the first breaking news chyron to its inevitable end.
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When To Use
A chyron is a text-based graphic that overlays video content, such as television shows and movies.Chyron is the general name for any graphic that is superimposed over a video or live broadcast. While a chyron is usually placed at the bottom of a frame, it can appear anywhere within the frame.Closed-captioning is a common use of chyrons and generally appears at the bottom of the video frame. Chyrons placed here might also include important information for the video, such as the time and location of the scene. Newscasts often use chyrons for news headlines, sports scores, stock market information, weather reports, and other related information.Example: For the weather report frame, Nick created a custom chyron that can support images of rain clouds.
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