Symbol | Full | Name | Description |
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[解] | 解説 | Explanation | Secondary audio track for the blind |
[デ] | 番組連動データ放送 | Data | Additional data is part of the broadcast |
[終] | 最終回 | End | Last episode of season or series |
[新] | 新番組 | New Program | First episode of season or series |
[再] | 再放送 | Again | Rebroadcast |
[字] | 字幕放送 | Subtitle | Embedded subtitles for the hearing impaired |
[二] | 二カ国語放送 | Bilingual | Secondary audio track with different language or alternative dialect |
[手] | 手話放送 | Sign Language | Sign language for the hearing impaired |
[前] | 前編 | First Part | First part of a two-part broadcast |
[後] | 後編 | Second Part | Second part of a two-part broadcast |
[生] | 生放送 | Live | Live broadcast |
[映] | 映画 | Movie | Television broadcast of a cinematic production |
[初] | 初回 | First Time | Premiere television broadcast (usually of a movie) |
[多] | 音声多重放送 | Multiplex | Multiplex broadcast or transmission |
[SS] | サラウンドステレオ | Surround (Stereo) Sound | Audio track with more than two channels (e.g. 5.1) |
[S] | ステレオ放送 | Stereo | Multiplex broadcast of audio signals with two channels (left and right). Usage of marker mostly discontinued since July 23, 2011. |
[無] | 無料 | Free of Charge | A free broadcast on a subscription television channel |
[HV] | ハイビジョン | Hi-Vision | Now outdated nickname for “HDTV”, still used by some rerun channels to mark such content |
[双] | 双方向サービス | Interactive Service | Viewers can interact with the program (“bidirectional”), e.g. telephone voting, etc. |
[2K] | 2K解像度 | 2K Resolution | Used for standard 1080i broadcasts of content originally in 4K or 8K resolutions |