telop machine; character generator
Refers to the equipment or system used to overlay text or graphics onto a video signal. Originally a trademark.
from English Telop
Broadcast stations use a telop machine to display earthquake early warnings.
on-screen text; caption; subtitle
The text or graphic itself that appears overlaid on a TV or video screen. Often used for news captions, variety-show commentary, or subtitles.
ニュース番組のテロップで事件の概要が流れた。
A summary of the incident scrolled across the screen in the news program's captions.
この動画には日本語のテロップが付いています。
This video has Japanese subtitles.
The news program displayed a breaking-news caption.
An explanatory caption appeared in that scene.
They ran the player's comment as a scrolling caption at the bottom of the screen.