Technical Legend

Special Symbols in Firehouse Filenames

Symbol Full Name Description
[解] 解説 Explanation/Audio Description
Secondary audio track for the blind
[デ] 番組連動データ放送 Data Broadcast
Data Broadcast (d button) contains programme-related content
[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 Rebroadcast
[字] 字幕放送 Subtitles 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 Premiere Premiere television broadcast (usually of a movie)
[多] 音声多重放送 Multiplex Programme has multiple audio tracks, for example different commentaries on a sports game
[SS] サラウンドステレオ Surround Sound Audio track with more than two channels (e.g. 5.1)
[S] ステレオ放送 Stereo Usage of marker mostly discontinued since Digital Switchover.
[無] 無料 Free
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[HV] ハイビジョン Hi-Vision Now outdated nickname for “HDTV”, still used by some rerun channels to mark such content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