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EIA STANDARD Line 21 Data Services EIA/CEA-608-B EIA/CEA-608-B (Revision of EIA-608-A) OCTOBER 2000 ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE NOTICE EIA Engineering Standards and Publications are designed to serve the public interest through eliminating misunderstandings between manufacturers and purchasers, facilitating interchangeability and improvement of products, and assisting the purchaser in selecting and obtaining with minimum delay the proper product for his particular need. Existence of such Standards and Publications shall not in any respect preclude any member or nonmember of EIA from manufacturing or selling products not conforming to such Standards and Publications, nor shall the existence of such Standards and Publications preclude their voluntary use by those other than EIA members, whether the standard is to be used either domestically or internationally. 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Published by ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE 2000 Technology Strategy & Standards Department 2500 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 PRICE: Please refer to the current Catalog of EIA Electronic Industries Alliance Standards and Engineering Publications or call Global Engineering Documents, USA and Canada (1-800-854-7179) International (303-397-7956) All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A. PLEASE! DON”T VIOLATE THE LAW! This document is copyrighted by the EIA and may not be reproduced without permission. Organizations may obtain permission to reproduce a limited number of copies through entering into a license agreement. For information, contact: Global Engineering Documents 15 Inverness Way East Englewood, CO 80112-5704 or call U.S.A. and Canada 1-800-854-7179, International (303) 397-7956 EIA/CEA-608-B FOREWORD This standard was developed under the auspices of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA, formerly CEMA) Technology & Standards R4.3 Television Data Systems Subcommittee. EIA-608-A was accepted as an EIA standard on September 21, 1999. Extended Data Services (XDS) are additional services provided in Line 21 Field 2 data. New services may have been standardized by CEA since the publication of this standard. No attempt is made to list XDS Private Data Services, although it is requested that users of such services notify CEA of Private Data packet assignments. XDS services, whether Private Data or not, may not be meant for transmission to the television receiver. i EIA/CEA-608-B (This page intentionally left blank.) ii EIA/CEA-608-B CONTENTS 1 Purpose and Scope........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Scope................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Other Vertical Interval Lines................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Antecedent Documents........................................................................................................ 1 2 References..................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Normative References.......................................................................................................... 1 2.2 Regulatory References......................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Antecedent References........................................................................................................ 2 2.4 Reference Acquisition.......................................................................................................... 2 3 Definitions...................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1 Definitions............................................................................................................................ 3 3.2 Terms Employed.................................................................................................................. 3 3.2.1 Acronyms................................................................................................................... 3 3.2.2 Glossary (Informative)................................................................................................ 3 3.3 Compliance notation............................................................................................................ 6 4 Background (Informative)............................................................................................................... 6 4.1 Data Types in the Line 21 Signal ......................................................................................... 6 4.2 Program Distribution Paths.................................................................................................. 8 5 Signal Characteristics.................................................................................................................. 10 5.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 10 5.2 Line 21 Waveform.............................................................................................................. 10 5.3 Data Formats...................................................................................................................... 14 6 Closed Captioning........................................................................................................................ 14 6.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 14 6.2 Background and Foreground Attributes............................................................................. 14 6.3 Closed-Group Extensions (Informative)............................................................................. 16 6.4 Character Sets (Normative)................................................................................................ 17 6.4.1 Standard .................................................................................................................. 17 6.4.2 Optional Extended Characters................................................................................. 17 7 Text Mode .................................................................................................................................... 24 7.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................ 24 7.2 Text Mode Service Providers and Equipment Manufacturers ............................................ 24 7.3 Field 2 Text Bandwidth Considerations ............................................................................. 25 7.4 Real-Time Scrolling Display............................................................................................... 25 7.5 Other Real-Time Display Methods...................................................................................... 25 7.6 Delayed Display................................................................................................................. 26 7.7 Other Interruptions............................................................................................................. 26 7.8 Automatic Erasure of Text and Background....................................................................... 26 7.9 Data Channel Nomenclature for Text Services.................................................................. 26 7.10 Transmitting URLs in T-2 .................................................................................................. 26 7.11 Character Set................................................................................................................... 27 7.12 Standard Syntax .............................................................................................................