What 🆬 means
It labels video-on-demand programming.
The service idea came first: Bellcore demonstrated video on demand in 1991.
ARIB STD-B62, a digital-TV broadcasting standard, introduced the boxed VOD label in 2014 for electronic programme guides. The compact mark lets TV and mobile guides identify programmes available on demand.
Technical programme-guide metadata for on-demand content.
Read the box as a content category, not a button that starts playback.
Don't confuse it with
4Combination ideas
1Suggested label for TV programmes available on demand.
Questions people ask
1Is 🆬 an emoji?
No. It is a text character drawn by the device's font, not artwork supplied as an emoji by a platform.
How to type 🆬
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1F1AC, then Alt+X to get 🆬.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “squared vod”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f1ac, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🆬CSS
\1F1ACCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🆬
HTML hex
🆬
CSS content
content: "\1F1AC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%86%AC
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.