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# Background Elements

Control background images and media items that play in the background.

## Overview

Compound background elements are used to display images behind the rest of the template
elements and to play audio in the background of a client-server app page.

## Topics

### Background Elements

[audio](/documentation/TVML/audio)

Plays background audio for a full-page template when the template is the top-most
document in the navigation stack.

[background](/documentation/TVML/background)

Displays an image or plays audio in the background of a channel app page.


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