VEIL is compatible with multiple formats of video signals, including PAL, SECAM, and NTSC.
In practice, 20 chips per line are preferred, increasing redundancy and allowing for better error detection.
Stripping the VEIL signal from the video is supposed to be more difficult than tampering with the VBI, therefore VEIL-I is proposed as a DRM tool.
The campaign incorporated the use of VEIL decoders inside little figures of the famous cricket players Boon and Shane Warne.
As of December 2005, VEIL was proposed as a DRM tool to counter the analog hole, as a technological measure legally enforced by the US Digital Content Security Act.