Lower third obcsures video if captions imported

Hi - Got a problem with a lower third I created. It requires 4 video tracks. I have created this within a sequence which - if I pull onto the main sequence - does what I intend, giving me an animated lower third, whilst leaving the underlying video untouched.
Not wanting to copy and paste this lower thirds sequence from project to project, I have rendered it out to an mpg2. However, when I import and pull this mpg2 on to a timeline, it completely obscured the underlying video (the screen is black, except for the caption). What is going on here and is there a way of saving my lower third in such a way this will not happen?
Thanks for help.

Your MPEG2 has no alpha channel, which is required for transparency.
You can reexport in a format that allows alpha channels, or you can use the Media Browser to 'import' that sequence from one project into the one you're working on.
The better solution might be to recreate that lower third in After Effects, and use Dynamic Link to bring that into each project. This way alone, any changes that might someday need to be made will cascade to every project.

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