News Tickers On Personal Computers
Various applications have been developed over time to install news tickers on personal computer screens using RSS feeds of news channels. The applications display news tickers in a similar fashion as TV channels but enable the user to access to underlying news stories, a feature the traditional TV channel does not offer. Example news ticker providers are MyTikka, ReTickr, Snackr.
In the UK, broadcaster have stopped using this technology as other forms of communications have become available and increased in popularity. The BBC News discontinued its ticker in March 2011 after deciding to focus on other products, such as Smartphone, in which to send updates of breaking news and sport stories. Sky News has also discontinued using a PC ticker.
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