A ticker across everything the screen is playing
A band of messages or RSS headlines sits at the top or bottom of the screen, over everything else, on the screens you pick.
About this app
A moving band of text that scrolls along the top or bottom of the screen, staying visible over whatever else is playing. Choose the screens to show it on, then feed it your own messages row by row or a live RSS feed of headlines, and set the speed, direction, position and colors. It is a handy way to layer notices, opening hours and news over your regular content.
Why teams choose this app
- The message is always visible, never waiting its turn
- You choose exactly which screens carry the band
- Messages are typed in, or arrive on their own from an RSS feed
What it does
Sits over the content
The band is a layer above the schedule rather than an item in it, so it stays while the content underneath changes.
Typed or from RSS
Messages come from a list you enter, or as headlines pulled from a feed. The band looks the same either way.
Speed, direction and place
Set how fast it moves, which way it runs and whether it sits at the top or the bottom, plus its background and text colour.
Where it fits
Opening hours and notices
A change of hours stays up all day over the regular window content.
News in a waiting room
Headlines from a feed run under the main content, with no separate slot in the schedule.
A message for one site
A notice that concerns a single branch, put on exactly that branch’s screens.
How to set it up
Pick the screens
The band appears only on the screens you select here, not everywhere.
Enter messages or an RSS address
Type a list of messages, or paste the address of a feed whose headlines fill the band.
Set the look and publish
Speed, direction, top or bottom, and colours that sit well over the content beneath.
Requirements and limitations
- Account
- No account is needed. RSS requires a publicly reachable feed address.
- Data source
- The messages you enter, or headlines pulled from an RSS address.
- Network
- A connection is needed only when the messages come from a feed.
- Refresh
- RSS headlines are checked every five minutes.
- Offline behavior
- The last messages stay in the band without a network.
- Limitations
- The band is meant for short messages, a long one crawls past too slowly for anyone to follow. For a message that must stop everything, use the full-screen emergency alert.
Frequently asked questions
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