News ticker is a horizontal or vertical text-based display either in the form of a graphic that typically resides in the lower third of the screen space on a television station or network or as a long, thin scoreboard-style display seen around the facades of some offices or public buildings dedicated to presenting headlines or minor pieces of news.
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Presentation of headlines or other information in a news ticker has become a common element of many different news networks.
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The News ticker can be set to reappear, stay on screen, or be put into a retractable mode .
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Red-LED News ticker was added to the perimeter of 10 Rockefeller Center in 1994, as the building was being renovated to accommodate the studios for NBC's Today.
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Some more tabloid-formatted news channels like Republic TV often feature a continuous, simplistic and alarmist presentation where the ticker is large and often accompanied by other tickers, along with a rolling watermark for claimed news "exclusives".
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The channel sometimes incorporates a secondary news ticker placed above the standard ticker during certain special coverage.
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In Singapore, CNA utilizes a news ticker normally consisting of a single banner graphic for general news headlines; a secondary yellow ticker replaces the main ticker during breaking news coverage.
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Sky News' ticker is typically black text on a white background, with breaking news coverage being black text on a yellow background.
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In July 2019, BBC News ticker converted to a black text on white background flipper format.
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The Today News ticker was an actual piece of paper with typewritten headlines superimposed on the lower third of the screen.
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The crude News ticker was prone to breakdown and not clearly visible on the smaller screens of the time, and was dropped not long afterward.
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Severe weather watch and warning information was commonly disseminated by local station via a News ticker, later accompanied by a map of an entire state or the station's viewing area .
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CNBC and forerunner network Financial News Network debuted a ticker featuring stock prices during business hours.
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The News ticker's design was revised in 1994, with a translucent black background overlaid on the lower third of the video feed – which was now presented full-screen.
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Over time, Headline News began providing more information through tickers, including news headlines and weather information, expanding in 2001 to include a large L-shaped "window" format that was heavily criticized; now known as HLN, the channel eventually limited use of a ticker to news headlines, and eventually discontinued it altogether by 2011 .
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The scrolling News ticker displayed headlines in yellow lettering on a black band, with a general "FOX" logo as a bullet to separate each story.
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In September 2017, as part of a major graphics redesign, the Fox News ticker was shortened on both ends of the 16:9 display, with the "Fox News" text logo returning to the ticker.
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The News ticker became a staple on the network for the next seven years.
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In 2012, after a trial run during its American Morning program, the ticker was modified to feature stories grouped into individual categories in a similar manner to ESPN's BottomLine .
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MSNBC News ticker could be seen during the network's morning and daytime broadcasts, but was removed during live primetime broadcasts of the network's political talk shows, broadcasts of MSNBC Documentaries, and during daytime shows that instead utilized a "rundown banner" for each segment.
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The News ticker has returned to the scrolling format and continues to appear on screen through primetime.
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The business news network uses a two-paned ticker placed at the lower-third of the screen, which run at slightly different speeds: the white top banner monitors market and commodity summaries, while the dark-blue bottom banner monitors stock quotes for individual companies and provides news headlines, weather forecasts and sports scores from the previous day.
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The Onion News Network uses a parody ticker to offer jokes in its online newscasts.
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