news ticker

Broadcast text strip

A news ticker is a scrolling display of headlines or brief updates, typically running horizontally across the bottom of a television screen or website.

The format originated with stock tickers that printed prices on paper tape.

Modern news tickers deliver breaking news, sports scores, or financial data in a continuous stream: I saw it on the ticker before the anchor mentioned it.

display

marquee

Theater entrance canopy

crawl · ribbon · banner · panel · monitor · LCD · OLED · electronic · digital · signage

scrolling

crawl

Move slowly, low

horizontal · loop · real-time · live · motion · scrolling text · teleprompter · rotation · cycling · rolling

content

headline

News article title

flash · update · newsflash · announcement · story · report · scoop · exclusive · advisory · dispatch

media

CNN

American cable news network

  • FoxProminent media surname
  • MSNBCProgressive cable news outlet
  • BloombergFinancial information conglomerate

BBC · Reuters · AP · Al Jazeera · anchor · correspondent · broadcast · channel · network · live coverage

Categories
Opposites
information delivery format

news tickerradio news

Audio journalism broadcast

podcast · news anchor · oral report · talking heads · voice-over

information depth and permanence

news tickerinvestigative report

Journalism revealing concealed information

in-depth analysis · feature article · documentary · news analysis · comprehensive coverage

temporal presentation

news tickerweekly digest

Regular brief of happenings

annual review

Family

news, newspaper, ticker, newsletter, newsworthy, newscaster, newscast, newsroom, newsprint

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G