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Introducing Sky Ticker

  • Sky Ticker was a free news feed application provided by Sky that presented rolling news headlines on your computer screen. It is no longer supported by Sky and is not available to download for new users but if you are an existing user of Sky Ticker, supporting information can be accessed below.

    It includes an RSS feed reader and works by displaying a summary of recently published stories, getting automated live updates in real time from multiple websites.

    If there are other news sites you enjoy, you can add feeds from them. If you see an article your friends might enjoy, Sky Ticker lets you share them straight away. There's also a Search facility to help you find your way through the wealth of information from Sky.

    • Using Sky Ticker - Managing Your Feeds

      Sky Ticker is easy to use. Whether you want to read the latest showbiz gossip, check the sports results or catch up with current affairs headlines, you can configure Sky Ticker to show you the news you want. To access the Preferences menu, select Options in the Sky Ticker Tool Bar. Using your mouse, hover your screen pointer over a button to see a pop-up balloon telling you what it does.

    • Export your list of RSS Feeds

      You can export your Sky Ticker RSS feed from one computer, and then import it to another computer. To do this, open the Options pop-up, select Export and Save. Now open Sky Ticker on your second computer. Open the Options pop-up and select Import. Browse to find your file and select it. Your second computer will now follow all the feeds that you had on your first computer.

    • Add feeds to Sky Ticker

      Select Add Feed on the Sky Ticker toolbar, insert the URL of the feed you would like to receive and select OK. If you use Mozilla Firefox on Windows you can set Sky Ticker as your main feed reader. To do this, select the feed icon on a website, then select Choose Application from the drop-down menu. Browse to find Sky Ticker in the list of Program files. Tick Always use Sky Ticker to subscribe to feeds to make Firefox add feeds to Sky Ticker when you select a feed icon.

    • Managing your feeds

      Whether you want to read the latest showbiz gossip, get the sports results or checkout the news headlines, you can configure Sky Ticker to show you the news you want. To access the Preferences menu, select Options in the Sky Ticker Tool Bar. Using your mouse, hover your screen pointer over a button to see a pop-up balloon telling you what it does.

    • Remove feeds from Sky Ticker

      To delete a feed from Sky Ticker, select Options from the Sky Ticker toolbar, highlight the feed you wish to delete and select Remove.

    • Export your list of RSS Feeds

      You can export your Sky Ticker RSS feed from one computer, and then import it to another computer. To do this, open the Options pop-up, select Export and Save. Now open Sky Ticker on your second computer. Open the Options pop-up and select Import. Browse to find your file and select it. Your second computer will now follow all the feeds that you had on your first computer.

    • Add feeds to Sky Ticker

      Select Add Feed on the Sky Ticker toolbar, insert the URL of the feed you would like to receive and select OK. If you use Mozilla Firefox on Windows you can set Sky Ticker as your main feed reader. To do this, select the feed icon on a website, then select Choose Application from the drop-down menu. Browse to find Sky Ticker in the list of Program files. Tick Always use Sky Ticker to subscribe to feeds to make Firefox add feeds to Sky Ticker when you select a feed icon.

       

    • Choose how Sky Ticker appears on your computer screen

      Drag and drop Sky Ticker with your mouse to place it against any side of your computer screen or select Options and choose Preferences from the menu that appears to see your options for customising Sky Ticker's appearance.

    • Change the scroll speed of Sky Ticker

      To customise the speed of Sky Ticker adjust the Ticker Speed slider control in Preferences. You can also pause the ticker by hovering your mouse over a story. Unread stories are displayed again, unless they're older than your chosen age limit.

    • Use Sky Ticker offline

      If you use Sky Ticker offline, you will see any stories that were available when you were last connected to the internet, but without pictures.

    • What is RSS?

      Many websites offer rolling or frequently updated content, such as news headlines and blog entries, as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. RSS lets you keep up to date with the latest news and stories from your favourite sites without having to manually check lots of websites. Tools such as Sky Ticker retrieve the latest headlines and summaries from feeds you've subscribed to.

    • Display your Facebook feed in Sky Ticker

      You can now keep track of your social life by having your Facebook notifications included in the stories scrolling across your computer screen.

      To add Facebook notifications to Sky Ticker follow these steps:

      1. In your Facebook account, select Inbox in the top navigation bar.
      2. Select the Notifications tab and choose the Subscribe to Notification option.
      3. Right-click Your Notifications next to the blue icon and select Copy Shortcut.
      4. Select Add Feed in Sky Ticker’s Tool Bar.
      5. Right-click Add Feed, select Paste and OK your choice to paste the URL of the feed into the Add Feed box.
      6. Your Facebook notifications will now appear in the ticker, along with your other news and feeds.

    • Sky Ticker Licence

      Sky Ticker is a free desktop application from Sky that runs across the bottom of your computer screen to show highlights from Sky News, Sky Sports and Sky Showbiz and keep you updated with Sky News blogs and other current affairs.

      IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS BEFORE DOWNLOADING SKY TICKER

       

      This licence agreement (Licence) is a legal agreement between you (you) and British Sky Broadcasting Limited of Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD (Sky or we) for this Sky Ticker software product (Sky Ticker), which includes computer software, the data supplied with it, the associated media, printed materials and online documentation. (Documentation).

      BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS PROCEEDING TO DOWNLOAD ANY SOFTWARE FROM THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE WHICH WILL BIND YOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE, YOU MUST DISCONTINUE THE DOWNLOADING PROCESS NOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU MAY NOT DOWNLOAD ANY SOFTWARE FROM THIS WEBSITE.

      1 GRANT AND SCOPE OF LICENCE

      1.1 In consideration of your agreeing to abide by the terms of this Licence, Sky hereby grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Sky Ticker and any Documentation (as defined above) on the terms of this Licence.
      1.2 You may:
      1.2.1 download, install and use Sky Ticker for your private purposes only either (as agreed between the parties) on one computer.
      1.2.2 make up to copies of Sky Ticker for back-up purposes only, provided that this is necessary for the activities permitted under condition 1.2.1;
      1.2.3 use any Documentation in support of the use permitted under condition 1.1.
      1.3 We may suspend the Sky Ticker service for technical reasons or where necessary for operational reasons.
      1.4 We may update Sky Ticker from time to time. If you choose not to accept software updates, you may not be able to continue using Sky Ticker and fully enjoy its features.
      1.5 Sky Ticker contains third party programs. Any license terms supplied with those programs will apply to your use of them and details of those are set out at the end of these terms.

      2 YOUR UNDERTAKINGS

      2.1 Except as expressly set out in this Licence or as permitted by any local law, you undertake:
      2.1.1 not to copy Sky Ticker or any Sky Ticker Documentation except where incidental to normal use of Sky Ticker, or where it is necessary for the purpose of back-up or operational security;
      2.1.2 not to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, translate, merge, adapt, vary or modify Sky Ticker or any Sky Ticker Documentation;
      2.1.3 save as permitted under licence from the owner of any component of Sky Ticker, not to make alterations to, or modifications of, the whole or any part of Sky Ticker, nor permit Sky Ticker or any part of it to be combined with, or become incorporated in, any other programs;
      2.1.4 not to disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or create derivative works based on, the whole or any part of Sky Ticker nor attempt to do any such thing except to the extent that (by virtue of section 296A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) such actions cannot be prohibited because they are essential for the purpose of achieving inter-operability of Sky Ticker with another software program, and provided that the information obtained by you during such activities:
      a) is used only for the purpose of achieving inter-operability of Sky Ticker with another software program; and
      b) is not unnecessarily disclosed or communicated without Sky's prior written consent to any third party; and
      c) is not used to create any software which is substantially similar to Sky Ticker;
      2.1.5 not to provide or otherwise make Sky Ticker available in whole or in part (including but not limited to program listings, object and source program listings, object code and source code), in any form to any person without prior written consent from Sky.

      3 THIRD PARTIES AND ADVERTISING

      We may display, or allow other third parties to display, advertising and other information in Sky Ticker content or any element of the Sky Ticker service. Unless we expressly state otherwise, your correspondence or dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through Sky Ticker are solely between you and those advertisers.

      4 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

      4.1 You acknowledge that, except as expressly set out in this Licence, all intellectual property rights in Sky Ticker and any Sky Ticker Documentation anywhere in the world belong to Sky, that rights in Sky Ticker are licensed (not sold or given) to you, and that you have no rights in, or to, Sky Ticker or any Sky Ticker Documentation other than the right to use them in accordance with the terms of this Licence.
      4.2 You acknowledge that you have no right to have access to Sky Ticker in source code form or in unlocked coding or with comments.

      5 WARRANTY

      5.1 You acknowledge that Sky Ticker has not been developed to meet your individual requirements, and that it is therefore your responsibility to ensure that the facilities and functions of Sky Ticker (including as described in any Sky Ticker Documentation) meet your requirements.
      5.2 You acknowledge that Sky Ticker may not be free of bugs or errors, and agree that the existence of minor errors shall not constitute a breach of this Licence.

      6 OUR LIABILITY

      6.1 Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or for any matter that we cannot exclude or limit as a matter of law.
      6.2 Other than as described at 6.1, we shall not be liable for any financial loss, loss of information, damage to (or corruption of) data or any indirect loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or:
      6.2.1 interruption or delay in the performance of Sky Ticker caused by matters outside our reasonable control (including but not limited to any effect on performance caused by the effects of varying internet traffic);
      6.2.2 errors, bugs or viruses present in or arising from your use of Sky Ticker that are not directly caused by or attributable to us;
      6.2.3 failure to follow our reasonable instructions or regulations for using Sky Ticker;
      6.2.4 us, our employees and/or agents:
      a) where there is no breach of a legal duty of care owed to you by us or any of our employees or agents;
      b) where the loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any breach of a legal duty of care owed to you by us, any of our employees or agents; or
      c) to the extent that the loss or damage is increased by a breach by you of these terms.
      6.2.5 incompatibility with any software, hardware or material on your computer;
      6.2.6 any content supplied by third parties or any product or service advertised, promoted, offered or sold on Sky Ticker or by third parties for use in connection with Sky Ticker; or
      6.2.7 any other matter outside our reasonable control.
      6.3 The information shown on Sky Ticker is provided as a feed from websites and you can control which websites you receive feeds from. We do not accept any liability and make no representations or warranties in relation to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in those feeds.

      7 TERMINATION

      7.1 Sky may terminate this Licence immediately by written notice to you if:
      7.1.1 You commit a material or persistent breach of this Licence which you fail to remedy (if remediable) within 14 days after the service of written notice requiring you to do so; or
      7.2 Upon termination for any reason:
      7.2.1 all rights granted to you under this Licence shall cease;
      7.2.2 you must cease all activities authorised by this Licence; and
      7.2.3 you must immediately delete or remove Sky Ticker from all computer equipment in your possession, and immediately destroy all copies of Sky Ticker then in your possession, custody or control and, in the case of destruction, certify to Sky that you have done so.

      8 TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

      8.1 This Licence is binding on you and us, and on our respective successors and assigns.
      8.2 You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of this Licence, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
      8.3 We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of this Licence, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Licence.

      9 WAIVER

      9.1 If we fail, at any time during the term of this Licence, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under this Licence, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under this Licence, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.
      9.2 A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
      9.3 No waiver by us of any of these terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing.

      10 SEVERABILITY

      If any of the terms of this Licence are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

      11 ENTIRE AGREEMENT

      11.1 This Licence and any document expressly referred to in it represents the entire agreement between us in relation to the licensing of Sky Ticker and any Sky Ticker Documentation and supersedes any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.
      11.2 We each acknowledge that, in entering into this Licence, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us prior to entering into this Licence except as expressly stated in this Licence.

      12 LAW AND JURISDICTION

      This Licence is governed by English law. Any dispute arising from, or related to, any term of this Licence shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

      Sky Ticker incorporates Snackr v0.38 software © 2008 Narciso Jaramillo. Snackr was written by Narciso Jaramillo with additional contributions from Rob Adams, Justin Patrin and Matthew M. Boedicker and all rights are reserved.

      Snackr software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "As Is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. All other aspects of Sky Ticker are © British Sky Broadcasting Limited 2008.


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