BBC Alerts was a free-to-use desktop software package issued by the
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
(but developed by
Skinkers Ltd.) that allows users to see news as it happens on a scrolling desktop
news ticker or as a pop-up alert every hour. Users can customise what news topics they are interested in.
On 30 March 2011, BBC announced they would close the service within weeks, and the service was shut down.
["Closing the BBC News Desktop Alert and Ticker". BBC Website. 30 March 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-12855057]
References
BBC New Media
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