A Live news feed is a real-time stream of updates, interactions and likes posted by your friends on social media sites. The news feed ranks posts based on what it thinks you are interested in and will display them to you in order of relevance. It is a powerful tool that allows people to stay connected with each other and provides a sense of immediacy that was never before possible.
Using a Live news feed on your website can be a great way to keep your visitors informed about current events in your industry and increase the amount of time they spend on your site. However, updating the content can be a time consuming process and you must make sure that you have the latest breaking news that is relevant to your audience.
The Live News app in ScreenCloud is pre-configured with a number of popular news channels so you can easily share a live video feed from your favorite channel on any digital signage screen around your office or workplace. Keeping your audience up to date with all the latest headlines will allow them to have a more informed understanding of your company and can encourage them to come back and interact with you again in the future.
Within the Live News app you can set the frequency of how often you would like the ticker to check for new entries. The higher the frequency the more resources it will use on your site so you should aim for lower values. You can also link the news feed to a specific watchlist by selecting a color in the symbol selector. This will ensure that you get the latest news on the symbols you are interested in, which is a helpful feature.