BBC Alerts

BBC Alerts was a free-to-use desktop software package issued by the BBC (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.[1]

On 30 March 2011, BBC announced they would close the service within weeks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3533099.stm
  2. ↑ "Closing the BBC News Desktop Alert and Ticker". BBC Website. 30 March, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-12855057
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