Newsfeed Access

jaguar · 09-08-2002, 02:17 AM

I noticed the other day on the news they were celrly a little shot of footage and had a shot of a comptuer screen with what looked like a Reuters/AP newsfeed program. For some reason this facinated me, any idea waht it is, where you can get it, how many tens of thousands it costs per year etc? The closest i've been able to find to it is http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/ which seems to be basicly a transcription of it but damnit, i want that program.

Nic Name · 09-08-2002, 02:41 AM

You may want to check out this subscription service: http://www.anonymousnewsfeed.com/ or http://www.newsfeeds.com/

Nic Name · 09-08-2002, 02:53 AM

... and this looks interesting, if you want to add a newsfeed to your website: http://enewz.dir.bg/newsfeed/

MaggieL · 09-08-2002, 09:19 AM

I don't think Jag meant "newsfeed" in the Usenet sense, which is what it's always meant here on The Cellar (one of the important draws this place had in the BBS days was it's USENET newsfeed.)

I think he's talking about the commercial news wire services, as used to be delivered via teletype. Hence Reuters, AP.

jaguar · 09-08-2002, 09:30 AM

correct maggie

Undertoad · 09-08-2002, 10:42 AM

There's Tucows' Newshub which you can customize to get specific stuff.

Nic Name · 09-08-2002, 12:32 PM

Well, then Jag, you may want to download the desktop news "ticker" from the homepage of: http://www.reuters.com/

Although, I think the service you saw on CNN was: http://www.pointcast.com/ if you can believe that one's back.

jaguar · 09-09-2002, 05:00 AM

I've settled on the efnet #news ticker, it does the job well enough.

Scred · 09-09-2002, 10:35 PM

the stepmother of all free feeds. if you pay, it's even better.

http://www.newsnow.co.uk

SteveDallas · 09-10-2002, 12:12 AM

Well, I could be smart and mention Naked News

tho actually I don't know if they have a feed as such.

The BBC has a desktop ticker-type thingy too. And Channel 10, the Philadelphia NBC affiliate, has one too--they pop up alerts about traffic or weather emergencies.

09-08-2002, 02:17 AM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Newsfeed Access I noticed the other day on the news they were celrly a little shot of footage and had a shot of a comptuer screen with what looked like a Reuters/AP newsfeed program. For some reason this facinated me, any idea waht it is, where you can get it, how many tens of thousands it costs per year etc? The closest i've been able to find to it is http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/ which seems to be basicly a transcription of it but damnit, i want that program. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-08-2002, 02:41 AM	#2
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	You may want to check out this subscription service: http://www.anonymousnewsfeed.com/ or http://www.newsfeeds.com/ Last edited by Nic Name; 09-08-2002 at 02:43 AM.

09-08-2002, 09:19 AM	#4
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	I don't think Jag meant "newsfeed" in the Usenet sense, which is what it's always meant here on The Cellar (one of the important draws this place had in the BBS days was it's USENET newsfeed.) I think he's talking about the commercial news wire services, as used to be delivered via teletype. Hence Reuters, AP. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

09-08-2002, 09:30 AM	#5
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	correct maggie __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-08-2002, 12:32 PM	#7
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Well, then Jag, you may want to download the desktop news "ticker" from the homepage of: http://www.reuters.com/ Although, I think the service you saw on CNN was: http://www.pointcast.com/ if you can believe that one's back. Last edited by Nic Name; 09-08-2002 at 12:43 PM.

09-08-2002, 02:53 AM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	... and this looks interesting, if you want to add a newsfeed to your website: http://enewz.dir.bg/newsfeed/

09-08-2002, 10:42 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There's Tucows' Newshub which you can customize to get specific stuff.

09-09-2002, 05:00 AM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I've settled on the efnet #news ticker, it does the job well enough. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-09-2002, 10:35 PM	#9
Scred Wharf Rat Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Galaxy Seven, near Phoenixville Posts: 71	the stepmother of all free feeds. if you pay, it's even better. http://www.newsnow.co.uk

09-10-2002, 12:12 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well, I could be smart and mention Naked News tho actually I don't know if they have a feed as such. The BBC has a desktop ticker-type thingy too. And Channel 10, the Philadelphia NBC affiliate, has one too--they pop up alerts about traffic or weather emergencies.

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