Overview
What is BBC News client?
The BBC maintain 68 RSS feeds: copies of their news web pages which are designed to be machine-readable instead of human-readable.
In depth
A closer look at BBC News client
This application allows you to select any number of those feeds, downloads them, and presents their contents in an easy-to-read form.
Every 60 seconds, one of the categories you have selected for viewing is updated. The categories are updated in turn so if having frequent updates of one category is important to you, make sure almost all other categories are hidden.
The stories you see are the stories that appear on the BBC's own news website
Verdict
Should you download BBC News client?
BBC News client runs on
Mac OS 10.1
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 123 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
BBC News client specifications
- Publisher
-
Thread Software
- Last updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.1
- File size
- 123 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 470
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