In a fast-paced business environment, the gap between "knowing" and "doing" is often defined by how quickly information travels. For many organizations, staying connected to the outside world—market shifts, political developments, and breaking headlines—is just as critical as monitoring internal sales figures.
Yet, most offices suffer from a disconnection. News feeds are isolated on personal phone screens, and vital company data is hidden inside browser tabs that rarely get opened. This creates a "silo effect" where teams miss context that could drive better decisions.
RocketScreens offers a solution that bridges this gap. By surfacing Fox News content on office TVs alongside your critical business KPIs, you create a workspace that is informed, aligned, and responsive. This guide explores how you can integrate live news with performance metrics to turn your office displays into active members of your team.
Fox News represents the pulse of current events, offering live coverage, in-depth analysis, and breaking stories from one of the most-watched news networks in the United States. For businesses, it isn't just about watching television; it is about tapping into a stream of information that influences markets, public sentiment, and policy.
From a digital signage perspective, "Fox News" serves as a high-value content asset. It provides:
Businesses and newsrooms utilize these feeds not for entertainment, but for situational awareness. However, the challenge has always been delivery. Having a cable box playing news in the corner of the room is passive and often ignored. Integrating this feed into a digital dashboard where work happens changes the dynamic entirely.
Most organizations are data-rich but insight-poor. We have access to more information than ever before, yet we struggle to distribute it effectively to the people who need it.
Your sales data lives in Salesforce. Your support tickets are in Zendesk. The news is on a website. To get a clear picture of the day, an employee would need to keep ten tabs open and refresh them constantly. This friction means that, in practice, the data is ignored.
When information isn't physically visible, it falls out of mind. Managers often complain that teams aren't reacting to trends fast enough. The reality is that the team isn't seeing the trend until the end-of-week report. If a major industry shift happens on Fox News, but your team is heads-down in a spreadsheet, the reaction time is delayed.
Without a "shared view" of reality, teams drift. One department might be pushing a campaign while another knows—based on current events—that it’s the wrong time to launch. Lack of shared visibility leads to fragmented decision-making.
As visualization experts note, teams need visible scoreboards. A scoreboard doesn't just show the score; it shows the time remaining and the context of the game.
Why do stock trading floors have massive screens displaying live news tickers and scrolling numbers? Because visibility drives action.
When you place Fox News headlines next to your customer satisfaction score on a central office TV, you create an environment of "Contextual Intelligence."
RocketScreens is not just a digital signage player; it is a Content Management System (CMS) for the physical world. It connects to over 100 applications—including Salesforce, Power BI, Tableau, Google Slides, and major news outlets—to display your powerful information anywhere.
RocketScreens allows you to build "Channels"—think of them as playlists for your TV. You can drag and drop different apps into a channel and schedule them to rotate.
Crucially, RocketScreens does not replace Fox News. It amplifies it. It takes the content from Fox News and frames it within the context of your business objectives.
RocketScreens transforms a standard TV into a specialized Fox News office display that also serves as a business intelligence monitor.
You can create a specific "Morning Briefing" channel. Slide 1 could be the Fox News RSS feed showing top political headlines. Slide 2 could be your company’s daily sales goals. This ensures that getting coffee effectively doubles as a briefing session.
Static images are useless for news and data. RocketScreens utilizes an auto-refresh engine. If a new story breaks on Fox News, the RSS feed updates on your screen automatically. If your sales team closes a deal, the Salesforce chart updates instantly. There is no manual reloading required; the screen is always live.
By mixing Fox News digital signage content with internal KPIs, the office TV becomes the "Source of Truth." It eliminates the debate of "which report is correct?" or "did you hear about X?" because the information is broadcasting to everyone simultaneously.
Let’s look at how you can practically enhance Fox News content in your workplace using RocketScreens.
The Setup: You want your sales team to be aggressive but aware of the macro-economic climate.
The Channel:
The Result: The sales team sees their targets. They also see, via the Fox News integration, that the market is volatile today, prompting them to adjust their pitch scripts regarding stability and ROI.
The Setup: You want to impress visitors and keep executives informed while they walk between meetings.
The Channel:
The Result: A professional atmosphere that signals your company is plugged into the wider world.
Integrating Fox News with business metrics is about more than just decoration. It drives tangible operational improvements.
Implementing this is straightforward with RocketScreens. Here is a quick guide to getting started.
You do not need a complex IT project.
Log in to the RocketScreens dashboard on your computer. Create a new "Channel" (playlist) named "Office News & Data."
In the RocketScreens App Store, search for "News" or "RSS." Select the RSS app. Input the Fox News RSS feed URL (widely available for different sections like Politics, Tech, or U.S. News). Customize the look—choose a layout that fits your corporate branding colors.
Next, select the app for your data source (e.g., Microsoft Power BI). You will be prompted to authenticate securely. Select the specific report or dashboard you want to display.
Set the duration for each slide. We recommend 30 seconds for complex data and 15 seconds for news headlines. Save the channel and assign it to your TV player. Within seconds, your office TV will begin cycling through live news and live data.
Q: Can RocketScreens display any Fox News content?
A: You can integrate Fox News via RSS feeds or the Static Website app. This allows headlines, images, and summaries to appear. Streaming live video requires specific bandwidth and licensing considerations, but ticker/headline data is easily integrated.
Q: How often do the screens update?
A: RocketScreens is designed for real-time performance. RSS feeds update as soon as the source publishes. Data dashboards can be set to refresh every few minutes, ensuring your Fox News office display is never stale.
Q: What if FoxNews.com is blocked on our network?
A: RocketScreens devices typically run on a separate guest network or have their own whitelisting rules. Furthermore, using the RSS app often bypasses standard browser blocks because it pulls text data rather than loading the full heavy website.
Q: Can we filter the news?
A: Yes. When using RSS feeds, you can select specific categories. If you only want "Business" or "Tech" news from Fox and want to exclude "Politics," you simply use the specific RSS URL for those sections.
The modern office needs to be smarter, faster, and more connected. Relying on yesterday's reports or waiting for a meeting to get updates is a strategy for the past. By using RocketScreens to bring Fox News and your vital business data onto the big screen, you create a workspace that is alive with information.
You turn passive displays into active drivers of team performance. You ensure that every employee, from the intern to the CEO, has their eyes on the same goals and the same world events.
Ready to make Fox News part of your daily team routine?
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