How to add a scrolling sports ticker to OBS
Updated June 11, 2026 · 9 min read · Works with OBS, Streamlabs, Meld & evmux
Nothing says "real sports broadcast" like a scrolling bottom-line ticker — live scores, odds and headlines cycling under your show while you talk. This guide adds one to OBS in about five minutes, pulling live data from 20+ leagues: MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, NCAA football and basketball, the Premier League and other top soccer leagues, the World Cup, UFC, F1, PGA and more.
The video above walks the whole thing end to end; the steps below hit every setting with screenshots of the actual config page.
What you'll need
- OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Meld, evmux or XSplit
- A StreamSlayers plan with Broadcast Ticker — 4-day free trial
Launch the Ticker from your dashboard
Sign in at streamslayers.com and click LAUNCH on Broadcast Ticker.
Copy your overlay URL
Click COPY at the top of the ticker settings page. Note the recommended browser-source size next to it: 1920 × 80 — a thin, full-width strip.
Add it to OBS pinned to the bottom
- Sources → + → Browser, name it "Ticker".
- Paste the URL.
- Set Width 1920, Height 80, click OK.
- Drag it to the very bottom (or top) edge of your canvas.
Choose which leagues' scores cycle
Open the Leagues & News tab and expand Score Leagues. Check every league whose live scores the ticker should rotate through — each league row covers that day's full slate of games, updating live.
Just below, you can switch on betting odds (moneyline, spread, over/under for pre-game matchups) and news headlines, with a per-league source list and a keyword filter to include or hide specific stories.
Pick a broadcast style
The Appearance tab has seven complete ticker styles — Broadcast, Modern Glass, Network, Industrial, Retro, Minimal and HUD. Each style remembers its own customizations, so you can switch looks per show without redoing colors. Below that: team-color themes, fonts, headline font size and background opacity.
Timing, branding and sponsors
Three more tabs finish the setup: Timing controls scroll speed and how long each segment holds; Channel Info lets you add your own branded segments (your badge text and colors scroll right alongside the scores); and Sponsors rotates sponsor images through the ticker — an easy "presented by" slot to sell on your show. The Content Cycle tab decides the rotation: scores → news → channel info → sponsors, in whatever mix you want.
Troubleshooting
Ticker is blank in OBS. Re-copy the overlay URL — a stale URL in the browser source is the usual culprit. Then confirm at least one score league or news league is enabled.
It looks squished. Check the browser source is exactly 1920×80 and that you haven't scaled it vertically in the canvas — stretch only the width if your canvas isn't 1920px.
Too many / too few headlines. Tune "Articles per League" and the keyword filter in Leagues & News — Exclude mode hides matching stories, Include-only mode shows nothing but them.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What can the ticker show besides scores?
Live news headlines per league (with a keyword filter), pre-game betting odds (moneyline, spread and over/under), your own channel info segments, and rotating sponsor slots — all cycling automatically.
Which leagues can I put in the ticker?
20+ leagues: MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, WNBA, MLS, NCAA football, basketball and baseball, lacrosse (PLL/NLL), Premier League and other top soccer leagues, the World Cup, UFC, F1, PGA and more.
What size browser source should the ticker be?
1920×80 — a thin full-width strip. Pin it to the bottom (or top) of your scene and it scrolls like a real broadcast ticker.
Can I change how the ticker looks?
Yes — seven broadcast styles (Broadcast, Modern Glass, Network, Industrial, Retro, Minimal, HUD), each of which remembers its own customizations, plus team-color themes, fonts, font sizes and background opacity.
Can I put my own sponsors in the ticker?
Yes. The Sponsors tab lets you add sponsor images that rotate through the ticker on your schedule — a clean way to sell a 'presented by' slot on your show.
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