Built for Apple TV

Read the web
from your couch.

Follow your favourite sites on Apple TV. Read articles full-screen, watch headlines on the screensaver, and use the iPhone companion to manage feeds and settings.

See the screensaver Get for Apple TV

Find Marquee Reader on the App Store for Apple TV

Marquee Reader dashboard on Apple TV showing unread counts and quick actions

An ambient screensaver

When you step away, Marquee shows rotating headlines, a clock, and a photo of your choosing.

Speed reading, built in

Read an article one word at a time with a highlighted letter to help you focus. Set the pace with your remote.

Private by design

Your feeds stay on your devices and sync through your own iCloud account. No Marquee account, tracking or ads.

What's RSS?

The web, without the noise.

RSS lets websites share new posts in a feed. Subscribe to news sites, blogs, podcasts or YouTube channels and read their updates in one place. You choose what to follow. Marquee shows posts newest first.

  1. Find a feed

    In Safari, tap Share ▸ Marquee Reader to find and subscribe to a site’s feed. You can also paste a website address or import a list of feeds from an OPML file.

  2. Subscribe

    Add it to your library and group feeds into folders. Everything stays on your Apple TV and your own iCloud.

  3. Read it your way

    Read new posts full-screen, show them one word at a time, or follow the headlines on the screensaver.

Marquee Reader screensaver on Apple TV showing three headlines from Smithsonian Magazine, McSweeney's and Colossal above the time of day
Single-headline mode showing one large story with its photograph and an excerpt

Screensaver

Your TV stays alive,
even when you're away.

When Marquee is idle, it shows headlines from your feeds alongside a clock. Choose three headlines at once or one story with a photo and excerpt. Adjust how often they change, and use the companion app to add your own background photo.

Headlines move slightly and fade between positions once a minute to reduce the time bright text stays in one place. This movement turns off when Reduce Motion is enabled. You can turn it back on in settings.

  • Show headlines from all your feeds or only starred articles
  • Swipe left and right to page through what's waiting
  • Hold the centre button to open a story and read it right there
  • Set a custom photo background from the companion app
  • Headlines move and fade to avoid staying in one position
  • Click the remote and you're right back where you left off

A reader you'll want to look at

Text that suits your screen.

Headings, quotes, code, lists and images are laid out for your TV. Choose a font, theme and text size that suit you.

  • Four typefaces: System, Serif, Avenir and Casual
  • Four themes: Dark, Black, Sepia and Light
  • Five text sizes, from Small to Huge
  • Inline images, plus audio and video playback
An article open in Marquee Reader with an inline image and body text
Settings showing font, text size and theme options
Speed-reading mode showing a single word with its key letter highlighted in red
Speed-reading mode with words-per-minute and a progress bar

Speed Reading

One word at a time.
At your own pace.

Speed-reading mode shows an article one word at a time in the centre of the screen. A highlighted letter in each word stays in the same position to help you focus.

  • Dial the pace from a calm 100 up to 900 words per minute
  • Swipe up or down on the remote to change speed live
  • Skip or rewind by sentence; pause to see the words around you
  • Pauses at commas and full stops

Always up to date

Everything new, at a glance.

The dashboard shows unread articles, today’s posts and feed status. Marquee checks for updates in the background and waits longer between attempts when a site is not responding.

  • Unread, Today, This Week and per-feed counts
  • Checks for updates at each feed’s chosen interval
  • Mark all read, star, and jump between articles instantly
  • Open any story full-screen, or speed-read it in a tap
The unread list showing recent articles from across all feeds
The Feeds tab showing subscriptions grouped into folders, each with its own unread count
The Marquee Reader iPhone app showing the reading inbox of articles sent from Apple TV
The Marquee Reader iPhone app controlling the Apple TV's reading and screensaver settings
The Marquee Reader iPhone app managing feeds and folders, synced to Apple TV

Marquee for iPhone

Your whole setup,
controlled from your pocket.

Use the free companion app to manage feeds and folders, change fonts and themes, and adjust the screensaver. You also use it to choose a custom background photo. Changes sync to your TV through iCloud. Send articles from the TV to your phone to read later.

To add a feed, open a page in Safari, tap Share and choose Marquee Reader. The app looks for the site’s feed and syncs your subscription to Apple TV. This also works on iPad and Mac.

  • Subscribe straight from Safari's share sheet, on iPhone, iPad and Mac
  • Change TV settings from your phone, including themes and text size
  • Choose a screensaver background photo in the companion app
  • Add, remove and organize feeds and folders, synced both ways
  • "Send to iPhone" pushes any story to a tidy reading inbox
  • Sync through your own iCloud account without a Marquee sign-up
Get the free companion

Everything in the box

Ambient screensaver

Rotating live headlines, a clock and your own photo background keep the room alive.

Speed reading

Read one word at a time at 100 to 900 words per minute. Skip forward or back by sentence.

iPhone companion

Control every TV setting, set a photo background, and send stories to your phone.

Made for TV

Read headings, quotes, code, lists and images in a layout made for TV.

Made for the remote

Use your Siri Remote to swipe, select and share.

Share from Safari

Share a page from Safari to find its feed and sync the subscription to your TV.

Feed auto-discovery

Paste a site's address and Marquee finds the feed for you.

OPML import

Bring your whole subscription list over from any other reader in one go.

Folders & search

Group feeds into folders and find anything with keyword search.

Themes & type

Four typefaces, four themes and five text sizes to match any room.

Efficient updates

Checks for new posts without repeatedly downloading unchanged feeds.

Media playback

Inline images plus podcast audio and video, right inside the reader.

iCloud sync

Sync your devices through your private iCloud account.

No accounts. No tracking. No ads.

Marquee Reader stores your feeds and articles on your devices and uses your private iCloud account to sync them. We do not run servers that collect your reading activity.

Get Marquee Reader

Your feeds. Your Apple TV.

Get Marquee Reader for Apple TV and the free companion for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Download on the App Store Get the free companion