Here is a great extension that I had overlooked until now.

News Ticker - http://www.contao.org/extension-list/vi ... 09.en.html

It can scroll (left, right, up or down) or even fade (lots of transition effects), and has the option for pause/continue controls.

As with all Andreas's extensions it's fully featured and importantly, easy to implement.

Working example - http://cms-1.doublespark.eu/news-archiv ... r-mis.html

Thanks Andreas, Happy New Year.

Donation made!