diff --git a/src/components/DualSpeedTicker.tsx b/src/components/DualSpeedTicker.tsx
index be31921..15b332d 100644
--- a/src/components/DualSpeedTicker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DualSpeedTicker.tsx
@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ export default function DualSpeedTicker() {
   return (
     <aside className="bbt-root" aria-label="News + forum live ticker">
       <Row
-        label="BEAT"
+        label="THE LATEST"
         labelColor="#00ff9f"
         glowColor="rgba(0,255,159,0.55)"
-        durationSec={50}
+        durationSec={100}
         items={beat}
       />
       <Row
         label="FORUM"
         labelColor="#00d4ff"
         glowColor="rgba(0,212,255,0.55)"
-        durationSec={120}
+        durationSec={144}
         items={forum}
       />