Cheddar Launches Live Network on the Roku Platform

Leading Post Cable Network now available on the most popular streaming platform

Michael Leibel
2 min readAug 31, 2017

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August 31, 2017, NEW YORK — Leading Post Cable Network Cheddar today announced the availability of its updated live digital news network channel on RokuⓇ devices. Roku users can now stream Cheddar live, watch top interviews and segments on VOD, or catch up on the day’s news.

“Roku is the top streaming platform in the US, when looking at hours streamed,” said Cheddar CEO Jon Steinberg. “We are bringing our live broadcast to Roku devices, and I think young technology and business news fans will quickly see the value of Cheddar on the Roku platform.”

Full access to Cheddar is available for $2.99/month in the Roku channel store. Select clips are made available free.

“Roku is committed to delivering the best content to our customers,” said Bernarda Duarte, Director of Content Acquisition at Roku. “Adding Cheddar brings a fantastic new dimension to our news offering.”

Cheddar broadcasts daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, its Flatiron Building street level studio, its Los Angeles studio, and the White House.

About Cheddar

Cheddar is a live Post-Cable Network focused on covering the most innovative products, technologies, and services transforming our lives. The network covers this news through the lens of the companies and executives driving these changes. Cheddar broadcasts from Post 10 on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the glass corner of the Flatiron Building inside the Sprint store. It is available on Sling TV, Amazon, Twitter, Pluto TV, 60% of smart TVs in the U.S., Vimeo and Facebook. The company was founded by Jon Steinberg, President and Chief Operating Officer of BuzzFeed from 2010 to 2014. Its investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Amazon, AT&T, Ribbit Capital, The New York Stock Exchange, Raine Ventures, Altice USA, and Homebrew.

Roku and Streaming Stick are registered trademarks and Roku TV is a trademark of Roku, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.

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Michael Leibel

Social Media Manager at Cheddar. Previous: Facebook, Reuters, VentureBeat. Loves: Editing, Following a Breaking News Cycle, Football, Food (Any).