Cheddar Launches In Europe With French OTT Service Molotov

Cheddar is now available to Molotov’s 3 million+ monthly viewers

November 20, 2017, NEW YORK — Cheddar, the leading post cable network, today announced its first-ever European partnership with leading France-based OTT service Molotov. Cheddar will be available to all Molotov viewers.

“I’ve been reading about Molotov for a year and been blown away by the product and user numbers. It’s a vision of the future, and the logical partner for us to launch with in Europe,” said Jon Steinberg, CEO of Cheddar. “JeanDavid Blanc is a visionary entrepreneur and values professional news content. Cheddar will be a brand that scales globally, starting today.”

Launched less than 18 months ago in France, Molotov already counts millions of viewers. As Molotov expands throughout Europe, Cheddar will be part of its lineup.

“Cheddar is taking a unique approach to a traditional business news network, focusing on content younger generations care most about like consumer technology. Molotov is similarly focused on disrupting the legacy TV model by reinventing the way we discover and consume television. In addition to traditional news services, viewers will now tune in to Cheddar on Molotov to learn about the latest market and news developments,” said JeanDavid Blanc, CEO of Molotov.

Molotov combines live TV with catch-up services, a cloud DVR and an advanced search functionalities and discovery. Viewers can access over 90 TV channels within the Molotov app and can start watching on one device and finish on another. It is available on Apple TV, Android TV, LG and Samsung Smart TVs, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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, Philo, 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, Raine Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Amazon, AT&T, Ribbit Capital, Altice USA, and The New York Stock Exchange.

About Molotov

Launched in France, in summer 2016, the new TV distribution service, Molotov, was born of the will of its founders to modernize access to television. Imagined by JeanDavid Blanc, creator of AlloCiné, and cofounded with Pierre Lescure, founder of Canal+ and Jean-Marc Denoual (ex-TF1), Molotov seeks to reinvent the television experience, offering a new means of accessing programs and channels.

The Molotov experience is universal regardless of the device. The user can access his channels, preferences and bookmarks (recorded content), from anywhere, at any time.

Molotov is available on smartphone, tablet, Apple TV, Shield TV, Samsung and LG Smart TVs and on your computer (download for Mac, Windows and Linux on molotov.tv).

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