Watchup Gathers Video News For Apple TV

Watchup, the on-demand streaming news service that allows users to custom curate their own newscasts, launches today on the new Apple TV.

The new Watchup app supports the fourth-generation Apple TV and is immediately available on the App Store for Apple TV.

Watchup is a streaming news service that offers local, national and international video content from a wide range of 160 trusted news sources in one single app.

With the release of the new Watchup app for Apple TV, users will be able to experience all the convenience and personalization of Watchup from their own TVs. Watchup for Apple TV features on-demand streaming of a user’s personalized newscast in addition to continuous streaming by topic, location or outlet.

“Personalization is the future of TV news, and Watchup for Apple TV fulfills that promise with custom made newscasts, a seamless user experience and an unparalleled breadth of content,” said Watchup founder and CEO Adriano Farano.

In recent months, Watchup has expanded onto new platforms and secured content partnerships with a growing list of news sources, allowing users to watch the news they want, when they want it, on whatever device they choose.

Watchup features hundreds of editorial content partners, including prominent national and international news organizations such as Bloomberg, PBS, CNN, CBS Interactive, Financial Times, Fox News, Fusion, Sky News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and more. Watchup also features the local news from more than 100 TV stations representing more than 80% of all U.S. markets.

In addition to partnerships with large national and international broadcasters, Watchup features the video content of digital-only sites catering to millennials, including The Verge, Vox, CNET, Gamespot, AJ+, Eater, and others.

In September, Watchup reached the 100 local market milestone for local news after adding McClatchy Newspapers’ digital video content. Watchup also maintains partnerships with the local TV affiliates of Meredith, Scripps, Tribune Media, Cox Media Group, Bonten Media Group, Hearst Television, Schurz Communications, Hubbard Broadcasting, Lilly Broadcasting and Calkins Media.

In addition to Apple TV, Watchup is available on iPhone, iPad and other platforms.

Named a Webby Awards finalist, Watchup aims to do for news what Pandora did for music. Its intuitive interface and adaptable technology let users build individualized newscasts by selecting topics of interest. Users can fine-tune their experience by liking or disliking reports, which Watchup will learn from in real time.

Viewers can stream their news continuously or set up a daily, customized newscast that is delivered to their device at whatever time of day they desire.

By turning viewers into editors of their own personalized, multi-channel newscasts, Watchup is the ideal service for cord-cutting consumers who demand video news when and where and how they want it.