 By August 2017, the seven News 12 Network cable channels began airing Cheddar's news summaries segments.In April 2018, Altice announced that it would form a new division named "Altice USA News" (renamed to "Altice News" after Cheddar acquisition) that would consist of News 12 and I24NEWS.The division was headed by Michael Schreiber now succeeded by Jon Steinberg.