Haystack News (formerly Haystack TV) is a free ad-supported streaming service for local, national and international news video available on smart TVs, over-the-top platforms and mobile apps.

[1] Haystack uses data from each user—such as location, topics of interest and favorite publishers—to create a personalized playlist of short news clips.

[2] The platform also hosts live channels from local, national and international news outlets.

[3] The company was founded in 2013 as Haystack TV by Daniel Barreto and Ish Harshawat.

[4] The two software engineers said they both found it difficult to watch news content on TV without a cable subscription and decided to create an app to fill that void.