London, UK — November 10th, 2026

UpTalkTV, the social TV platform turning passive viewing into live, shared experiences, today announced a partnership with Checkstep, the AI content moderation platform designed for Trust & Safety. The partnership will enable intelligent moderation across its broadcaster and publisher network.

Audience participation is one of the most powerful ways for broadcasters to build loyal, engaged communities. But for that participation to work on TV, broadcasters need confidence and control over what reaches the screen. Anything shown on screen carries the broadcaster’s name and licence, and advertisers expect their brands to sit alongside content that is safe and suitable. Broadcasters want the energy of a live conversation, not a harmful, unfiltered social feed.

Through the partnership, every message submitted through UpTalkTV will be moderated on Checkstep’s platform before it appears on screen. Rather than relying on blunt keyword lists alone, Checkstep applies each broadcaster’s own policies with context-aware AI moderation, so the most relevant and positive contributions are surfaced for the screen, while harmful, abusive or non-compliant messages are kept away. 
 

Three layers of protection

UpTalkTV’s approach to audience safety combines three layers:

  • Community controls - familiar user reporting and blocking tools that let viewers flag problems.
  • Profanity filtering - a first-pass filter that removes obvious offensive language at scale.
  • Checkstep’s intelligent moderation - nuanced, policy-driven AI that understands context, intent and tone, catching what simple filters miss and identifying the contributions broadcasters actually want to feature.


Positive moderation: finding the best of the conversation

Most moderation focuses only on negative content that needs to be removed. UpTalkTV and Checkstep are putting equal weight on what to promote. 

For TV, Checkstep flags high-quality, constructive messages into an approval queue so producers can put the best of the audience on screen quickly. For mobile and second-screen experiences, the same policies power a safe, real-time live feed.
 

Trust & Safety that broadcasters can stand behind

By working with a moderation technology provider, UpTalkTV gives its partners an auditable layer of Trust & Safety. This helps broadcasters meet their regulatory obligations, support their moderation processes, protect their reputations,  and give advertisers confidence that their campaigns will only appear next to brand-safe content.
 

"Healthy communities are built on trust. Our broadcast partners want their audiences front and centre, but they can’t take risks with what appears on screen due to the nature of TV’s regulated environment. UpTalkTV is about bringing audience participation back into the viewing experience, while giving broadcasters control over how that participation appears on screen Partnering with Checkstep gives our customers an intelligent moderation solution that keeps their channel safe and helps them showcase the very best of their viewers."

Tim Rudder, CEO, UpTalkTV
 

"Live TV is one of the most demanding environments there is: public, regulated and real-time. We’re excited to help UpTalkTV give broadcasters the confidence to open up their screens to their audiences, moderating not just what needs removing, but prioritising the content viewers want to see."

Guillaume Bouchard, CEO & Founder, Checkstep


UpTalkTV is now offering Checkstep-powered content moderation to broadcasters and publishers in its network, supporting its broader mission to help media owners build more participatory, connected viewing experiences.

 

About Checkstep
Checkstep is the trusted AI content moderation platform that helps global platforms detect harmful content, enforce policies, and stay compliant at scale. It combines powerful automation with human expertise to deliver the trust infrastructure that powers online safety. With expertise in managing user-generated content and ensuring compliance with regulations such as the European Union's Digital Services Act, Checkstep partners with Trust and Safety teams across multiple industries to create a safer digital world.

Learn more at www.checkstep.com
 

About UpTalkTV
UpTalkTV is an audience engagement and monetization platform for live TV and streaming. By bridging the TV and mobile devices, UpTalkTV enables broadcasters, streaming services, and sports leagues to deliver real-time engagement like live chat, interactive polls, and shoppable moments without interrupting the main screen. Crucially, this unlocks new advertising revenue and rich first-party data that broadcasters fully own and control, all protected by broadcast-grade AI moderation. 

Learn more at www.uptalktv.com

 

Media Contacts
Checkstep: emily@checkstep.com
UpTalkTV: press@uptalktv.com