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Future of Video 2025

The logo of streaming service Philo adorns the wall of its San Francisco-based office. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

In frigid pay TV environment, Philo bundles up

Philo is sticking with its focus of delivering entertainment-based channels and content as it incorporates more FAST channels and network-owned apps into its service.

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Laura Martin of Needham & Company delivers a keynote presentation during Parks Associates' Future of Video conference on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

Laura Martin: CuriosityStream taps new revenue by licensing data to AI developers

Media companies that own intellectual property and first-party data should be licensing that material to developers of large language models, a leading Wall Street analyst said on Wednesday.

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A LG smart TV remote. (Stock image)

Parks: Streamers defaulting to ad-supported plans on subscription services

Streaming apps that launched with ad-supporter tiers enjoy a higher ratio of customers on them compared to ad-free plans.

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A smart television set running the Netflix application.

Parks: Netflix retakes title as top premium streamer in U.S. homes

Netflix surpassed Amazon's Prime Video to become the top premium streaming app by subscriber count in 2025.

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