Philo suffers two outages in two days
An unknown technical error prevented customers of wallet-friendly streaming TV service Philo from accessing their favorite shows and movies.
Philo
Philo is an Internet-based streaming cable television alternative based in San Francisco, California. The service is privately-held and owned through a consortium of investors, including A&E Networks; AMC Networks; Discovery, Inc. and Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS).
A Conversation With: Philo CEO Andrew McCollum
Philo’s top executive chats about staying competitive in the growing space of streaming services, his company’s philanthropic endeavors and how the T-Mobile deal came together.
Exclusive: Philo weighs adding Spanish-language package
Philo is in the preliminary stages of creating a Spanish-language package of streaming networks and content.
Exclusive: Philo quietly doubles donation of ad inventory to social causes
Philo has doubled down on its philanthropic endeavors, donating $2 million in advertisement inventory to social justice causes and other charitable initiatives.
Philo removes Scripps-owned Newsy
Wallet-friendly streaming service Philo has quietly removed the 24-hour digital news channel Newsy from its lineup.
Philo rolls out price increase on base plan
Streaming television service Philo has rolled out a slight price increase to its base package of more than 60 live television channels.
Grab Philo for $20 a month before price hike kicks in
If you’re looking to stream general entertainment, knowledge, reality shows and lifestyle programming at one of the cheapest rates around, you have only a few more days to lock in your subscription until the cost of programming goes up. Since it was introduced to the masses four years ago, Philo has worked hard to be the best, wallet-friendly streaming cable TV replacement on the market. The service currently offers more than 60 top-tier pay TV networks for just $20 a month. Over the last few months, Philo has prided itself on adding new channels like Sony’s Get TV and the AccuWeather Network without raising the price on its existing subscribers. But industry trends point toward rising programming costs for providers like Philo, and the service recently announced that it would have to raise its base subscription price to $25 a … Read more
Philo rolls out rare price increase, expands DVR offering
Philo will raise its base subscription tier to $25 a month while increasing the accessibility of its cloud DVR feature.
Philo begins accepting Amazon Pay for subscriptions
Philo has quietly rolled out a new feature that will let Amazon Fire TV users sign up for a subscription without the need to pull out their credit card.
Philo adds Bloomberg, Revry to program lineup
Philo is adding Bloomberg and Revry to its streaming TV lineup as well as hundreds of movies and TV shows from Crackle.
