| 词条 | Philo (company) |
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| name = Philo | caption = | logo = Philo logo.svg | type = | foundation = {{start date|2009}} | location = San Francisco, California, U.S. | area_served = | founder = {{Unbulleted list|Nick Krasney|Tuan Ho}} | key_people = Andrew McCollum (CEO) | industry = Pay television | services = OTT Internet TV MVPD | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owners = {{plainlist|
}} | num_employees = 74 | homepage = {{URL|www.philo.com}} | footnotes = }}Philo (formerly Tivli)[1] is an internet television company currently based in San Francisco, California. The service first launched at Harvard University in 2009. Investors in the company include HBO, Facebook co-founder Andrew McCollum, and Mark Cuban. {{As of|January 2018}}, the service has approximately 50,000 subscribers.[2] Philo plans to integrate a social platform that connects viewers with friends and family to discover new content, share favorite shows, and watch shows together. The service has a base line up of 37 channels from the programming equity holders plus thre HistoryTivli, Philo's original name, was founded in 2009 by then Harvard seniors Nicholas Krasney and Tuan Ho. It began as an experiment using aluminium foil as a makeshift satellite dish in order to "pick up TV signals and deliver them wirelessly to their laptops via a jerry-rigged server".[3] At its launch, the project was intended to be a way to circumvent the fact that Harvard did not provide cable TV service for its students. When the service was made available to others in 2011, half of the Harvard resident population registered for it within the first few weeks of the offer.[4] In 2009 Tivli first incubated in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Harvard Innovation Lab (iLab) before moving to Harvard Square in 2013. After securing their Series B round, Philo moved again in 2015 to San Francisco, California.[5] In July 2013, the venture raised a $6.3 million round led by Patrick Chung at venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. Among the Series A investors, were Mark Cuban from Radical Investments LP, HBO, and Rho Ventures.[6][7] The same year the company was rebranded as Philo, from its former name, Tivli.[8][9] In June 2015, Philo raised $10 million in a Series B round led by New Enterprise Associates, with joint investment from HBO, Rho Ventures, Xfund, CBC New Media Group, as well as Andrew McCollum.[10] McCollum, a founding member of Facebook, became CEO of the company in 2014.[11][12] As of September 2015, the service was available in 42 universities.[13] On November 14, 2017, Philo launched a new OTT streaming television service in the U.S. The service includes channels from programming groups that include A&E Networks, AMC Networks, Discovery Inc. and Viacom, but not CBS Corporation, Fox Corporation, NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company or WarnerMedia, and therefore includes no sports. The service is available via TVs, computers, tablets, and phones.[14][15] Those programming groups also became owners with a combine $25 million investment before this launch.[14] This service does not have any of the major news channels as they are affiliated with sports channels which are the most expensive channels. Instead, the service offers BBC World News, which is distributed by AMC and the independent digital first financial news channel, Cheddar.[16] Recognition
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References1. ^{{cite web | last=Roettgers | first=Janko | title=Meet the newest cord cutters: college campuses | website=Gigaom | date=September 20, 2013 | url=https://gigaom.com/2013/09/20/universities-tv-netflix-tivli/ | accessdate=December 28, 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Virtual MVPDs Ended 2017 with 5.3M Subs: Study|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/virtual-mvpds-ended-2017-53m-subs-study/418107|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=NewBay Media|date=February 12, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Company Profile: Philo|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/company/philo|website=Fast Company|accessdate=13 December 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Start-Up Puts Streaming TV on Campus|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/business/media/tivli-puts-streaming-tv-on-campus.html|date=27 January 2013|publisher=The New York Times}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=TV startup led by Facebook co-founder to move to San Francisco|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2015/06/tv-startup-led-by-facebook-co-founder-to-move-to.html|date=15 June 2015|publisher=Boston Business Journal}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Galen|title=Tonight on Campus TV: Comcast Vs. Mark Cuban, HBO and a Startup Called Philo|url=http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/08/21/on-campus-tv-on-demand-tivli-philo-comcast/|website=BostInno|accessdate=13 December 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Robbins|first1=Max|title=If Facebook and Hulu had a Baby it Would Look Like Philo|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maxrobins/2013/11/18/if-facebook-and-hulu-had-a-baby-it-would-look-like-philo/#7f84b1adf946|website=Forbes|accessdate=13 December 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00020131002e9a2n31ma|publisher=wsj.com|title=On-Campus Streaming TV Provider Tivli Rebrands as Philo, Adds Cloud DVR|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=2016-12-04}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/10/tivli-renamed-philo-adds-dvr-service.html|publisher=Boston Business Journal|title=Tivli renamed Philo, adds DVR service|accessdate=2016-12-04}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Bookman|first1=Samantha|title=Philo leads traditional TV toward campus cord-cutters, and maybe OTT's future|url=http://www.fiercecable.com/online-video/philo-leads-traditional-tv-toward-campus-cord-cutters-and-maybe-ott-s-future|website=Fierce Cable|accessdate=13 December 2016}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Facebook founding member named CEO of Internet TV startup Philo|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2014/11/facebook-founding-member-named-ceo-of-internet-tv.html|accessdate=13 December 2016|publisher=Boston Business Journal|date=20 November 2014}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Philo Raises $10 Million From NEA, HBO & Others For Its On-Campus Internet TV Service|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/15/philo-raises-10-million-from-nea-hbo-others-for-its-on-campus-internet-tv-service/|date=15 July 2015|publisher=Tech Crunch}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/philo-tunes-more-40-universities/393636|publisher=multichannel.com|title=Philo Tunes in More Than 40 Universities | Multichannel|accessdate=2016-12-04}} 14. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Alex |title=Programmers Ante Up for Philo Entertainment-Only Bundle |url=http://www.cablefax.com/distribution/programmers-ante-up-for-philo-an-experimental-entertainment-only-bundle |accessdate=November 16, 2018 |work=Cablefax |date=November 14, 2017}} 15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/entertainment-channels-launch-16-a-month-tv-bundle-with-no-sports-1510656601|title=Streaming Service Tests Appetite for Low-Cost TV Without Sports|last=Lombardo|first=Cara|date=2017-11-14|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} 16. ^{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Alex |title=Philo Fills News Void with Fee-Free Upstart Cheddar |url=http://www.cablefax.com/programming/cheese-please-philo-fills-news-void-with-fee-free-upstart-cheddar |accessdate=November 16, 2018 |work=Cablefax |date=November 15, 2017}} 17. ^{{cite web|title=Most Innovative Companies of 2014|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014|website=Fast Company|accessdate=13 December 2016}} Further reading
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