Philo (company)

Philo
Type of businessPrivate company
Type of site
OTT platform
Founded2009 (2009) (as Tivli)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California,
United States
Founder(s)
  • Tuan Ho
  • Nick Krasney
Key peopleAndrew McCollum (CEO)
IndustryPay television
Employees100
URLwww.philo.com
Users1.3 million

Philo (formerly known as Tivli) is an American over-the-top streaming television company based in San Francisco, California. First founded at Harvard University in 2010 by Tuan Ho and Nicholas Krasney, investors in the company include HBO, AMC Networks, A+E Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Andrew McCollum, and Mark Cuban. The company and its service is named in honor of one of the pioneering engineers of television, Philo T. Farnsworth. As of 2021, Philo has over 1,600,000 subscribers. Aside from the channels operated by its owners, Philo also includes third-party networks and streaming services owned by AMC, such as Shudder and AMC+.