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mix of live and on-demand content.
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channels, including AMC, Animal
Planet, BBC America, BET, Cooking
Channel, Comedy Central, Discovery
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and the Travel Channel. Philo
focuses on entertainment and
lifestyle content, so consumers who
primarily want to watch news and
sports should look elsewhere.
Philo takes a novel approach in a few
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service doesn’t require a traditional
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complete the login process. This is a convenient and slightly more secure
method than a username and password combination.
Furthermore, Philo allows users to save the entire available catalog of a show
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keeps saved shows for 30 days but does not impose any storage limits. The
service also plans to integrate social features, such as synchronized streaming,
in future updates.
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able to stream both live and saved content without any lag. The service now
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platforms including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.
Philo supports up to three concurrent streams, which is about average for
the category.