$16 per month streaming service Philo expands to Amazon Fire and Apple TV

The $16 monthly streaming subscription service, which launched in November 2017 on Roku devices, desktop and web browsers, and iPhones, is now available on Amazon TV and Apple TV, the video service said Tuesday. Philo is also getting a boost of more than $40 million in investment funding, led by AMC Networks, Discovery, and Viacom. Those three major programmers along with A+E and Scripps provided the initial investment of $25 million to help launch the service. (Discovery acquired Scripps in July 2017 for $11.9 billion.) The dual-pronged initiative will likely raise the awareness of Philo, which includes A&E, AMC, BET, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, HGTV, OWN and another 30-plus channels.