Philo also offers a Free Channels section, but don't be fooled by that label—you still need to pay for Philo to watch the content in that category. Here, you'll find channels with preprogrammed content such as Bloomberg Television, Cheddar News, Revry, and Gusto TV. Pluto TV and Xumo offer similar channels.

Advertising with diversity and inclusion in mind should be more than just a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) project. Having a multicultural marketing mix makes good marketing sense and is an opportunity for brand building.

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The big aggregator apps are also joined by more niche FAST services that focus on a specific audience (Revry and LGBTQIA+ content) or a specific genre (Crunchyroll and anime.)

Revry is a Netflix-like online streamer that follows some of the same ideas as its competitor, Here TV, but it's less expensive, in fact, some of it is free (with commercials). Again, there is a monster wall of curated digital content including movies, shows, and specials. Plus, there is a live TV option called Revry One.

Diversity and inclusion will be one of the key goals of the ISA. CEO and co-founder of the LGBTQ+-centric streaming service Revry Damian Pellicone said that was one of the biggest draws for them in terms of joining the new group.

“Pride Ball marks a significant milestone in the expansion of queer sports as a new and exciting content category,” said Damian Pelliccione, Co-Founder and CEO of Revry. “[We are] bringing the fierceness of ballroom culture directly into your homes with this televised spectacle!”

Also, Heklina's 50th birthday roast at the Castro Theatre, which happened in 2017, was turned into a film, and the film was just screened over this past weekend at a "birthday memorial" event in Palm Springs. You all can still find it on Revry, the LGBTQ streaming service, as part of their "Drag Roast" series.

The Independent Streaming Alliance was announced at the StreamTV Show. The founding group of companies includes Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, and Revry. Philippe Guelton, chief revenue officer at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, explained why the independent streamers are coming together:

The new Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) calls itself “a procompetitive independent industry forum to proactively engage and work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media.”

The Independent Streaming Alliance officially formed on Friday, bringing together companies like Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, FrndlyTV, kweliTV, Revry, Scripps, Tastemade, Trusted Media Brands and Vevo.

A new trade group, The Independent Streaming Alliance, announced its official formation. The group will leverage their reach to work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media. Founding members include Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, Scripps, Tastemade, TMB (Trusted Media Brands), and Vevo. “The formation of the ISA is long overdue,” said Philippe Guelton, Chief Revenue Officer at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.

Members of the new Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) include Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, Scripps, Tastemade, TMB (Trusted Media Brands) and Vevo.

And so, on Monday, independent streamers, including Chicken Soup for the Soul, Tastemade, Revry, Future Today and kweliTV, banded together to form the Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA). By collectively marketing a combined 2,200 streaming endpoints to advertisers and distributors, the ISA hopes to help each platform better compete.

Introducing the Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA), which as of today aims to serve as a “procompetitive independent industry forum” with a mission to proactively engage and work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media.

Among ISA’s stated goals will be highlighting minority owned businesses including, among their charter members, the Allen Media Group, Future Today, and kweliTV. In addition, the group will promote diverse programming. Damian Pelliccione, co-founder and CEO at Revry, added, “The FAST space has been an exciting and important outlet for diverse and underrepresented communities over the past few years.

The Independent Streaming Alliance describes itself as a “pro-competitive, independent industry forum to proactively engage and work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media.” Its founding members include Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, Scripps, Tastemade, TMB (Trusted Media Brands), and Vevo.

While iSpot is an initial partner the group plans to expand to additional measurement partners – to try and quantify, are advertisers spending the right amount of money, or allocating the right mix to these types of publishers. Right now he equated the group’s effort to being “at the one-yard line, with 99 to go.”

Paul Kontonis, the Chief Marketing Officer for Revry, a streaming network launched in 2016 that focuses on queer content and creators, also emphasizes three key ideas that he says “we knew we needed to do when launching our FAST channel”:

The featured organizations — Taskrabbit, Rokt, Madhive, Flatiron Health and Qualtrics — have demonstrated a commitment to combating stigma and nurturing safe, inclusive workplaces. They achieve this through a number of equity-minded initiatives, such as LGBTQIA+ employee resource groups and Slack channels, pronoun policies, access to gender neutral bathrooms, and robust benefits for gender-affirming treatment and inclusive family planning.