{"id":166519,"date":"2025-11-21T23:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/science-centric-streaming-service-curiosity-stream-is-an-ai-licensing-firm-now\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T23:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:00:24","slug":"science-centric-streaming-service-curiosity-stream-is-an-ai-licensing-firm-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/science-centric-streaming-service-curiosity-stream-is-an-ai-licensing-firm-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Science-centric streaming service Curiosity Stream is an AI-licensing firm now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>We all know streaming services\u2019 usual tricks for making more money: get more subscribers, charge those subscribers more money, and sell ads. But science streaming service Curiosity Stream is taking a new route that could reshape how streaming companies, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/curiosity-stream-expects-to-make-most-of-its-money-from-ai-deals-by-2027\/\">niche options<\/a>, try to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks launched Curiosity Stream in 2015. The streaming service costs $40 per year, and it doesn\u2019t have commercials.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming business has grown to also include the Curiosity Channel TV channel. CuriosityStream Inc. also makes money through original programming and its Curiosity University educational programming. The firm turned its first positive net income in its fiscal Q1 2025, after about a decade of business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/curiosity-stream-expects-to-make-most-of-its-money-from-ai-deals-by-2027\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/curiosity-stream-expects-to-make-most-of-its-money-from-ai-deals-by-2027\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know streaming services\u2019 usual tricks for making more money: get more subscribers, charge those subscribers more money, and sell ads. But science streaming service Curiosity Stream is taking a new route that could reshape how streaming companies, especially niche options, try to survive. Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks launched Curiosity Stream in 2015. The streaming service costs $40 per year, and it doesn\u2019t have commercials. 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