Quibi Was Supposed to Revolutionize Hollywood. Here’s Why It Failed.

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“We offer a profound apology to our employees, investors and partners.” Inside the short, expensive life of Quibi, one of Hollywood’s most ambitious startups

When Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman were developing plans for a new streaming-video service called Quibi, they got a warning from advisers. Make sure it can be seen on TVs, not just phones.

The two executives didn’t follow the recommendation, according to people familiar with the matter, and designed the service exclusively for people on the go. The company eventually changed course after launching, and in October, it released TV apps for some of the biggest streaming-media platforms.

 

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Leftist garbage. Cancel.

They could have bought and acquired Moviepass and it's 3 millions subs by purchasing $HMNY for under $1mm.

Who would like to watch an episode for just 10 min and then wait a day for the next episode

If there was a Vegas line on whether or not this would fail you would have to bet $1000 to make $10.

They're not alone. Parametric Technology paid $430m for Onshape for their SAS CAD offering. It's great for lightweight access from everything, but lacked the heavy horsepower reqd by power users on a workstation. What value did they see in a languishing platform with 5,000 subs?

IrishHoodlum

Meg is a problem.... been there, done that...

Quick summary: Turns out nobody wanted to pay for six minutes of ad space.

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“Quibi finished with 450,000 paid subscribers, nowhere near the 7.4 million it was targeting in the first year.” A bad concept and poor planning plus forecasting. Big name execs don’t guarantee success—solid content that viewers can access easily and cheaply across devices does!

It’s hilarious that every major corporate entity that Whitman takes charge of quickly collapses. It’s like she has no clue.

What network would give Chrissy Tiegan a reality court drama 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This idea doesn't even pass smell test. How it can attract so much investment is beyond me.

A lot libs in that picture. Bwa,bean was.Bwa.Bwa. Ha.Ha.

Ambitious? Ambitious would imply they actually had a plan. Their concept was flawed from the start and they bilked others for millions of dollars.

Good. Die Hollywood.

But they all still got paid.

literally no one was asking for shorter tv shows lol

Because it involved Hollywood

It was just another garbage idea that wanted me to pay another fee. Over all of them

Because it picked a dumb name.

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