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The streaming service, which served up shows in 5- to 10-minute "chapters" formatted to fit a smartphone screen, has been plagued with problems since its April launch, facing lower-than-expected viewership and a lawsuit from a well-capitalized foe.

Quibi was designed for people who consume entertainment in short increments on their smartphones, but the coronavirus pandemic forced would-be subscribers away from the kinds of on-the-go situations Quibi executives envisioned for its users. Quibi eventually allowed subscribers to watch its shows on their TVs.

Quibi, which cost $4.99 a month, also had to compete with a growing number of rivals, with Walt Disney's Disney+, Apple Inc.'s Apple TV+, AT&T Inc.'s HBO Max and Comcast Corp.'s Peacock all launching in the past year.

Quibi Is Shutting Down Barely Six Months After Going Live

Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and Chief Executive Meg Whitman decided to shut down the company in an effort to return as much capital to investors as possible instead of trying to prolong the life of the company and risk losing more money.

www.wsj.com

 

[Deleted member 801069]

I was offered 3 months of it free

opened it once and never touched it again

what a horrible idea

when it comes to short bursts of entertainment, it's competing with people's social media apps

and YouTube

never had a chance

 

[Kamina]

First time hearing about this

 

[-Arcadia-]

I actually kind of liked the idea. Short-form storytelling can be cool. Some of the clips and hooks they set up in the advertisement, made me want to check out the rest.

However, it's telling that I never went beyond that, to the App Store.

 

[Tranquil]

Never even heard of Quibi.

 

[iconmaster]

$5 a month for that?

 

[Xaero Gravity]

The only thing Quibi will be remembered for is being the answer to "How to piss away $2 Billion in less than a year and end up with absolutely nothing to show for it"

 

[eddie4]

so $5 a month for trailers with spoilers.

 

[Husky]

oh thank fuck
I had a slight worry entertainment might actually skew in their favor. Fucking dystopic idea, I know.

 

[Cunth]

Never heard of it

 

[Kadayi]

oh thank fuck
I had a slight worry entertainment might actually skew in their favor. Fucking dystopic idea, I know.

I'm not against short form (Netflix have done a few shows), but yeah I think they were taking it to the extreme.

Oh yeah, Sweet Tag BTW I approve

 

[Husky]

I'm not against short form (Netflix have done a few shows), but yeah I think they were taking it to the extreme.

Oh yeah, Sweet Tag BTW I approve

The worst part's the mobile aspect ratio. Hell I just don't like mobile phones in general.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Who?

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

 

[Trogdor1123]

What was the point when YouTube does that for free?

At least they tried something new though.

 

[SpartanN92]

I considered signing up for it so I could watch the new season of Reno 911 but oh well I guess

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Streaming when you are on the go and nobody is on the go. Horrible timing. Plus a fee lol no. I may or may not have loved downloading entire seasons and watching them straight

 

[teezzy]

Looks like they had a Soderbergh helmed project and everything

Quibi - Quick bites. Big stories.

Quick bites of captivating entertainment, created for mobile by the best talent, designed to fit perfectly into any moment of your day.

quibi.com

Apparently the way you held your phone (vertically or horizontally) affected the way you interacted with the media.

That's kind of neat, I guess?

 

[#Phonepunk#]

 

[trikster40]

Just saw this, funny thing is that a lot of the shows looked good, but I've got enough subscriptions.

 

[Pejo]

Yea COVID really fucked its whole business model.

Speaking of - is Tidal still around? I can't imagine it's doing well.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

More like Quibye amrite/

 

[Husky]

lmao can you believe that MoviePass' business strategy of "letting people see 30 movies a month for $10" was more financially viable than shooting shows with 9:16 aspect ratio

 

[ThatStupidLion]

i hated this from the beginning because it was being used as a platform to "beta" test show ideas.