Katzenberg insisted Quibi’s “quick-bite” content was meant to be watched on smartphones. The concept of expensively produced "quick bites" of programming ("Quibi" is a portmanteau of the phrase) sounds appealing, but in practice, Quibi … [62], On May 3, 2020, Elliott Management announced that it would fund Eko's lawsuit in exchange for equity in the company. UPDATED: Quibi, the struggling short-form mobile video startup led by founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, is shutting down just six … [38] According to reports in The Wall Street Journal and Recode in September 2020, the platform was looking for a potential acquirer with other possibilities, such as raising more funds, or becoming a public company by backing into a shell corporation. Quibi is a new video-streaming app intended for watching on the go. It focuses on short-form TV shows, all less than 10 minutes in length, designed for watching on … [22][23][24] TechCrunch reported that Quibi saw 300,000 downloads and "hit No. [49][50], Quibi commissioned significant news programming in addition to its entertainment line-up, but it found the news shows attracted minimal interest. 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Interlude US, Inc. (2:20-cv-02250)", "JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd - Israel v. Quibi Holdings, LLC (2:20-cv-02299)", "Quibi Sued by Eko for Patent Infringement, Theft of Trade Secrets", "Stakes Jump In Quibi Legal Fight As Ellliott Management Finances Eko Lawuit Against Jeffrey Katzenberg-Founded Streamer – Report", Template:Video on Demand Services in Canada, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quibi&oldid=999573690, American companies disestablished in 2020, Internet properties disestablished in 2020, Products and services discontinued in 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 21:50. Quibi, the short-video streaming service, is shutting down after launching a mere six months ago, according to The Wall Street Journal. [3] At the time of the announcement, Quibi had approximately 500,000 subscribers. UPDATED: Quibi, the struggling short-form mobile video startup led by founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, is shutting down just six months post-launch after the company failed to find a buyer, according to a new report. Katzenberg, according to a report Tuesday by The Information, had “told people in the industry that he may have to shut down the company.”. Quick bites of captivating entertainment, created for mobile by the best talent, designed to fit perfectly into any moment of your day. [53] Additionally, Rad Sechrist, creator of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, said that he and his production team talked to Quibi, but that they passed on the series. Quibi has landed: The long-hyped, mobile-centric streaming platform devoted to short-form programming is now live, with dozens of programs set to roll … [21] An ad-free U.S. version of the app was made available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and Germany among others on April 6, 2020. Quibi last year said it sold out its first-year ad inventory with $150 million in commitments from advertisers including Google, P&G and PepsiCo. [40], On October 21, 2020, just six months after Quibi's launch, The Wall Street Journal reported that the streaming service was shutting down. [17][18] In March 2020, Quibi announced a partnership with Canadian telecommunications company BCE, whereby its Bell Media division would produce Canadian news and sports content for the service (via CTV News and TSN respectively), and Bell Mobility would be Quibi's exclusive Canadian telecom marketing partner. Katzenberg pitched a sale of the company — which has about 500,000 paying customers — to Apple, WarnerMedia and Facebook but was rebuffed, The Information reported earlier this month. NBCU was “put off by the fact that Quibi doesn’t own many of the shows it puts on its platform,” according to today’s Journal article. [14][15] By late 2019, Quibi announced it had sold out its first-year advertising inventory, which amounted to $150 million. [10][11] In 2018, Quibi raised $1 billion in funding from major Hollywood film studios, TV companies, telecommunications companies, technology companies, banks, and other investors including The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Time Warner, Viacom, eOne, Lionsgate, MGM, Madrone Capital, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Alibaba Group, Liberty Global and ITV. [41], The announcement of the shutdown left the fate of existing, upcoming, and planned original programming in "development hell"[42] as Quibi does not own the rights to any of their programming, since their deals with the creators of their original programming allowed them to retain the copyright to their content and distribute it in traditional forms after a few years. Redirecting to https://www.quibi.com/shows/centerpiece-621/ The company inked a distribution deal with T-Mobile, which has offered Quibi free for one year to subscribers on unlimited wireless family plans. So, out of respect for these people that put up this extraordinary amount of capital to do it, that's irresponsible and we both felt we shouldn't do it." When Quibi launched this past April, it stuck to its original vision of a built-for-mobile viewing experience just as the COVID pandemic kept millions of consumers homebound. [12][13], In 2019, Quibi announced it would launch in April 2020 with two pricing tiers. It’s uncertain which of Quibi’s content partners will try to salvage their shows with the company’s demise. Quibi aimed to become the next generation of storytelling by creating premium content intended to be viewed on mobile phones.. Those numbers didn't reflect paying customers who chose to use the service once the free trial had ended. Even after Quibi’s initial subscriber numbers came in lower than its ambitious forecasts, Katzenberg professed to remain bullish on Quibi’s prospects: “I’m still quite optimistic this is gonna work,” he said at an industry conference in June. [39], In October, Quibi was made available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google TV. Led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and … [46] On January 8, 2021, Roku officially announced that all of Quibi's 75 programs would be streamed on their platform on free ad-supported channels. Quibi famously launched and died last year. Quibi was a short-form video subscription service launched in April of last year. Quibi had cost $4.99 (with ads) and $7.99 (without ads) per month. [1] It launched in April 2020, but shut down in December 2020 after falling well short of its subscriber projections. Sources told Variety that Quibi, which has about 200 employees, has set an all-hands internal meeting for 6 p.m. [8][9] The service targeted a younger demographic, with content delivered in 10-minute episodes called "quick bites" (with the name Quibi derived from "QUI-ck BI-tes"). [54], Reactions to Quibi have been mixed-to-negative. [29] Whitman was more positive in her assessment of the launch. [33] That same month, it was reported that the service was on track for 2 million subscribers in its first year, far below its projected 7.4 million total. That will be a hard sell", "Quibi Lands on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV — but It's Probably Too Little, Too Late", "A look at why Quibi failed so soon after launching", "Quibi's Demise Spurs Hand-Wringing for TV Partners", "Two Veteran C.E.O.s Risk $1.8 Billion on a Streaming App. Quibi is a media company that develops media content designed for smartphones. [2][3][4] In January 2021, Quibi's content library was sold to Roku, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Eko filed its own separate but related countersuit, JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd - Israel v. Quibi Holdings, LLC,[61] a day later on March 10, alleging that Quibi stole proprietary technology after Eko demoed it to Quibi's employees including Katzenberg. This seems foolhardy. Quibi Holdings LLC is shutting down a mere six months after launching its streaming service, a crash landing for a once highly touted startup that … 3 in the App Store" on its launch day. [2] Later, that same day, this news was confirmed by both Katzenberg and Whitman. [36] Additionally, in July 2020, a federal judge denied Eko's request for a preliminary injunction. [55][56] In November 2020 article for the Wall Street Journal suggested other reasons for the service's shutdown include a misjudgment on which programming and technology features would appeal to young consumers, and a high spend on advertising. That funding round was led by VC firm Madrone Capital Partners; other investors were Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and John Malone’s Liberty Global. Quibi (/ˈkwɪbi/ KWIB-ee) was an American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices. On July 8, 2019, BBC Studios announced it had invested in Quibi. [30] Quibi also developed its own screenshotting function. [59] Quibi pre-emptively filed its lawsuit, Quibi Holdings, LLC v. Interlude US, Inc. (d/b/a Eko),[60] in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Quibi pulled the plug on its video-streaming service this week, capping an extraordinary year for the company. [7] In October 2018, NewTV was renamed Quibi. In March 2020, just ahead of Quibi’s April 6 debut, the L.A.-based company announced an additional $750 million tranche of funding from existing and new investors (which it did not identify). Katzenberg told Deadline Hollywood, "There was no question that keeping us going was not going to have a different outcome, it was just going to spend a whole lot more money without any value to show for it. That came after a restructuring firm hired by Quibi — which raised $1.75 billion in funding, including from major media companies including Disney, NBCUniversal, and WarnerMedia — provided a list of options to the company’s board of directors this week. The Katzenberg-founded WndrCo investment vehicle also is a Quibi investor. Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Katzenberg was exploring “strategic options” for Quibi, including a potential sale. [29] A feature was added to allow shows to be cast from phones onto TVs through AirPlay and Chromecast, with the screen orientation being set to landscape by default. Tech investors include China’s Alibaba Group. In the interview, Katzenberg also cited the unfortunate timing of the launch during the pandemic as a contributing factor. However, the platform failed to gain traction amid a crowded market for video-on-demand services and the lack of breakthrough shows, forcing it to shut down just six months after debuting. r/Quibi: This is a subreddit for fans of Digital Stories & Chapters on Quibi. Our failure was not for lack of trying; we’ve considered and exhausted every option available to us. Likely for one of two reasons: because the idea itself wasn't strong enough to justify a standalone streaming service or because of our timing," Quibi said in a blog post . The mobile-video platform hit #1,477 in the IOS app store’s rankings in early June. The company is focused on the core audience, producing inspiring shows for an intuitive, mobile-first platform, and creating a culture where everyone is heard. ET today. [26][27] In the Google Play store, Quibi was the 11th-most-downloaded app as of April 16. Quibi: Watch New Episodes Daily—or simply known as Quibi—is a free multimedia application that allows you to watch original content video episodes in 10-minutes or under using your mobile phones. Katzenberg acknowledged the performance was "not close to what we wanted," stating, "I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus"—a reference to the COVID-19 pandemic that was disrupting daily routines at the time of the launch. The company had reportedly avoided reducing its staffing levels, though the app had fallen out of the top 1,000 apps on Sensor Tower's rankings. Instead of half-hour TV episodes or two-hour films, content on Quibi was delivered in episodes of 10 minutes or less. [11] In July 2020, Sensor Tower reported that about 8 percent of Quibi's early wave of users had converted into paying subscribers,[35] while the subscription analytics firm Antenna reported that 27% of "Quibi day 1, 90-day trial users converted their trials," though Quibi stated that these numbers were inaccurate. Its business plan left neither the resources nor the runway to adapt or overcome obstacles. But Quibi has surprisingly found a buyer for its content, and that is Roku. [48] Unlike many streaming video platforms, Quibi's content was made specifically for mobile devices and could be viewed in either a traditional 16:9 horizontal aspect ratio, or a 9:16 vertical frame (with the user able to shift between them in the same video). According to a Wall Street Journal report, Katzenberg called investors Wednesday to tell them Quibi was folding. You will be redirected back to your article in. Actually, Quibi doesn’t own any of the big-budget premium content for which it has shelled out upwards of $100,000 per minute. The report stated Quibi had $200 million in funds available. [51] Its series, #FreeRayshawn, won two Emmy Awards on September 20, 2020. [29], In July 2020, Quibi was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards across three categories: Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. [5][6], Quibi was founded in August 2018 as NewTV by Jeffrey Katzenberg and was led by Meg Whitman, its CEO. Quibi said it is shutting down just six months after the early April launch of the short-video app, having struggled to find customers. Of those who had installed the app, Quibi says 1.3 million were active users. Quibi itself put the number at 3.5 million downloads, with 1.3 million active users. It also greenlit pricey projects with Steven Spielberg, Sam Raimi, Antoine Fuqua, Anna Kendrick, Rachel Brosnahan, Issa Rae, Kevin Hart, Steven Soderbergh and the Kardashians, among others. [16], In 2020, Quibi presented at CES on its full launch plans including details on its content, technology and partnerships. [52], Reed Duchscher, CEO of Night Media, stated that the company had attempted to bring YouTuber MrBeast's content to the platform, but the proposal was rejected. Quibi blew through $1 billion in cash in six months on high-priced talent. The service raised $1.75 billion from investors. To further validate this finding, we looked at the subsequent 14-day free trials, and found the number was 30%", "Quibi wins round in mobile technology fight with rival", "Quibi Tests a Free Version in Australia and New Zealand", "After 6 months and $1.8 billion, Quibi wants a new owner. According to Katzenberg, in the first year, Quibi had planned to launch some 175 original series and 8,500 episodes, but clearly that will not actually happen now. [20] It was available in the United States and Canada. 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[34] From January to mid-June, Quibi raised an additional $750 million in funding. [Later Wednesday. A new streaming service has arrived to keep you busy with original content while most people are spending their days at home. [21], Moves were made to adjust the service by allowing users to share content on social media platforms and to watch shows on televisions in addition to phones. Among the initial investors were a who’s-who of Hollywood studios: Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Viacom (now ViacomCBS), AT&T’s WarnerMedia, Lionsgate, MGM, ITV and Entertainment One (now part of Hasbro). While most of the service's original programming have received positive reviews, the service itself was criticized for its paid, mobile-only focus that limited its accessibility and reach compared to established, free services, such as YouTube and TikTok. MOBILE: Click "ABOUT" below to see current discussion links for this … Quibi was a big ide a and there was no one who wanted to make a success of it more than we did. Katzenberg also struck out in his attempt to sell Quibi’s programming rights to companies including NBCUniversal and Facebook, per The Information’s story this week. The Quibi service, which is ostensibly aimed at consumers 18-34, costs $4.99 monthly with ads and $7.99 per month without ads. Quibi's well-produced shorts looked great on the small screen. [63], Former American short-form mobile video platform, United States District Court for the Central District of California, "Quibi Was Supposed to Revolutionize Hollywood. Roku reportedly paid less than $100 million to acquire the rights to Quibi's library of original content until 2022. 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[1], Quibi filed a lawsuit against interactive video developer Eko on March 9, 2020[57][58] seeking a declaration that Quibi did not infringe on Eko's patented technology, as well as an order that Eko withdraw a complaint filed with Apple's App Store and unspecified monetary damages. They were also cut up into bite-sized chunks to better be consumed wherever and whenever someone had a … [25] On April 14, the company announced it had seen 1.7 million downloads of its app in its release week. "Quibi is not succeeding. [43] The next day, on October 22, it was announced that Quibi would officially shut down "on or around" December 1. Quibi had about 50 original titles at launch, including shows featuring originals with Jennifer Lopez, Chrissy Teigen, Chance the Rapper, Liam Hemsworth, Sophie Turner, Lena Waithe, Nicole Richie and Reese Witherspoon. © Copyright 2021 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Quibi (/ ˈ k w ɪ b i / KWIB-ee) was an American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices.It was founded in Los Angeles in August 2018 as NewTV by Jeffrey Katzenberg and was led by Meg Whitman, its CEO.The service raised $1.75 billion from investors. Quibi founder and board chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. According to the analytics firm Sensor Tower, by early May, the app was ranked 125th. 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[37], In early August, a free, ad-supported version of the service was released in Australia and New Zealand, and the price of the ad-free version was reduced. [44][45], On January 3, 2021, it was announced that Roku is in advanced talks to acquire rights to Quibi's library. One of the proposals: for Quibi to cut its losses and shutter the company. In a Pandemic", "Roku Nears Deal to Buy Rights to Quibi's Content", "Quibi Is Coming. Quibi confirmed the plan to wind down operations and seek to sell its assets.]. Quibi with a capital "Q" refers to the service, but all-lower-case quibi is the word the company invented for its short-form episodes, which all run about 10 minutes or less. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Sensor Tower also said the app had been installed by 2.9 million customers, although Quibi says the figure was closer to 3.5 million. [19], Quibi launched on April 6, 2020. [31], By early June, it was reported that the company implemented voluntary executive pay cuts. Quibi plans to release three hours of new content every weekday as part of its bid to make watching Quibi a daily habit. Only this week did the company launch apps for viewing on living-room TVs on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Google TV/Android TV devices. [32] Katzenberg and Whitman stated that while Quibi was "in a good financial position" the company's senior executives volunteered to "take a 10% pay cut because it's the right thing to do." [5][6], Quibi spent over $1 billion on commissioning original content in its first year, totalling 8,500[47] short-form episodes and including over 175 shows. Quibi's programming consisted of short episodes that people could watch in brief moments throughout the day. [28], Quibi's app fell out of the list of the 50 most-downloaded free iPhone apps in the United States a week after it was released. 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