CitizenVectron Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Quibi Is Shutting Down as Problems Mount WWW.WSJ.COM Quibi Holdings LLC is shutting itself down, according to people familiar with the matter, a crash landing for a once-highflying entertainment startup that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 The least shocking death of 2020. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number305 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Was this the service with the talking sex doll show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Isn't their CEO being considered for a Biden cabinet position? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Was Quibi ever truly alive to begin with? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Isn't their CEO being considered for a Biden cabinet position? Lol She sure is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I watch and listen to some content Ron Funches puts out. He was the only person I ever heard mention Quibi because he was on one of the shows. The thought of watching shows on my phone is not something I have ever done or planned on doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Damn. Too many people remembered to cancel before their free trial ran out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Launching a mobile service that is primarily meant to be watched on phones during a pandemic when most people are stuck at home probably wasn't the best idea. The internets tendency to judge things before they even come out let alone try them didn't help either. Some of the "shows" weren't bad. I watched a couple of shows at work nights earyl on and some were decent. Their library of material will probably be bought up by another streamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Oh no, who could have foreseen this happening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Launching a mobile service that is primarily meant to be watched on phones during a pandemic when most people are stuck at home probably wasn't the best idea. The internets tendency to judge things before they even come out let alone try them didn't help either. Some of the "shows" weren't bad. I watched a couple of shows at work nights earyl on and some were decent. Their library of material will probably be bought up by another streamer. I just imagine Quibi, the XFL, and Trump sitting at a bar bragging about they would have made it big if the virus hadn't come around..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: I just imagine Quibi, the XFL, and Trump sitting at a bar bragging about they would have made it big if the virus hadn't come around..... The XFL died too? Did it ever really launch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: The XFL died too? Did it ever really launch? Yes, it did! It only lasted about a month before the April shutdowns wiped it out, and then about a month after that Vince threw in the towel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 19 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: Launching a mobile service that is primarily meant to be watched on phones during a pandemic when most people are stuck at home probably wasn't the best idea. The internets tendency to judge things before they even come out let alone try them didn't help either. Some of the "shows" weren't bad. I watched a couple of shows at work nights earyl on and some were decent. Their library of material will probably be bought up by another streamer. I'll never get the refusal to make it watchable in desktop browsers. It was a decent idea with the worst possible timing, but they then just refused to adapt to the new situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Everyone likes to poop all over Quibi... but on paper I don't think it's a bad idea to try and rethink something like TV for the modern age and smartphones, but it sounds like it just didn't land. Doesn't make it a stupid play. I bet that this was an idea just a little before it's time, or maybe an idea that was poorly executed. (I'm saying all of these things having never used Quibi for even a second.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, ort said: Everyone likes to poop all over Quibi... but on paper I don't think it's a bad idea to try and rethink something like TV for the modern age and smartphones, but it sounds like it just didn't land. Doesn't make it a stupid play. I bet that this was an idea just a little before it's time, or maybe an idea that was poorly executed. (I'm saying all of these things having never used Quibi for even a second.) I really do think it's as simple as they got completely hosed on the timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, ort said: Everyone likes to poop all over Quibi... but on paper I don't think it's a bad idea to try and rethink something like TV for the modern age and smartphones, but it sounds like it just didn't land. Doesn't make it a stupid play. I bet that this was an idea just a little before it's time, or maybe an idea that was poorly executed. (I'm saying all of these things having never used Quibi for even a second.) I id use it and I agree with @Jason they just picked the worst possible time to launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 1:31 PM, Emperor Diocletian II said: Was Quibi ever truly alive to begin with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheLeon Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Yeah, I wasn’t against it. I did the free trial and got some use out of it. It just didn’t have nearly enough content to compete with other streaming services that were charging just a couple dollars more a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 17 hours ago, TheLeon said: Yeah, I wasn’t against it. I did the free trial and got some use out of it. It just didn’t have nearly enough content to compete with other streaming services that were charging just a couple dollars more a month. Amazon and Hulu have "channels" you can add as paid add-ons (Showtime, CBS All Access, etc). Even without the dumb phone-only restriction I feel like the format was a dubious value given how much time everyone is spending at home now, but maybe it would have been an easier sell for people as a $5 add-on on another service. I think people tend to view having a different account in a different app as a lot more of a hassle than having something extra bundled onto a service you already had and intended to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It Lives! (sorta) Quote Roku has officially acquired Quibi's library of content, less than three months after the bite-sized entertainment streaming service shut down.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Roku has now bought exclusive global distribution rights to more than 75 short-form shows in an effort to expand the company's free-to-stream, ad-supported offering on The Roku Channel. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, a source familiar with the agreement was said to have valued the content library at "significantly less than $100 million." The Roku blog notes that the "quick bites and big stories made famous on Quibi" will be available to stream on The Roku Channel later this year, giving audiences access to "hundreds of hours of new content," which will be free to watch on the platform. The catalog includes everything from Sophie Turner's thriller Survive to Chrissy Teigen's courtroom comedy Chrissy's Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 i think it could work but not having a tv app was so fucking stupid, even if there wasn’t a pandemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Figured someone would pick up that content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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