{"id":123907,"date":"2020-12-01T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/quibi-is-dead-officially-shutting-down-this-morning-film\/"},"modified":"2020-12-01T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:30:21","slug":"quibi-is-dead-officially-shutting-down-this-morning-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/quibi-is-dead-officially-shutting-down-this-morning-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Quibi is Dead, Officially Shutting Down This Morning \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Quibi is Dead, Officially Shutting Down This Morning \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Quibi<\/strong> is dead, RIP Quibi. Jeffrey Katzenberg<\/strong>\u2018s Icarus, his streaming service that flew too close to the sun and totally misjudged what audiences are looking for right now, has officially shut down operations less than a year after it launched. Its little life flew by\u2026in a Quibi.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> reports that, as of this morning, Quibi is officially dead. The Quibi app<\/a> is now no longer operable, bringing a quiet end to Katzenberg\u2019s\u00a0$1.75 billion streaming project that was intended to revolutionize the way people watched things on their phone.\u00a0The Quibi app will remain on users\u2019 devices until they delete it, but the app no longer allows users to sign in (returning an error message if they try) or access any Quibi content.
\nQuibi\u2019s inevitable death comes two months after\u00a0Quibi Holdings LLC announced it would be shutting down,\u00a0less than seven months after its April 6 launch. But the mobile streaming platform, which promised subscribers daily output of \u201cquick bite\u201d originals that ran less than 10 minutes long, never really got its foothold in the competitive streaming arena since it launched. It first\u00a0fielded mockery of its name (short for \u201cquick bites\u201d in reference to its short 8-10 minute episodes) before dealing with the\u00a0unimpressed reception\u00a0to its original content. Things would only get worse for Quibi, which saw a dramatic\u00a0drop in subscribers\u00a0after its 90-day trial offered at launch ended, and the loss of\u00a0billions of dollars\u00a0in its first quarter.<\/p>\n

Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman<\/strong> launched the start-up with the intention of providing viewers with an on-the-go alternative to streaming giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, combining the ease of short YouTube<\/a> videos with the prestige of big-name actors and creators. But it was a complete failure on all of those counts, failing to rustle up attention or praise for the short-form storytelling, which was really just long-form storytelling chopped up in 10-minute intervals. Katzenberg would end up blaming the weak April 2020 launch of Quibi on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, claiming that lockdown had rendered his streaming service \u2014 designed for working people on the go to watch content while commuting or on their breaks \u2014 useless.<\/p>\n

But it feels like Quibi was doomed from the start \u2014 an ill-fated venture by out-of-touch executives who thought they had a finger on the pulse of streamers. It would almost be sad if it wasn\u2019t so funny. Now, Quibi joins the echelons of expensive failed entertainment experiments, alongside MoviePass. RIP Quibi, you were a real one.<\/p>\n

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