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Quibi streaming service Closing down after less than 1 year, $1.75 billion

It's not a great tombstone, but... well, we'll just leave it at that. RIP Quibi.

Expand / / It is not a fantastic tombstone, however… well, we will simply leave it at this. RIP Quibi. (charge: Getty Images / / Sam Machkovech)

Quibi, the video-streaming agency made to revolve round smartphone displays, is not any longer, according to The Wall Street Journal.

After launch just in April this year, using a $1.75 billion infusion of money and the direction of former NBC bigwig Jeffrey Katzenberg, the agency is finishing within the closing of its holding firm, Quibi Holdings LLC, based on”people knowledgeable about the thing,” that the WSJ states . The information was sent right by Katzenberg into the LLC’s shareholders Wednesday, according to the report.

The writing seemed to be about the wall when Quibi’s main sales pitch– even quick-burst videos developed to pull the typical on-the-go smartphone consumer –fell apart throughout the USA in the aftermath of coronavirus-related shutdowns. (Meaning, folks simply were not seeing videos on their mobiles as much this season while, state, commuting {} trains or moving to and from colleges and universities) This dilemma has been compounded by Quibi’s abrupt absence of home-friendly methods to watch its own content, without big releases on social platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, or Amazon Fire TV.

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