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Quibi, the shortform video streaming service designed for individuals to take pleasure in on their telephones, has shuttered after lower than a yr of existence.
Led by veteran Hollywood govt Jeffrey Katzenberg and former HP CEO Meg Whitman, the streaming service was designed to be a revolutionary technique to watch movies on the go, with exhibits and movies particularly formatted to work in each panorama and portrait modes. With almost $2 billion raised earlier than Quibi even launched in April and a protracted line of Hollywood expertise on board to supply motion pictures and exhibits, Katzenberg and Whitman felt fairly good about their prospects — even when analysts and media critics questioned the duo’s technique.
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