The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival crash so fast?

Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by mizay7 on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:39PM (#23680828)

Quibi seems like a neat idea but is being run very strangely for what it is: its being run like old media when the point is that it's new media.

-where is the trial option for a new media format?

-where are the samples of series on YouTube?

-where are my targeted ads on YouTube that point me to those samples?

I saw enough stuff about Quibi on websites where I get my TV and movie discussions to be interested, but nothing in places where I make decisions about what web content i consume to even consider dealing with the friction of a new app and a new subscription.

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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by seem_2211 on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:24PM (#23681457)

There were a ton of Quibi ads on Tik Tok. But it doesn't have the virality and originality, and honestly I don't think it ever will. Big production budgets and incredible story lines are something that Hollywood does a really good job of (and we've seen that come to TV over the past 10 years). But the sort of Tik Toks and Youtube videos that I like are pretty basic, and would be laughed out of the room as boring. It's like comparing a newspaper article with a novel. They're different products that do different jobs.

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