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Former head of Walt Disney Studios and documented douche Jeffery Katzenberg blames COVID19 over Quibi coming up short (UP: now blaming BLM protests)
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The shows don't magically become proper length episodes when the deal expires. Does Netflix even want 5-10 minute shows? We'll see.
I guess they could wind up on YouTube.
Has to be one most forced, 'trying to make fetch happen' products in recent history. I hope it fails gloriously
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TBH, I forgot Quibi existed until just now. The ad campaign (On YouTube) just sort of disappeared here. Which sucks because for me it's been replaced by pro-Trump ads and I'm so fucking sick of it.
Please someone GIF the bit "bury me with my golden arm" -> [strained breathing] ! 🤣
Ready for this, he plays a real life character on the show. Donal Logue plays Dan Harmon
As for this? That's what you get, you wasted money and TikTok and everyone else ate your lunch!
So the whole point of of this service was to have bite sized content people could watch to kill time during the day? They seriously expected people in public to watch a show about a sex doll?
Never even heard of it but uh YouTube exists, no reason to use this app. The AAA short film market ain't exactly booming.
It would have died a much slower death without the pandemic, but the quarantine sure did hasten that to light speed.
"Will I watch one more episode of Tiger King on my 50 inch TV with my loved ones who also can't go out or will I be kinda anti social and watch a few clips on my phone... that I also need to pay for?"
DOA
"Will I watch one more episode of Tiger King on my 50 inch TV with my loved ones who also can't go out or will I be kinda anti social and watch a few clips on my phone... that I also need to pay for?"
DOA
Yeah, when I saw them selling it as a thing when you're out and about, I knew it was in trouble. Also trying to make it a measurement in time before people understand how long that time is? 15 min? 5? 1?
How does shit like this get 1.3 billion in investments?
The shows are already filmed and produced with little financial risk? Yeah, some streaming service is going to buy all that content, just because it's content.
The shows are already filmed and produced with little financial risk? Yeah, some streaming service is going to buy all that content, just because it's content.
Holy shit Sam Raimi wrote and directed this.
Quibi is the Ouya of streaming services.
Quibi seems like a mildly good idea that became a bad idea when someone decided it needed to be the biggest thing around.
Reno 911 is good, but there is some actual worthwhile stuff on the platform (imo anyway). There's was a lot of LGBTQ+ content on it from the start, including Sasha Velour's Nightgowns, which I would recommend to most people, but it was only 8 episodes.
I feel like the main caveat of the app being mobile only is causing restrictions rather than removing them. It could've been big with the generation that actually likes watching shows and stuff on their phones but that's not a majority, I would assume.
I feel like the main caveat of the app being mobile only is causing restrictions rather than removing them. It could've been big with the generation that actually likes watching shows and stuff on their phones but that's not a majority, I would assume.
If you're a brand new streaming service debuting in the middle of a pandemic where EVERYBODY'S home and you can't find an audience? That's on you. It was a stupid concept that didn't work.
It wasn't organic enough to appeal to the youtube/instagram/tik tok crowd, and it wasn't hard core enough to appeal to people that would watch 4k Netflix content on their TV's.
1. No one is going to pay for short form, when all people want to do "on their commute" or "on the toilet" to fill time is just search YouTube or scroll thru feeds.
2. If it was porn, it would be super popular.
2. If it was porn, it would be super popular.
Despite the star studded commercials, nobody gave a shit. Nice to see. I was getting tired of those ads.
Imagine blaming the failure of your dumb platform on a global event that has increased people's media consumption.
Imagine blaming the failure of your dumb platform on a global event that has increased people's media consumption.
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Quibi is stupid as hell and I 100% believe it would have failed regardless, but it's tough to deny that this is true:
The service, which offers entertainment and news programs in five- to 10-minute chunks, was designed to be watched on the go by people who are too busy to sit down and stream TV shows or movies. It came out when millions of people were not going anywhere because of stay-at-home orders across the country.
That's some shit, man.
There is a world in which this service could have possibly have worked for commuters.
The service, which offers entertainment and news programs in five- to 10-minute chunks, was designed to be watched on the go by people who are too busy to sit down and stream TV shows or movies. It came out when millions of people were not going anywhere because of stay-at-home orders across the country.
That's some shit, man.
There is a world in which this service could have possibly have worked for commuters.
Jeffrey Katzenberg is quite a character, I can assure you of that.
I agree with this. I signed up for the Quibi trial because the idea was fairly sound - especially for people like my wife who routinely pick up their phone, scroll Instagram for 15 minutes, and put it down. The idea of filling that time with something better, quality wise, isn't necessarily a bad one.
The issues with Quibi are two-fold. First, the quality bar started low and fell through the damn floor within weeks. To start with I thought concepts like Murder House Flip were meant to be ironic and funny, but as time has worn on, I've realised they're actually serious about this sort of slate of programming.
Second is the pandemic. Katzenberg might be an asshole, but he's right that launching a streaming app designed for commuters at a time when nobody's commuting was a major contributor to its failure.