Quibi — a star-studded, mostly mobile streaming service that struggled to keep up with its own hype — will shut down, the company said Tuesday, a flameout coming less than seven months after the service launched. Quibi said subscribers will receive separate notifications about the final date they can watch the service, without specifying any timeline. Wednesday, …
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For unconventional streaming-video service Quibi, there’s at least one optimistic glimmer as it launches in the middle of a life-altering pandemic: Even if its $1.75 billion bet on mobile video is exactly wrong for this moment, CEO Meg Whitman says that Quibi is willing to change. Want to watch on your TV? Tell the company so, and it might happen. …
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T-Mobile has signed a deal with short movie streaming service Quibi, the companies said on Friday. The carrier will be Quibi’s exclusive wireless distributor when the service launches in April 2020, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. Meg Whitman, Quibi CEO and former Hewlett Packard Enterprise chief executive, said in an emailed press release the service will “deliver …
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