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Business Wars Daily

Quibi’s TV-On-the-Go Concept Seemed Brilliant. Then Came Lockdowns.

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today is Thursday, April 16, and we’re looking at Quibi vs. Peacock.

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Have you taken a look at Quibi yet? Well, if you haven't, you've almost

1:12.0

certainly heard of the new mobile streaming service, right? Big bucks and huge talent were lined up to

1:17.2

bring miniature Netflix quality shows to your phone. The name Quibi stands for quick bites.

1:22.7

The idea was to make high-quality programs that were short enough to watch from start to finish

1:27.6

while waiting to do something else, say, riding the subway to work or standing in line at

1:33.3

the grocery store. The company had no plans to develop content for anything but phones. No

1:37.9

laptops, tablets, or Roku streaming devices, just phones. From the get-go, the concept seemed like a winner. After all, in 2012,

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the typical smartphone owner spent a whopping six minutes a day on his or her phone. Six years

1:52.4

later, it was up to more than an hour, mostly scrolling social media or playing games. So why not

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watch good TV on your device? Investors agreed, in spades. The brainchild of DreamWorks

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