INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
With just over one month to go until its official launch date, the short-form, subscription streaming service Quibi has closed on $750
valuation.Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman told the Journal that the new financing was made to ensure that the company would have the
existing investors, like the Alibaba Group and Hollywood Studios, along with WndrCo, the investment firm and holding company launched by
narratives or reality show-style entertainment needs to live behind a paywall rather than on YouTube or TikTok.Perhaps Quibi will win with
its slate of reality and narrative shows (which, to be honest, look pretty fun)
The big names that Katzenberg and co-founder Meg Whitman promised are certainly on offer in the roster that is helpfully synopsized in a
year with 8,500 episodes, which run no longer than 10 minutes.When it launches, there will be 50 shows on offer from the service
A lot depends on the reception of those shows
While many of the titles seem compelling, there are only a couple that seem to have the appeal to break through to the audience that Quibi
hopes it can reach, and that will be willing to shell out money for its subscriptions.The service is also hoping to differentiate itself by
app itself seems to be fairly undifferentiated from the services available from other streamers
taking advantage of mobile technology in new ways, but the app itself looks much like any other streaming service, save for its last app
store screenshot showing off its TurnStyle technology.The app appears to favor a dark theme common to streaming apps, like Netflix and Prime
show titles, genre or even mood.The Following tab helps you keep track of your favorite shows and a Downloads tab keeps track of those
Shows are displayed with big images that you flip through either vertically on your home feed or both horizontally and vertically as you
reference the technology by name
Instead, it describes it as a viewing experience that puts you in full control
