2018 · Pre-launch
Would you have funded Quibi?
Hollywood-quality shows in ten-minute episodes for phones
A legendary film executive and a former Fortune 500 CEO want to make big-budget TV shows in short episodes, watched only on phones, for a monthly fee.
- Star founders
- Big content budget before launch
Show what happened
💥 Bust
Quibi It raised $1.75 billion, launched in April 2020 and shut down that December. Its library sold to Roku for under $100 million.
Investors put in $1.75 billion before launch.
Sources: Quibi (Wikipedia)
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