Quibi Was Just Early. Disney Proved It.
Quibi died in 2020 as the biggest punchline in streaming history. Vertical video for phones. Nobody wanted it. Investors lost $1.75 billion.
Disney+ just announced "Verts." A vertical video swipe feed. For phones.
The vindication is real and it stings.
NEW: Starting this week, Disney+ is rolling out “Verts,” a vertical video feed that lets users swipe through clips from movies and shows, add titles to their Watchlist, or jump straight into playback. It's the first step in a strategy to bring more short-form content to Disney+.
Disney+ launching a TikTok-style vertical video feed is retroactive proof that Quibi's concept was sound, just catastrophically mistimed and mismanaged.
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