Exclusive, Updated, 11:15 Am: Jeffrey Katzenberg has always loved a good scrap, and the Quibi kingpin came out swinging Tuesday after being officially named a defendant in the ongoing and competing lawsuits over the mobile platform’s Turnstyle technology.
“With its amended complaint, Eko’s desperation and the weakness of their case are more transparent than ever,” said a spokesperson for the Meg Whitman-run Quibi to Deadline this morning, after we broke that Katzenberg and several Quibi staffers had been added to the Eko’s suit alleging patent infringement and now breach of contract.
“No new facts are alleged and it seems designed only to try to score more publicity,” Quibi went on to say, with an always present eye to media perspectives and coverage.
“Eko can revise, recut and redo their tortured arguments all they want, but the shakedown won’t work,” the statement punches. “Our patented Turnstyle feature,...
“With its amended complaint, Eko’s desperation and the weakness of their case are more transparent than ever,” said a spokesperson for the Meg Whitman-run Quibi to Deadline this morning, after we broke that Katzenberg and several Quibi staffers had been added to the Eko’s suit alleging patent infringement and now breach of contract.
“No new facts are alleged and it seems designed only to try to score more publicity,” Quibi went on to say, with an always present eye to media perspectives and coverage.
“Eko can revise, recut and redo their tortured arguments all they want, but the shakedown won’t work,” the statement punches. “Our patented Turnstyle feature,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s shortform startup got $1 billion in funding, finally got a name, and now it’s gotten itself crack leadership and development teams.
Former DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson and former Viacom Music and Entertainment Group president Doug Herzog have joined Quibi's CEO Meg Whitman, recently-onboarded news veteran Janice Min, and Katzenberg to complete the platform's team of top execs.
Katzenberg and Whitman have said Quibi is not intended to compete with Netflix or similar subscription services. Instead, it will offer 15-minute “chapters on the go” — episodic programming across a range of genres (including reality TV and news content), all meant to be consumed via smartphone.
With that content strategy in mind, it's no surprise Quibi has also been low-key building out its staff in other areas by recruiting from the teams behind popular social media sites and other shortform video platforms, as The Hollywood Reporter notes.
For product development,...
Former DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson and former Viacom Music and Entertainment Group president Doug Herzog have joined Quibi's CEO Meg Whitman, recently-onboarded news veteran Janice Min, and Katzenberg to complete the platform's team of top execs.
Katzenberg and Whitman have said Quibi is not intended to compete with Netflix or similar subscription services. Instead, it will offer 15-minute “chapters on the go” — episodic programming across a range of genres (including reality TV and news content), all meant to be consumed via smartphone.
With that content strategy in mind, it's no surprise Quibi has also been low-key building out its staff in other areas by recruiting from the teams behind popular social media sites and other shortform video platforms, as The Hollywood Reporter notes.
For product development,...
- 12/19/2018
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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