Tag: streaming

Quibi raised roughly $1.75 billion to reinvent premium video for phones, then shut down within months of launch. Its collapse became a vivid lesson in how abundant capital can amplify an unproven product thesis instead of de-risking it.

Apple's Beats acquisition combined hardware profits, music-industry relationships, executive talent, and a subscription streaming service. One year later Apple Music launched, making the strategic direction of the deal unmistakable.