LOS ANGELES — New streaming service Quibi, which offers entertainment and news in episodes of 10 minutes or less on mobile phones, has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times since its April 6 debut, founder Jeffrey Katzenberg told Reuters on Wednesday.Katzenberg also said that some Quibi users will have the ability to cast the service from mobile phones to their televisions starting in May.
Some early viewers had complained that they were unable to watch Quibi programming on their TVs.Quibi originally had been promoted for on-the-go viewing.
Executives stuck with their launch plan even though it came when audiences were sheltering at home to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.The downloads for Quibi increased by 1 million from