BBC News Partners with Mobile Video Startup Quibi on Daily International News Show

By Christine Zosche 

Jeffrey Katzenberg‘s start-up mobile TV service Quibi is boosting its daily news programming. (TVNewser)

The BBC and Quibi are launching a new partnership. BBC News will create five-minute-long news shows designed for mobile five days a week. (Politico)

The show aims to catch viewers up with all the news from around the world in five minutes, according to the two companies. (TechCrunch)

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The show is slated to launch in April 2020. With the partnership, BBC News becomes the international news producer for Quibi’s curated daily news and information programming Daily Essentials. (Deadline)

Earlier this summer, Quibi announced a similar pact with NBC News, for two daily shows. (Variety)

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