By Patrick Hipes Executive Managing Editor Quibi, the mobile streaming service from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, saw 1.7 million downloads of its app in its first week of operation, Whitman said Monday.
Whitman, appearing on CNBC this morning, said the number exceeded company expectations, noting that 80% of users who started watching a show completed the first episode, suggesting strong engagement for the service, which launched April 6.
Preliminary data showed Quibi was installed by 300,000 users across Apple and Andriod devices on its first day of launch, compared to 4 million installs for Disney+ on its launch day in November.
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