It will also feature video from local TV channels across the US. At launch Flipboard TV will include videos by Variety, Us Weekly, Rolling Stone, Barron's and The Wall Street Journal. The video service will be organized in channels based on interests such as entertainment or business. 'Our vision is to do for video what we've done for articles,' he said.

Still, he said Flipboard's curation process, which uses both editors and algorithms, would help users find professionally produced video that dovetails with their interests. In an interview, Flipboard CEO Mike McCue acknowledged the challenges of trying to woo consumers who already face subscription fatigue. Quibi has been marketing itself heavily, and ran ads during the Super Bowl and Sunday's Oscars. In addition to established names like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, new services like Apple TV Plus and Disney Plus are all vying for users' attention and dollars.įlipboard's fledgling service will soon be going up against yet another video service also focused on short video: Quibi, which has an eye-popping roster of stars and is backed by all the major studios. But it's jumping into a scrappy fight, as a wave of new subscription video services grapple to win a share of your streaming budget. For the first three months, Flipboard, which has long been a Samsung partner, will make the service exclusive to Galaxy S20 owners, who will also be offered a free trial subscription.īranching into a paid video subscription service marks new territory for Flipboard, which debuted along with the original iPad in 2010.

The launch of the video service is timed to coincide with the debut of Samsung's new Galaxy S20 phones. The ad-free service will cost $2.99 per month. Called Flipboard TV, the service will sit inside the Flipboard app and contain professional short-form video from more than 100 publishers at launch. This story is part of Samsung Event, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Samsung's most popular products.įlipboard, the popular news aggregator app, is introducing a new subscription video service.

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