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Quibi Returns on Roku

Quibi Will Be Reborn on Roku in 2021

Like a phoenix from the ashes?

  • Chris De Hoog Chris De Hoog
  • January 8, 2021
  • 2 Minute Read
The rise and fall of Quibi was one of the quirkier stories to come out of 2020, but now the bite-sized media platform is poised to return.

Roku has acquired most of the defunct platform’s original content—excluding its daily news programming—and will make it available for free later this year, with ads. A price was not released, but the Wall Street Journal reported the figure was well below $100 million.

Quibi's lineup of star-studded short-form shows will arrive on Roku later this year.
Quibi’s lineup of star-studded short-form shows, such as The Most Dangerous Game with Liam Hemsworth, will arrive on Roku later this year. (Deadline)

Quibi launched in April last year but immediately struggled to find its foothold, as a platform designed for short bursts of consumption by people on the go. The pandemic sorely affected this business model, and ultimately the service went dark on December 1, only eight months after launch.

Now that its library of “movie-quality” short-form content is coming to the largest streaming device platform, audiences may be more willing to give it a try. Quibi attracted a remarkable roster of stars for various projects, from Laurence Fishburne, Liam Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Tina Fey, Anna Kendrick, Idris Elba, and Chrissy Teigen. It also dominated the short-form content categories at last year’s Emmys.

The deal means that previously unreleased content, such as the dark comedy The Now from Peter Farrelly and Spielberg’s After Dark, will see the light of day—or night, in the latter’s case.

“The most creative and imaginative minds in Hollywood created groundbreaking content for Quibi that exceeded our expectations,” said Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. “We are thrilled that these stories, from the surreal to the sublime, have found a new home on the Roku Channel.”

YOU HAVE AWAKENED ME FROM MY SLUMBER! https://t.co/GD99MlkCzj

— Quibi (@Quibi) January 8, 2021
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Chris De Hoog

Chris De Hoog

A writer and podcaster from Ontario, Chris discovered roleplaying games with Final Fantasy on the NES and has been overthinking them ever since.
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