Quibi was the largest supported streaming service that you never heard of (or that you may never have cared about) in early 2020. The hopeful streaming rival showed off over 75 new programs with some A-list celebrities including Anna Kendrick in Dummy, Kevin Hart and John Travolta in Die Hart, and Laurence Fishburne in #FreeRayshawn, which even won an Emmy. Then it got totally full.
Why did it fail? Well, nobody wanted to pay for a streaming service with short-form content, as the investors had hoped for. But there is hope for the programs that went dark in 2020, as Quibi shows have finally found new home on the totally free Roku Channel– renamed “Roku Originals” which is pretty funny.
Here is some of the better past Quibi content that you can see when viewed will be released on May 20th on the streaming channel– 30 shows will be free to watch that day, with more of the 75-show-strong Quibi cast expected to appear on the channel in the future.
