#Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi takes shot at billionaire’s personal life

#Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi takes shot at billionaire’s personal life

“#Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi takes shot at billionaire’s personal life” Quibi, the defunct streaming service founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, wants to know whether Elliott Management’s financing of a patent lawsuit against it was motivated by a personal relationship between the hedge fund’s billionaire founder and a top executive. In a brief filed late Thursday,…

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#Roku to build up original shows after buying Quibi library

#Roku to build up original shows after buying Quibi library

“#Roku to build up original shows after buying Quibi library” Roku is looking to beef up its original shows and movies after buying the library of the now-defunct Quibi mobile-video app. According to a January job listing, the streaming stick-maker was looking to hire a “lead production attorney” to work on its “expanding slate of…

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#Roku Quibi Deal Confirmed, Giving Platform Exclusive Rights – /Film

#Roku Quibi Deal Confirmed, Giving Platform Exclusive Rights – /Film

“#Roku Quibi Deal Confirmed, Giving Platform Exclusive Rights – /Film” Roku has officially bought the exclusive global streaming rights to Quibi‘s bite-sized portfolio. That includes the dozens of TV shows starring the likes of Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Liam Hemsworth, and Anna Kendrick, and developed by filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg. Dozens! Deadline reports that Roku has…

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#Roku buys majority of Quibi shows, will stream them for free

#Roku buys majority of Quibi shows, will stream them for free

“#Roku buys majority of Quibi shows, will stream them for free” Jeffrey Katzenberg’s video streaming startup may be dead, but its shows will live on. Streaming-device maker Roku has snapped up the majority of Quibi’s multi-million dollar library of original short-form programming in a deal that will give new life to its star-studded library of…

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#Roku Becomes Exclusive Home of Quibi Content

#Roku Becomes Exclusive Home of Quibi Content

“#Roku Becomes Exclusive Home of Quibi Content” Roku is getting a content injection. Per The Hollywood Reporter, 75 short-form shows such as Survive, The Stranger, and Most Dangerous Game will be resurrected on The Roku Channel. “We are thrilled that these stories, from the surreal to the sublime, have found a new home on The…

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#Quibi’s Streaming Library May Go to Roku

#Quibi’s Streaming Library May Go to Roku

“#Quibi’s Streaming Library May Go to Roku” Roku is going digging in the graveyard that is Quibi’s massive library of streaming content. It has been revealed that Roku is in final talks to acquire all of the content that had previously been produced for Quibi, the short-form streaming service that launched, and quickly collapsed, last…

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