{"id":150233,"date":"2021-01-08T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/roku-buys-majority-of-quibi-shows-will-stream-them-for-free\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T20:38:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:38:36","slug":"roku-buys-majority-of-quibi-shows-will-stream-them-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roku-buys-majority-of-quibi-shows-will-stream-them-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"#Roku buys majority of Quibi shows, will stream them for free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeffrey Katzenberg\u2019s video streaming startup may be dead, but its shows will live on. <\/p>\n

Streaming-device maker Roku has snapp<\/a>ed up the majority of Quibi\u2019s multi-million dollar library of original short-form programming in a deal that will give new life to its star-studded library of shows featuring Kevin Hart, Idris Elba, Jennifer Lopez and Nick Jonas. <\/p>\n

Roku on Friday said it nabbed the exclusive global rights to 75 shows from the doomed startup. They will be available to watch this year on the Roku Channel, which is free for Roku consumer and includes a mix of old movies<\/a>, such as \u201cInception,\u201d starring Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as TV reruns of \u201cThe Bachelorette\u201d and \u201cDennis the Menace.\u201d <\/p>\n

Terms of the deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

The deal could help boost Roku\u2019s already booming business as it competes head-to-head for eyeballs against Amazon Fire TV. The streamer this week revealed that it added 14 million accounts in 2020 as home-bound consumers flocked to their TVs for entertainment. Roku now boasts 51 million account, up from just 13.4 million in 2016, making the top-streaming platform along with Amazon Fire TV. <\/p>\n

Quibi shut down in October after just six months in existence. The high-profile startup founded by Katzenberg, Walt Disney\u2019s former chairman, proved the exception to the growing demand for streaming as the coronavirus prompted more people to sit in front of their TVs instead of their phones. <\/p>\n

Quibi\u2019s videos, each under 10 minutes long, were geared toward people on-the-go. <\/p>\n

Variety on <\/a>Friday said that Roku will acquire shows like dystopian thriller \u201cMost Dangerous Game<\/a>,\u201d starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz; dark comedy \u201cFlipped\u201d with Will Forte and Kaitlin Olson; plane-crash drama \u201cSurvive,\u201d starring Sophie Turner and Corey Hawkins; comedy \u201cDummy,\u201d starring Anna Kendrick as a woman who befriends her boyfriend\u2019s sex doll, and\u00a0\u201c#FreeRayshawn,\u201d a police drama from executive producer Antoine Fuqua, for which\u00a0Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones each won short-form acting Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n

Other Quibi shows heading to Roku could include \u201cElba vs. Block\u201d starring Idris Elba and stunt driver Ken Block; \u201cChrissy\u2019s Court,\u201d a \u201cJudge Judy\u201d-style show starring Chrissy Teigen; a reboot of \u201cPunk\u2019d\u201d hosted by Chance the Rapper; and money-giveaway reality show \u201cThanks a Million\u201d from Jennifer Lopez, Variety said.<\/p>\n

In order to continue its growth, Roku is focusing on amassing new content for its platform and free channel. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s announcement marks a rare opportunity to acquire compelling new original programming that features some of the biggest names in entertainment,\u201d Roku\u2019s vice president of programming, Rob Holmes said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to make this content available for free to our users in The Roku Channel through an ad-supported model,\u201d Holmes said. <\/p>\n

Quibi went forward with its April launch despite the pandemic limiting people from commuting to work in part because it had raised a massive $1.75 billion and had advertisers lined up. The company cited slumping demand for its videos for its swift demise. Critics, however, pointed to a slew of unrelated problems that included difficulties of launching a new, unknown service in an already competitive streaming landscape with limited content.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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