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When Cody Heller created “Dummy,” it had the ingredients of a hit show. The comedy starred popular actress Anna Kendrick, and its story about a woman’s interactions with her boyfriend’s sex doll certainly had potential for water cooler talk. But just six months after “Dummy” debuted on Quibi, the streaming service announced it was shutting down, causing more than 75 programs to go dark in December. “The saddest part of it was, ‘Oh, no. Now “Dummy” is just gone — disappeared,‘" Heller said. “There’s no way to watch it now, and it all happened so fast.” Advertise...

| 09 January 2021 Crashing and burning in a matter of months, content from Quibi wasn’t the hit that a lot of smart money bet on, but Roku thinks different and has acquired exclusive global distribution rights to the millennial-focussed short-form premium mobile TV streaming service's award-winning shows and will make the content available for free on an ad-supported basis in 2021. The deal will see the Roku Channel become the exclusive place to stream more than 75 premium shows and documentaries that Quibi created in conjunction with Hollywood’s leading studios and producti...

Roku has announced that it was acquired the bulk of Quibi’s content, less than three months after the short-form video streaming service shut down. Neither company revealed specific financial terms of the deal, but Roku says it will gain most of Quibi’s TV shows and documentaries, outside of daily news shows. This includes drama series  Most Dangerous Game with Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz, comedy series  Dummy starring Anna Kendrick and the Chrissy Teigen-hosted arbitration show Chrissy’s Court. As part of the deal, Roku has also secured the rights to more than a doz...

Quibi's Shows Will Live On, As Roku Acquires Streaming Rights For Under $100 Million Roku steps in and acquires the global rights to the majority of Quibi's content. Confirming rumors, Roku has announced that it acquired the global distribution rights to Quibi's programming after the short-form streaming platform shut down late last year. According to Deadline, "most" of Quibi's shows will move over to Roku, but "some daily news shows" are not making the jump. The official announcement said there will be 75+ shows available from Quibi on Roku. The acquisition price was not named in the report...