Roku Acquires Quibi’s Global Content Distribution Rights
The Roku Channel to Gain Exclusive Original Programming
Featuring Biggest Names in Entertainment
The Quibi content includes Emmy award-winning scripted series, alternative and reality programming and documentaries featuring stars such as
The Roku Channel is the home for free and premium news and entertainment and in Q4 2020 reached
“The Roku Channel is one of the largest and fastest growing channels on our platform today and we are consistently expanding the breadth and quality of our free, ad-supported content for our users,” said
“The most creative and imaginative minds in
“Quibi championed some of the most original ideas and inventive storytelling, and I’m so proud of what I was able to create for the platform,” said
The transaction will deliver a distinctive array of premium content geared towards the highly coveted 18-35 age demographic, further building out The Roku Channel’s diverse lineup of more than 40,000 free movies and programs and 150 free live linear television channels.
Following an internal restructuring by Quibi, Roku acquired
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