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Re:Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after the... by JadoJodo on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:59PM (#23794346)
But they also have a history of original programming that dates back to the early 90s (and earlier). They've had time to perfect those ripples.
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Re:Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after the... by mkl on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:40PM (#23797926)
Even their first original show Oz (1997) [1] was good. It was clearly experimental and low budget (it's set almost entirely inside a prison so needs very few sets, props, costumes, etc.), but designed around that limitation to focus on the writing and characters. Netflix tried a similar strategy with one of their first original series, Orange Is The New Black.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(TV_series)

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Re:Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after the... by dhosek on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:06AM (#23799369)
More accurately, their first one-hour drama. They produced original content as early as 1976, not including sports programming or comedy showcases.
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