After the short-form streaming site Quibi was dissolved last December, there were questions about the fate of the shows on its content library. With some of them being very good, they still have significant value, and selling the Quibi content catalog now looks almost certain. Currently, the streaming app and hardware manufacturer Roku is in advanced discussions with the former streaming site for a possible deal.

The Acquisition of Quibi Gives Roku a Slate of Original Programming to Offer Its Buyers

Roku is a company known for its devices that give users access to streaming and their own content libraries. After the Quibi acquisition is complete, the Roku Channel will add to its library shows from some of the industry’s biggest entertainers by bringing Quibi’s entertainment to its viewers. While Roku doesn’t own or produce content and has stated openly that it has no plans to do so, the acquisition would give it original programming that buyers could view as a potential benefit to purchasing its hardware.

Roku Acquires Quibi After Its Failure to Compete On the Streaming Landscape

After launching with great vigor and high-profile people like Kevin Hart, Liam Hemsworth, and Kristen Bell, Quibi failed to create buzz and was shut down after six months. The company was headed by HP’s ex-CEO Meg Whitman and its founder was no other than the former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. The campaign, even before the launch, managed to raise $2 billion. Despite all the successful advertising, the new platform failed, and its shows became unavailable to fans.

While there is no word on a potential selling price just yet, the acquisition deal is certainly nearing finalization and could offer interested viewers the opportunity to browse through Quibi’s library. Of course, there is also the possibility that the deal could fall through at the last moment, but that seems unlikely. Especially, when according to a Roku blog page, users would get to see the Quibi content after it gets launched later this year.

There are millions of workers across the globe who have found themselves working from home in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. While this isn’t what they’re used to, it’s easy for them to do so as long as they have internet access and a laptop. However, there are some people who don’t have that privilege, and for a long time, this has been the case for surgeons. After all, how is a surgeon supposed to operate on a patient in hospital when they’re at home? Well, a new startup could see this happen.

Important Work

There’s no doubt about the fact that the world would be nothing without surgeons and other medical professionals. In fact, many people alive today wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for these people. It’s long been held that surgeons have to work in hospital to help their patients, but one woman has created a new platform that could create a new world of surgical options.

An Impressive Surgeon

Nadine Hachach-Haram is a reconstructive plastic surgeon from London who is hugely respected in her field. Because of this, she has many international surgeons contact her for advice. In 2016, she was contacted by a surgeon in Gaza who needed some help when it came to one of their patients. Because of the restrictions in place within this territory, the patient couldn’t leave – and Nadine couldn’t fly out there. So, she came up with something she later called Proximie.

Working Wonders

This web-based dashboard has since taken the world by storm, as it allows surgeons from across the world to connect with those in operating rooms elsewhere. They can guide, teach, and instruct the surgeons conducting the surgery even though they’re thousands of miles away. It has since been adopted by many countries and governments across the globe, and it could be hugely advantageous during the coronavirus lockdown.

Could we see more surgeons working from home?