Former Quibi Execs Join Roku to Ahead of Shortform Library's Launch

5:39 PM PST 3/11/2021 by Natalie Jarvey Courtesy of Roku Former Quibi senior content executives Colin Davis and Brian Tannenbaum are among those who have joined Roku. Two months after acquiring the Quibi library, Roku has tapped a handful of the defunct mobile app’s former executives to manage the rollout of that programming on its platform. Two former senior content executives at Quibi, Colin Davis and Brian Tannenbaum, have updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate their new roles at Roku. Former Quibi business affairs executive Ryan Bocskay has also indicated via the social network that he recently started a job at Roku. It’s unclear how many other Quibi employees have joined the streaming media company. “Quibi built a talented team to support the development of really fantastic programming,” a Roku spokesman said in a statement. “We were thrilled to welcome a number of them to the Roku team in recent weeks and their deep expertise will help ensure the successful launch and growth of the Quibi content on The Roku Channel.” Quibi launched in April 2020, offering highly produced shortform video programming designed for mobile devices. But the company, led by CEO Meg Whitman and chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, struggled to…
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