thearchivist.funQuibi says its shows may not survive the shutdown
TechCrunch reported on 22 October 2020 that Quibi, the short-form streaming service, would end streaming 'on or about' 1 December 2020, according to a Quibi support page. The word 'about' suggested the date was not fully fixed. The support page said the company did not know whether Quibi content would be available anywhere after its last day of service, and the report noted it was still unresolved whether the shows would move to a larger streaming service. The notable part of the notice is its uncertainty: a service with original, commissioned programmes told its audience it could not yet say where those programmes would live.
Context and provenance
This source does not give the service's launch date, funding or subscriber numbers, so none are claimed here.
Because the future of the content was left open at the time of the notice, the record is a snapshot of that moment. Anyone writing about where the shows ended up should find a later source and cite it separately, not treat this one as the outcome.
Write about Quibi's content in the past tense of the notice: at the time of the report the company did not know where it would be available. For where the shows went, cite a later dated source. A reader checking this record years later should not mistake the notice for the outcome.
Transmission timeline
- 2020-10-22
TechCrunch reports Quibi's support-page notice.
- 2020-12-01
Streaming ends 'on or about' this date.
Why it matters
A streaming service closed its doors before it could say where its own programmes would be found afterwards.
What remains uncertain
Where the programmes ended up is not covered; a later source is needed.
Sources and evidence
- TechCrunch: Quibi says it will shut down in early December
Streaming ends 'on or about' 1 December 2020; content availability unknown; the wording of the support page.
Editorial review: 2026-10-22. New evidence may change this account.