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A new streaming service has arrived to keep you busy with original content while most people are spending their days at home. Quibi, the new short-form mobile video streamer launched on Monday, April 6, and does so with an impressive library of content.

Still, in a world where Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and the rest are already dominating streaming, you might not know anything about Quibi, what it’s offering, or how to watch it. Luckily for you, GameSpot is here to break it all down.

What is Quibi?

The new service is founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of Dreamworks SKG, and specializes in original short-form content–“quick bites”–that is made to be watched on mobile devices. Each episode runs under 10 minutes in length, with new installments being posted daily.

There are three categories of programs available on Quibi.

• Movies in Chapters are larger scripted stories told in 7-10 minute episodes.
• Unscripted and Docs includes Quibi’s reality content, as well as documentary programming.
• Daily Essentials focuses on news, with daily 5-6 minute episodes breaking down what’s happening on any given day.

What are Quibi’s shows?

What’s most exciting about Quibi is its launching with a robust programming library, giving new users plenty to watch on Day 1. What’s more, it’s going to continue new series throughout its first month. Take a look below at everything available on Day 1 and throughout the rest of April.

April 6

• Flipped (Movies in Chapters)
• Most Dangerous Game (Movies in Chapters)
• Survive (Movies in Chapters)
• When the Streetlights Go On (Movies in Chapters)
• &Music (Unscripted and Docs)
• Chrissy’s Court (Unscripted and Docs)
• Dishmantled (Unscripted and Docs)
• Fierce Queens (Unscripted and Docs)
• Gayme Show! (Unscripted and Docs)
• Gone Mental with Lior (Unscripted and Docs)
• I Promise (Unscripted and Docs)
• Memory Hole (Unscripted and Docs)
• Murder House Flip (Unscripted and Docs)
• NighGowns (Unscripted and Docs)
• Nikki Fre$h (Unscripted and Docs)
• Prodigy (Unscripted and Docs)
• Punk’d (Unscripted and Docs)
• Run This City (Unscripted and Docs)
• Shape of Pasta (Unscripted and Docs)
• Singled Out (Unscripted and Docs)
• Skrrt with Offset (Unscripted and Docs)
• Thanks A Million (Unscripted and Docs)
• The Sauce (Unscripted and Docs)
• You Ain’t Got These (Unscripted and Docs)
• Around the World by BBC News (Daily Essentials)
• Speedrun by Polygon (Daily Essentials)
• Morning Report by NBC News (Daily Essentials)
• Pulso News by Telemundo (Daily Essentials)
• The Replay by ESPN (Daily Essentials)
• Weather Today by The Weather Channel (Daily Essentials)
• Close Up by E! News (Daily Essentials)
• Pop 5 by iHeartMedia (Daily Essentials)
• No FIlter by TMZ (Daily Essentials)
• For the Culture by Telemundo (Daily Essentials)
• Last Night’s Late Night (Daily Essentials)
• Sexology with Shan Boodram (Daily Essentials)
• Fresh Daily by Rotten Tomatoes (Daily Essentials)
• The Rachel Hollis Show (Daily Essentials)
• The Nod with Brittany & Eric (Daily Essentials)
• The Daily Chill (Daily Essentials)
• All the Feels (Daily Essentials)
• Trailers by Fandango (Daily Essentials)

April 13:

• Agua Donkeys (Movies in Chapters)
• The Stranger (Movies in Chapters)
• #FreeRashawn (Movies in Chapters)
• 50 States of Fright (Movies in Chapters)
• Elba v Block (Unscripted and Docs)
• Let’s Roll with Tony Greenhand (Unscripted and Docs)
• Fight Like a Girl (Unscripted and Docs)

April 20:

• Dummy (Movies in Chapters)
• Iron Sharpens Iron (Unscripted and Docs)

April 27:

• Cup of Joe (Unscripted and Docs)
• Floored (Unscripted and Docs)

Among the notable titles available on launch day are the reboot of Punk’d hosted by Chance the Rapper, Chrissy’s Court starring Chrissy Tiegen, and Most Dangerous Game, a Movies in Chapters remake of the classic film. In it, Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) plays a man who agrees to be hunted by other humans in exchange for money being given to his family.

How much does Quibi cost?

Currently, there are two tiers for Quibi programming. You can get the ad-supported version of the service for $5 a month. If you want to go advertisement free, it’ll cost you $8.00 monthly. If you would rather try before you buy, though, Quibi is offering a 90-day free trial for all new users.

If you’re a T-Mobile customer, you get access to Quibi for free. The wireless provider announced on April 2 that customers can get access to a free year of both the new service and Netflix. After a year, they can choose which one to keep.

How to watch Quibi?

This can be a tricky one. Given its focus on mobile viewing, Quibi is only available on mobile devices. That means you can’t watch it on your TV, desktop, or laptop computers at this point, unless you find a workaround. Instead, you’ll find the Quibi app available on the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the service’s website. You’ll be able to purchase a subscription from within the app.

When can I watch Quibi?

Quibi is available now. After launching on April 6, all of its Day 1 content is now available and new episodes will be added daily.

You can count on Amazon to match any and all of Target’s buy two, get one free sales. Last week, Amazon followed in Target’s footsteps with its games-focused sale, and this week Amazon is joining Target with a more broad B2G1 free sale on movies, books, electronics, and more. The Blu-ray deals in particular are worth looking into, especially considering we’re all spending more time at home than usual.

Several of last year’s best movies are featured in Amazon’s B2G1 free sale. Rian Johnson’s phenomenal whodunit Knives Out is discounted to $19.96, and DC’s thought-provoking Joker, one of GameSpot’s favorite movies of 2019, is down to $15. If you’re looking for wholesome content that will make you smile, the Mr. Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is $15. For something completely different, check out the rigorously-paced Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler.

Every mainline Star Wars movie and the pair of recent spin-offs–Rogue One and Solo–are in Amazon’s B2G1 free sale, and most of them are 4K UHD Blu-ray editions.

Anime fans can pick up the Avatar & Legend of Korra Complete Series Collection on Blu-ray for $58.14. DVDs for both of the complete series are also eligible for B2G1 free (Avatar: $25, Legend of Korra: $20). A bunch of Studio Ghibli films, including the classics Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, are up for grabs, too.

Amazon doesn’t list end dates on most of its sales, but you can expect its latest B2G1 free sale to wrap up on April 12 when Target’s ends. You can check out the full sale at Amazon and take a peek at our picks below.

Amazon B2G1 free Blu-ray sale best deals

A brand-new Inside Xbox livestream is scheduled to air on Tuesday, April 7. While it won’t have any new details about the Xbox Series X, Xbox confirmed that the broadcast will cover a ton of games–like Gears Tactics and Sea of Thieves–as well as the tech specifications for its next-gen console.

The broadcast will go live tomorrow at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 9 PM GMT. You can expect Xbox to cover a slew of games, present some surprises from its ID@Xbox and Xbox Game Pass banners, and more. Further, Jason Ronald, Xbox Series X’s director of program management, will “discuss the recently revealed technical specifications and what they mean for gamers.” The livestream is expected to last approximately 30 minutes or so and can be watched on Facebook, Mixer, Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube. You can also check it out below.

Immediately following the livestream, The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian Entertainment will show off the first look at the single-player for its upcoming co-op survival game Grounded. That broadcast will go live at around 2:40 PM PT / 5:40 PM PT / 9:40 PM GMT and can be watched on both Mixer and Twitch.

With so many of us around the world staying indoors right now, streaming services have never seemed so vital. Netflix is releasing a lot of great original content throughout April, and this week is no exception. We have the full list of the week’s releases below, and you can check out the whole month’s lineup here.

The Big Show Show is the latest WWE series, and it was released today, April 6. It’s a comedy in which Big Show plays a fictionalized version of himself, dealing with family life in Florida with his wife and three daughters after his WWE career has ended. It’s a family show with a traditional sitcom format and should provide plenty of warm laughs.

Anime fans will definitely want to check out Season 2 of Hi Score Girl, which releases on Thursday. The show focuses on a teenage gamer named Haruo and his relationship with her reclusive classmate and gaming rival Akira. Season 1 was released back in 2018, so it’s been a bit of a wait for fans of this sweet and funny homage to classic arcade games, but it’s finally (nearly) here.

Several new titles hit Netflix on Friday. Brews Brothers is a new comedy about two estranged brothers who end up running a brewery together, while LA Originals is a new documentary film exploring the LA street art movement. And of course, there was a wealth of new titles that arrived on Netflix last week, including classic movies like the Matrix and Lethal Weapon series.

If you’re interested in more streaming service news, check out what’s coming to Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Shudder, and Quibi for the month of April as well.

New to Netflix This Week:

April 6

• The Big Show Show

April 7

• Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020: Part 3

April 9

• Hi Score Girl: Season 2

April 10

• Brews Brothers
• LA Originals
• La vie scolaire
• Love Wedding Repeat
• The Main Event
• Tigertail

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Traditionally, the big three networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) have its late night talk show hosts compete against each other for ratings. However, considering the situation America is in right now, there’s nothing wrong with bringing everyone together.

On Saturday, April 10, airing from 8 PM-10 PM ET/PT, the networks will air One World: Together at Home, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, And Stephen Colbert, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will raise funds for the fight against COVID-19. The show will feature acts from music, sports, comedy and more, alongside interviews with WHO.

Scheduled to appear on the show is Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, and Stevie Wonder.

Aside from entertaining the masses, the show will educate the public about prevention of COVID-19 and the risks of it as well. They will also hear stories from health care workers on the front lines of this pandemic in order to paint a broader, global picture, as we’re all in this together.

Like the One World: Together at Home special, other studios, app developers, and more are working on ways to keep being at home interesting. The Chrome extension Netflix Party allows people to watch Netflix programming together and chat. There are free trials of services like CBS All Access, Shudder, and Sling. HBO is offering some of its best shows to stream for free, and Amazon is hosting an event in April featuring movies from the cancelled SXSW festival that is free to everyone.

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