As the great streaming glut of 2020 threatened to drown audiences in content—Disney+, HBO Max, AppleTV+ Peacock, etc.— in the confusion of it all (and untimely pandemic), viewers were content to skip the new microcontent mobile app and streaming service, Quibi. In the March chaos of COVID-19 (soon before the service launched), Quibi failed to answer basic questions about themselves and their model: are people willing to watch TV series primarily on their mobile devices? Can a company invest $1 billion on talent and new technology and automatically become a player in an overcrowded streaming market? And what the hell is a “Quibi” anyway? So, it’s a shame Quibi didn’t have the “THIS! This is a goddamn Quibi!” proof of content explainer that is the innovative and thrilling “Wireless,” from executive producer Steven Soderbergh.

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