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When the Streetlights Go On
2020 · TV series · 8 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Matthew Nelson-Mahood
A double-homicide in a small midwestern suburb rattles the lives of a group of teenagers and sends investigators searching for answers in the fall of 1995. A meditation on growing up, the passing of time, and the insidious violence that lurks in the suburbs.
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It's not the right format for sitting at home. It's short 8 minute episodes that come out once a day. It would be perfect for commuting on public transit but nobody is doing that at the moment so they have a problem.
It's a shame because I think they have some surprisingly good content (When the Streetlights go on was surprisingly dark and complex, The Most Dangerous Game was gripping if not predictable). However, it feels strictly less efficient than TikTok because they're never going to have UGC. Most of the content is your standard schlock that directly competes with quick, inane UGC you'd see on TikTok. Who do you think will be able to more sustainably and profitably operate: a company that relies on expensive and complex physical production for their content, or one that gets it for free in essentially limitless quantities with a vast dataset to exquisitely target each user's preferences.
It's not a perfect comparison because TikTok is ad supported and Quibi is a subscription service, but maybe that's the problem: they're not competing with Netflix, they're actually competing with TikTok and Instagram and maybe their product and business model should align with them instead.