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September 24th premier!

I get releasing the show weekly on streaming but my thing was the holiday split they are still doing. For it being on a streaming service and still have a hiatus feels odd to say the least.
 
Judging weather CBSAA is or isn't a failure when the medium is still in its infancy is silly. Wait until there are 5-10 (or more) services on the market all competing for your $10 a month. Of course DIS will be long over before this happens. but the point is, right now it's still a supplementary for that vast majority of people so that $6 doesn't seem like much.

There's already over four dozen different video streaming services running $5+ a month. Netflix, Hulu, CBS All Access, YouTube Red, WWE Network, HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Comic-Con HQ are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.
 
I get releasing the show weekly on streaming but my thing was the holiday split they are still doing. For it being on a streaming service and still have a hiatus feels odd to say the least.

Well the show isn't finished, and probably won't be by the time of the Holiday. The break is for them to catch up.
 
This is the part that I'm wondering about the "never had to pay for Trek before". Never went to see the movies in a theatre, at least?
Or bought a book? A comic? A ship model? Gone to a convention? No memorabilia? No shirts or bumper stickers or video games? Nothing? Really not a single red cent on anything Trek related?

That would...that would just make me sad...
 
Or bought a book? A comic? A ship model? Gone to a convention? No memorabilia? No shirts or bumper stickers or video games? Nothing? Really not a single red cent on anything Trek related?

That would...that would just make me sad...

Not even a communicator badge? I wasn't even seriously a fan for more than a week when my dad took me to a Sci-Fi store that used to be in Philly, and even that day I was spending money on Trek, not to mention Star Trek III being in theatres at that point!
 
With CBSAA you get access to the new shows full seasons, right? I keep falling behind on the CBS stuff I watch and they keep pulling the episodes before I can get caught up. If I subscribe then I'll get access to the episodes even after they usually pull them, won't I?
It would be nice not to have to worry about the episodes getting pull fall to far behind, but the whole idea of CBSAA still pisses me off so much I find it hard to pay for it. I think it's bullshit that one of the networks, which is technically free on TV, wants me to pay for their online service.
 
With CBSAA you get access to the new shows full seasons, right? I keep falling behind on the CBS stuff I watch and they keep pulling the episodes before I can get caught up. If I subscribe then I'll get access to the episodes even after they usually pull them, won't I?
It would be nice not to have to worry about the episodes getting pull fall to far behind, but the whole idea of CBSAA still pisses me off so much I find it hard to pay for it. I think it's bullshit that one of the networks, which is technically free on TV, wants me to pay for their online service.
If DSC works like CBSAA's other exclusive show, The Good Fight, then it'll work like this: an episode comes out every week, every episode that has already been released is available immediately regardless of when you subscribe. So if you were to subscribe to CBSAA right now, the entire season 1 of Good Fight would be available to you. Unless CBS decides to upend their entire model and go against the industry standard (which would be dumb) I think people can safely expect this to be the case for DSC too. There's nothing in CBS's current model that suggests they'll be removing episodes to prevent late subscribers. That would just be making it harder for people to give you money.
 
New info, new promo:

Star Trek: Discovery‏Verified account @StarTrekNetflix 4h4 hours ago
Discover the unknown. Episodes 1 & 2 of #StarTrekDiscovery available 25th of September, voyages continue weekly.

On All access: "The 15-episode season will be released in two chapters. The first eight episodes will run from Sunday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Nov. 5. The season will then resume with the second chapter debuting in January 2018."
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https://twitter.com/StarTrekNetflix/status/876832355612213248
 
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Some of you folks do realize that there is more than just DSC on CBSAA, don't you? I pay $6.00 a month, and watch a lot of classic TV shows I like, as well as some movies I like to see more than once. Some of these have been taken off Netflix in favor of their obsession with original programming, and I can still watch it on CBSAA.
I think those have been taken off Netflix because of CBS obsession with CBSAA. ;)

If you catch my drift...

New info, new promo:

Star Trek: Discovery‏Verified account @StarTrekNetflix 4h4 hours ago
Discover the unknown. Episodes 1 & 2 of #StarTrekDiscovery available 25th of September, voyages continue weekly.


https://twitter.com/StarTrekNetflix/status/876832355612213248

Hey, you're in the US! You aren't supposed to see that!
 
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