Star Trek Discovery Leaving Netflix For Paramount+ Internationally, season 4 global launch in 2022

[Tomalak]

Fundamentally speaking I reckon they know a bunch of fans will just pirate S4 now, and they reckon if you're into it enough to pirate it you'll come crawling back later. Doubt it'll kill their bottom line, but just a crappy way to treat the fanbase.

Trouble here is that people might get a taste for illegal downloads again after years of making it relatively easy to access stuff.

I've not torrented anything for years. I've been able to afford to support the things I like, and I'm perfectly happy to pay for content I want to watch.

It's pretty shitty that they've put fans in a position of either missing out, or exploring alternatives.

 

[Vger23]

It's definitely personal. They obviously hate all non-US peoples.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

I already pay for Amazon, Netflix, Disney Plus and the UK TV licence. I'm simply not paying for any more services. Fuck that.

I guess I'm not watching any TV trek again then.

Same with me. I don't have enough money for another streaming service. And even if i had, i wouldn't suscribe to these ****ers, after such a bad treatment for the fans not living in the states.

 

[SJGardner]

For fuck's sake, for the most of Europe, including Hungary, we don't even have any specifics other than "Early 2022", which entirely depends on when exactly SkyShowtime gets an approval from the local authorities to start its service. Knowing the speed at which the cogs of my local authorities operate, not to mention the overt bribery and the constantly changing, unpredictable legal landscape, we might be lucky if we get it sometime around fall or early winter next year.

Well, at least it's going to be a streaming service only so I won't have to switch cable and internet service providers (cable and internet is usually in the same package here) if and when it's launched. Hooray.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

This is a business decision, they didn't do this to you personally. I am just as upset and was looking forward to watching S4. But then saying I am not watching any new Trek every again only really spites me.

It's been badly handled, it's been poorly communicated, we don't know the full details, maybe CBS really did want Netflix to carry it for one more season but Netflix low balled them. No company wants to create Ill will from their support base.

And people who don't want to or can't pay for yet another service are making a business decision too.

People may have signed up recently assuming as they were told that they could see DIS 4 so why should they not feel that they have been ripped off

 

[Unimatrix Q]

Thank you for stating the obvious. I'm fully aware of what the issue is. I'm in Australia for crying out loud.

My whole point is why people think it's some nefarious plot by Paramount and not a nefarious lowballing tactic from Netflix

https://deadline.com/2021/11/star-trek-discovery-netflix-deal-paramount-viacomcbs-1234875466/

According to this acticle it was ViacomCBS who pulled out of the deal. Not Netflix.

 

[Char Kais]

Picard season 2 will be released on Amazon Prime in February.

Not a chance.

Amazon Prime UK, DE, IT YouTube channels published Picard season 2 trailers. Season 2 is already listed on the Amazon Prime site.

 

[Phily B]

If you want new Star Trek pay for Paramount+. It's as simple as that, with their goal of Trek all year round I have no issue spending £10 a month when it finally launches in the UK.

Bollocks, the way they've gone about this shows utter contempt for their international audiences and I won't be supporting that. If it wasn't done this way, I'd probably have bought it because I only have Netflix/Amazon and I'm not interested in the crap on Disney+.

 

[Pingfah]

Amazon Prime UK, DE, IT YouTube channels published Picard season 2 trailers. Season 2 is already listed on the Amazon Prime site.

Pretty sure UK Netlix was promoting DISCO s4 debut for November 19th, until this morning.

 

[Elwro]

Saying 'it's as simple as that' is simply condescending. For people, say, in Poland, it will simply be impossible, perhaps until 2023 or even later.

 

[StalwartUK]

We'll probably get to less than a week before Picard S2 debuts in the US and we'll hear that ViacomCBS has bought out the international rights from Amazon assuming that deal was similar to the Netflix one.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Everyone should remember that this isn't the first time that they treated international viewers like second class citizens.

It's pathetic, it really is. I really hope they go bust and a modern company (netflix, amazon, disney, apple) buy the remnants and those the managers with their 1990s mentality the door

 

[Tomalak]

The other thing that screws international viewers is that DVD/Blu-ray releases have to wait a year after the streaming rights.

Discovery season 3 was only just released this week.

 

[Silanda]

So Paramount's plan to attract international Star Trek fans as customers is to treat them with contempt? An interesting strategy.

If Paramount+ was available now, they'd done this only in the countries where it is available, and they'd announced it some time ago, this wouldn't be so bad. Pulling this two days before the new series is supposed to start airing is pretty disgraceful though.

I don't particularly want to pirate the show, and I don't want to have to spend possibly six months dodging spoilers. There's also the danger that Paramount+ will get tied to a Sky subscription, so now I'm just considering dropping Discovery altogether. GG, Paramount, GG.

 

[Precious Tritium]

The other thing that screws international viewers is that DVD/Blu-ray releases have to wait a year after the streaming rights.

Discovery season 3 was only just released this week.

To be fair, I think that was only an issue because they were on Netflix/Amazon. Now they're on their own streaming service we might see them sooner. That's literally the only silver lining in this whole thing I can think of, and even then it's not guaranteed.

 

[Lonemagpie]

As of today all the official pics and clips they're putting on Twitter are geoblocked as well, so they show as blank rectangles with "this video is not available in your country." Way to make friends and draw customers.

Oh, and for numbers fun, Trek was watched on Netflix in 190 countries. Pee+ aims to be operating in 45 countries by the end of 2022- making three quarters of their show's market dependent on piracy if they want to keep up. Brilliant work there.

 

[Tomalak]

To be fair, I think that was only an issue because they were on Netflix/Amazon. Now they're on their own streaming service we might see them sooner. That's literally the only silver lining in this whole thing I can think of, and even then it's not guaranteed.

Yeah, it's possible they'll be in line with the North American releases now. Just six months to wait!

 

[Paul Weaver]

https://phantanews.de/wp/2021/11/in...ernationalen-release-von-star-trek-discovery/

Fairly sure that non-German speakers will be able to understand this headline

Infinite stupidity in infinite combinations: CBS und Paramount stoppen internationalen Release von STAR TREK DISCOVERY

Someone on twitter compared Paramount execs to the Ferengi. So wrong, the Ferengi would be selling their product to as many people as possible.

 

[Captain Moe]

Saying 'it's as simple as that' is simply condescending. For people, say, in Poland, it will simply be impossible, perhaps until 2023 or even later.

Poland is getting Sky Showtime which combines Sky, Peacock and Paramount+ into one app and one service.

https://www.skygroup.sky/article/co...-service-to-launch-in-select-european-markets

This looks like a much better deal, content from 3 different providers.

 

[John Clark]

Well, that's a pain