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News Star Trek Prodigy Cancelled, Season 2 to be shopped around

What is the possibility of, if all else fails, a direct-to-DVD/direct-to-download option, to not only get the show out there, but to make some money off of it.

I for sure would pay for episodes...I'd buy the whole series and IF it comes out on DVD I *WILL* bite the *bullet* and tighten my belt and buy the boxed set.

And hope that *maybe* good DVD sales will make somebody see that it is worth buying. *fingers crossed*
 
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bryce said:
What is the possibility of, if all else fails, a direct-to-DVD/direct-to-download option, to not only get the show out there, but to make some money off of it.

I for sure would pay for episodes...I'd buy the whole series and IF it comes out on DVD I *WILL* bite the *bullet* and tighten my belt and buy the boxed set.

And hope that *maybe* good DVD sales will make somebody see that it is worth buying. *fingers crossed*
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Per the terms of the tax write-off they can't release season 2 on physical media unless someone else picks the season up. Otherwise the tax write-off becomes null and void.
 
Do we actually know the terms of the write-off or are you guessing? I seem to recall someone else in this thread that was adamant that the back half of season one could not and would not be released on disc unless the series was bought by another company. But here we are, with the disc coming out next month and no new buyer in sight yet.
 
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Not sure on getting a box set. Would mean to buy a player device for just one show, and my previous attempt to hook up a player to the telly failed.

Hopefully the iTunes alternative is secure enough in the long run.
 
Tosk said:
Do we actually know the terms of the write-off or are you guessing? I seem to recall someone else in this thread that was adamant that the back half of season one could not and would not be released on disc unless the series was bought by another company. But here we are, with the disc coming out next month and no new buyer in sight yet.
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No, I was adamant the rest of the first season would not come out on dvd if it was written off. And that being pulled off a streaming service does not mean a show has been written off.

The massive increase of interest in it since the announcement obviously made Paramount decide it was worth more to continue selling it than to take the write off. Bold added to the "if they write it off".

wayoung said:
They won't release it on disc if they are writing it off. They can't. Whether it comes out on physical media will depend on if they find someone willing to buy it, and then demand & contractual agreements.
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wayoung said:
Past shows that have been pulled were rotated off and resold, not pulled and wrote off their taxes which is what Paramount has said they are doing if they can't sell it, just like HBO and Disney have done in the last year. If they write it off the existing physical media is all that can be made, they can't make more. You can't write it off and continue to sell it. That's tax fraud.
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wayoung said:
The Hollywood Reporter says otherwise. If the show's aren't bought, they're being used for the write off. They used it as the lede of their article. And the specifics are the same as any case: you can't realize revenue on something you've written off. If it's a loss, it's a loss. The whole point of writing something off is that you are saying it's unprofitable and you will not realize future revenue on it. You can't say "well, I'm still gonna recieved income from it, but I am still writing it off my taxes as a loss".



Hence the "if" in my post. If they aren't bought, they're being written off. Just like Disney said about it's $1.5 billion of programming that they then didn't sell and wrote off.

Deja vu all over again. I swear I have had this same conversation each time a corporation has done this. WBD, Disney, now Paramount.
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wayoung said:
Being pulled off a streamer does not equal being used for a tax write off. The Nevers was sold to Tubi. Westworld was sold to Prime (I think? Was that official yet or still just in the works?). They are going to other networks. The fees WB got by selling the rights to other streamers was more than the possible deduction for writing them off, so they sold them.

Other projects were written off. They were worth more in tax deductions than licensing the to others. Those will never be seen (legally) anywhere again.

Prodigy is in-between right now. If someone offers Paramount enough money, Paramount will sell it. If the licensing offers aren't high enough and Paramount decides it's worth more to take the tax deduction, then they write it off and it is never seen again.

That is what Zaslav has brought to the entertainment industry. Instead of filling your service with content and spending years re-selling projects if it doesn't generate an immediate return bury it forever and take the tax deduction.

And business wise it's working for him. HBO Max was profitable for the first time ever. He got a big bonus. Disney followed his precident and are saying it's key to profitability. Now Paramount is doing the same.

No more years building up cult audiences by licensing stuff cheaply to small channels. Big subs on your platform immediately. If that doesn't work, big licensing fees immediately. If that doesn't work, fuck it, take the tax deduction.
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Your quote above, "The Hollywood Reporter says otherwise. If the show's aren't bought, they're being used for the write off. They used it as the lede of their article." was in reply to my post, "That there is even a write-off at all is speculation at this point."

Turns out we agreed all along. That a write-off having taken place was speculation.
 
Markonian said:
Not sure on getting a box set. Would mean to buy a player device for just one show, and my previous attempt to hook up a player to the telly failed.
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Normally just attaching a HDMI-cable between player and TV should work, on a regular flatscreen TV and an average blu-ray player? The latter don't cost much anymore, if you don't want the expensive 4K option.
 
Wouter said:
Normally just attaching a HDMI-cable between player and TV should work, on a regular flatscreen TV and an average blu-ray player? The latter don't cost much anymore, if you don't want the expensive 4K option.
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It's worth trying again. The only issue is other stuff is already plugged in so I need to tilt the flatscreen every time I swap something out.
 
I’m so excited to hear about it! Even a mere four minutes is more than I anticipated. I have lived off fan theorizing and snippets GRRM has dropped about Winds of Winter for something like a decade so I can hang in there like a champ!
 
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