Oh you've done a poll! So the sky is falling then?
News Netflix not airing Short Treks, deal future questioned
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Oh you've done a poll! So the sky is falling then?
Oh, like UPN? This is neither new nor interesting.
It really depends. They sometimes put some of the Riverdale bonus content on their UK YouTube page, but never on Netflix itself.
i think its more: Wait - you want how much for 4 15 minute episodes (basically one more full episode). Netflix may not have thought it was worth it - or they wanted to see if CBS might just give them as promotional material.
If Netflix wanted 'out of the deal'; they probably would have nixed it all AFTER they finished streaming Season 1. They obviously wanted ST: D Season 2 itself.
I don't think being new or interesting has anything to do with it. DSC is simply a way to help launch their new entertainment venue.
Maybe using a Star Trek to launch a new service is unoriginal and uninteresting, but it still does the job.
Season 2 DVD/Blu-ray? But that would likely mean waiting at least a year or so after they're shown in the US/Canada.
Netflix UK's Facebook or YouTube page at best, or the S2 Blu-rays. Maybe they'll wait until January and air them then? But I reckon we're expected to just illegally watch them.
I doubt CBS would give permission for these to go on a youtube page.
Even if it's region locked/blocked to US/Canadian viewers?
No. I don't see them allowing stuff that costs $6-$8M to make to just be put on youtube. That would likely be seen a devaluing the brand. Fan Films go only to youtube not something like that .
And that may be the point of disagreement. Netflix may want to just put them on youtube and CBS wants them on a broadcast or streaming service.
It would probably end up breaking some sort of record as the most expensive free YouTube series in history. Yeah, I don't see CBS Studios International allowing that at all. They'd probably prefer they just aired it themselves on one of their UK channels instead.
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Right now, access to Star Trek Discovery sits behind a $7 a month paywall in the United States, so they're not really concerned with whether or not users outside of that pay service can see the show. Their app is one of the crappiest streaming apps I've ever used, their servers can barely maintain a connection when the show is actually airing, and HD is hit and miss at best on episode release days, and those are people who are paying for the service directly.
This is not really true at all, when CBS Studios International exists. It accounts for a massive chunk of CBS's overall revenues. This idea they don't give a shit about international audiences isn't remotely true.
CBS and Warner Bros. basically pioneered the "give a shit about your international fanbase" model, how do you think The CW operates and thrives?
CBS Studios International literally just signed a deal with Channel 4 in the UK to ensure The Good Fight stays on Channel 4's More4, and doesn't become a CBS All Access exclusive in the UK.
That also means it's very likely the Picard series will be what CBS All Access launches with in the UK, as it can't rely on The Good Fight and its 600k+ UK fans anymore.
This stalemate over Short Treks has to be because of a larger conversation about Star Trek's future.
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CBS Studios International exists, yet CBS All Access only works in the United States and, recently, Canada (possibly Australia soon). So as I said, they're not really concerned with whether or not users outside of that pay service can see the show. I didn't say they didn't give a shit, I said they're not really concerned, and there is a lot of wiggle room between the two.
I let it slide the first time because you didn't mention any specific method of piracy, but don't continue to advocate for piracy in the thread.
I find the constant conspiracy theories as to why Discovery will fail some of the funniest stuff on here, but this thread may take the cake. So far the OP, in the same thread, has suggested that Netflix is desperate to end the agreement, and when he got no support has pivoted 180 degrees and now advocates that instead CBS is the one looking to end it.
All this of course almost certainly means nothing as the chance that the original deal was for one season/year is very small. That's just not how these sort of deals work.
Keep in mind that this deal also included streaming rights for all the other Trek shows as well. Netflix aren't going to shell out big money (rumour was it paid for the entire Discovery production) and leave it's subscribers one year to watch 700 odd episodes...
All this of course almost certainly means nothing as the chance that the original deal was for one season/year is very small. That's just not how these sort of deals work.
Keep in mind that this deal also included streaming rights for all the other Trek shows as well. Netflix aren't going to shell out big money (rumour was it paid for the entire Discovery production) and leave it's subscribers one year to watch 700 odd episodes...