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SIAP: Is this good news?

I was making an unstated assumption that having any new Star Trek series would result in some additional licensing revenue compared with a scenario where the series was not produced.

After further thought, I assume such revenue is minimal, since many of the products I see are based on TOS and TNG.
Yup. Newer shows in Star Trek don't due the merchandising as much, and Star Trek merchandising is niche anyways.
 
Lots of uniforms and toys for sale. There's a shop near me that sells official TOS stuff, you can get accurate tricorders, phasers, and communicators, plus obviously ship models.

There are of course also the dreaded Funko Pops, I have one of Uhura in her Mirror Universe costume with the dagger, though I can't remember where it's from. Might have just materialised, as Funko Pops tend to do.
 
Quite the selective comparison. Trek's popularity declined sharply after TNG.

DS9 opened at 18.8 million US viewers, but was down to 9 by the end of its first season, and in the 4s in its final season. Voyager and Enterprise started lower and also sharply declined.

Kurtzman Trek only exists because Berman Trek was so badly run into the ground, to the point Paramount got sued by Activision for making the franchise so unpopular.
Still way way more than kurtzman trek. If this show doesn't do better we might see 500k by the end of the season.
 
I went looking and came across an old thread on this very site:

These are absolutely fascinating in and of themselves (Voyager dominating, haha yes, YES), but can anyone decipher what comparisons can be made - if any - between these figures versus the newer shows? Obviously this is hours viewed, whereas SFA's 1.2m figure is total viewers.

Basically I'm interested in whether or not the older shows match the newer series in terms of engagement on streaming services, since that's obviously something execs will take note of.
 
I went looking and came across an old thread on this very site:

These are absolutely fascinating in and of themselves (Voyager dominating, haha yes, YES), but can anyone decipher what comparisons can be made - if any - between these figures versus the newer shows? Obviously this is hours viewed, whereas SFA's 1.2m figure is total viewers.

Basically I'm interested in whether or not the older shows match the newer series in terms of engagement on streaming services, since that's obviously something execs will take note of.
They don't, obviously, because if they did it wouldn't be just the execs but also marketing who would be boasting about the real hard numbers.
 
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