STARTREK.COM shutdown?
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Re: STARTREK.COM shutdown
With CBS-es recent near fanatisism over Trek it seems unlikely they will let the site totally crash, it will probably stay around, in some form or another.
With CBS-es recent near fanatisism over Trek it seems unlikely they will let the site totally crash, it will probably stay around, in some form or another.
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Don't they need it to support DVD sales?
Don't they need it to support DVD sales?
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I might would have added a "?" to the thread title personally. The team have been axed. It doesn't mention that ST.com is going down too, only that the team behind it didn't know what was going to happen to it. It may stay the way it is, with just someone else handling it, or (i hope not) it gets incorporated into CBS.com's site (i.e. cbs.com/startrek.)
I might would have added a "?" to the thread title personally. The team have been axed. It doesn't mention that ST.com is going down too, only that the team behind it didn't know what was going to happen to it. It may stay the way it is, with just someone else handling it, or (i hope not) it gets incorporated into CBS.com's site (i.e. cbs.com/startrek.)
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Hard to believe, Star Trek will soon have no official site on the web. That's quite a feat in this age of alternative media.
If only it were.
Hard to believe, Star Trek will soon have no official site on the web. That's quite a feat in this age of alternative media.
Re: STARTREK.COM shutdown
An extract from my email to Star Trek.com.
An extract from my email to Star Trek.com.
Be sure to make your voice heard too.
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Mostly likey it will will be cbs.com/startrek or something with StarTrek.com pointing to that and have it run by the CBS site people. Still though I know Dave,Tim and Mark and feel really bad about this.
Unlucky time for sites, my servers hdd is having failure so most of my sites (on sig below) are down for weekend as the hard drive is getting replaced.
Mostly likey it will will be cbs.com/startrek or something with StarTrek.com pointing to that and have it run by the CBS site people. Still though I know Dave,Tim and Mark and feel really bad about this.
Unlucky time for sites, my servers hdd is having failure so most of my sites (on sig below) are down for weekend as the hard drive is getting replaced.
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I'll lay money on the current site being replaced with a movie site for the Abrams film. Since the new movie is just 'Star Trek' it may just be they want the domain for that.
I'll lay money on the current site being replaced with a movie site for the Abrams film. Since the new movie is just 'Star Trek' it may just be they want the domain for that.
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I hope Paramount does take it over. At least they're doing something and trying to get it right this time.
I hope Paramount does take it over. At least they're doing something and trying to get it right this time.
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FYI: as of 12:00 pm EST the forum on StarTrek.com has now been disabled.
Also this is from CBS:
“In order to generate ubiquitous synergies, grow global e-services, and transition e-business channels, CBS/Paramount has decided to discontinue Star Trek.com at this time. As we harness visionary architectures, we also target customized web-readiness in order to drive scalable partnerships that will allow us to better embrace world-class bandwidth. In the spirit of Gene Roddenberry’s vision, please visualize scalable e-commerce that will optimize sticky channels, and will ultimately incubate cross-media convergence, and facilitate synergistic interfaces, in anticipation of the re-launch of our beloved Trek.”
FYI: as of 12:00 pm EST the forum on StarTrek.com has now been disabled.
Also this is from CBS:
“In order to generate ubiquitous synergies, grow global e-services, and transition e-business channels, CBS/Paramount has decided to discontinue Star Trek.com at this time. As we harness visionary architectures, we also target customized web-readiness in order to drive scalable partnerships that will allow us to better embrace world-class bandwidth. In the spirit of Gene Roddenberry’s vision, please visualize scalable e-commerce that will optimize sticky channels, and will ultimately incubate cross-media convergence, and facilitate synergistic interfaces, in anticipation of the re-launch of our beloved Trek.”
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They are back up now FWIW.
Okay, I'm really sure the ordinary web user is going to understand all of that. Just sounds like a bunch of doubletalking B.S. to me. This is what happened = The ST.com team wasn't financial viable for CBS, they got rid of them or took them elsewhere in the corporation. One of CBS's New Media will take it over, it will be something different than what it once was.
They are back up now FWIW.
Okay, I'm really sure the ordinary web user is going to understand all of that. Just sounds like a bunch of doubletalking B.S. to me. This is what happened = The ST.com team wasn't financial viable for CBS, they got rid of them or took them elsewhere in the corporation. One of CBS's New Media will take it over, it will be something different than what it once was.
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That's not actually a quote from anyone at CBS. It's a joke that was posted at trekmovie.com.
That's not actually a quote from anyone at CBS. It's a joke that was posted at trekmovie.com.
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That's good, because it makes no sense at all.
That's good, because it makes no sense at all.
