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Originally Posted by unlurking
By locking Star Trek behind a paywall, you immediately limit potential viewers. OTA reruns aren't going to make up for that. I doubt anyone that watched via All Access or pirated it tuned in for the marathon.
If you are going to do a paywall, you better have some damn good content. I know a dozen people with Disney+, and zero with CBS. I doubt most people know what kind of content is behind the CBS paywall, other than Trek. Everyone knows the Disney paywall includes Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/Pixar/etc.
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Completely agree 100%. Paramount always makes the wrong decisions regarding their IP, especially with Star Trek.
What they should have done was to create a great show and air it on CBS. If it connected with an audience, continue to air it on CBS while simultaneously creating new Star Trek shows that would air exclusively on CBS All Access.
Instead, they created a show without any fan feedback at all, put it behind a paywall and expected all Trek fans to immediately sign up, because Star Trek.
So dumb.