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minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year agoTechnically, they’re the ones giving us the second season (as in they’re still paying for production), but they’re not the ones streaming it. I still don’t get why they’re doing this.
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoParamount+, the streamer, cancelled it. CBS Studios, the producer, kept it going and found a new buyer. Two separate entities, even though they’re both subsidiaries of the same parent company.
minus-squareFelipeFelop@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoApparently it’s a tax write off. It’s risky though because a) Star Trek is no longer all in one place b) if it’s a hit then Netflix benefit.
Technically, they’re the ones giving us the second season (as in they’re still paying for production), but they’re not the ones streaming it.
I still don’t get why they’re doing this.
Paramount+, the streamer, cancelled it.
CBS Studios, the producer, kept it going and found a new buyer.
Two separate entities, even though they’re both subsidiaries of the same parent company.
Apparently it’s a tax write off.
It’s risky though because a) Star Trek is no longer all in one place b) if it’s a hit then Netflix benefit.