https://trekmovie.com/2023/08/01/paramount-becoming-the-streaming-home-of-star-trek-in-canada/
'Strange New Worlds' launches today, more series coming throughout August.
This is a hot load of shit.
My household purchased a yearly subscription to Crave as it contained all the Star Trek content and a bunch of HBO shows that my wife likes.
Removing this content will just mean my Plex server will go brrr a little more. I’m slightly inconvenienced, and Paramount+ and Crave just lost another subscriber. Big brain move by these services.
If Paramount+ acquiring the rights to shows that you like ensures that you'll never be a subscriber, I suspect that potential was never really there...
They were getting royalties from @PerogiBoy through his content provider. Not anymore. It's not rocket surgery. Brain science. You get it.
It's already bullshit that Crave and Bell own the rights to a shit ton of stuff up here through being the main media conglomerate. I got Crave through Cogeco as a bonus to our cable package and honestly, anything that's worth watching on the service is likely either an HBO original or something that's worth permanently downloading.
I actually can't even use the Crave browser client properly on most of my machines due to adblocking. In order to watch SNW last week I had to install Crave as an Android app through Windows Subsystem for Android in order to actually gain access to the library. At that point it's just worth it for me to straight up torrent it because it's just simply not worth the hassle on top of shifting media rights.
You certainly tried a lot harder than I did. I've said it before and I'll say it again: if HBO allowed us to buy just HBO I'd have paid up.
Okay so this article is just straight up lying or being extremely scumbaggy with it's wording.
The service already includes all available seasons of Discovery, Lower Decks, and Picard.
Yeah... Discovery and Lower Decks was there but Picard wasn't. Me and a friend, both Canadian, couldn't watch it on Paramount+ and I said fuck it and ended up torrenting it. We didn't know that it was on Crave until a couple of weeks ago and by then it was already phasing out. We had both signed up for Paramount+ to watch Season 3 of Picard and just outright couldn't. Couldn't even watch Season 2. Only Season 1 was available.
Also
While streaming for Star Trek has moved from Crave to Paramount+, CTV Sci-Fi will continue to be the broadcast home of Star Trek in Canada. The Star Trek shows will also continue to be available on CTV.ca and the CTV app for subscribers.
So... Paramount+ is just one of the homes for Star Trek then.
The rights to streaming Star Trek is a fucking disaster here.
The article is accurately reporting what Paramount themselves have said.
Paramount+ announced today that the service is now Canada's streaming home of the iconic Star Trek catalogue featuring over 800 episodes of binge-worthy episodes and 12 feature films. Kicking off today, Season 1 and the current season to date of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+, and the library will continue to build throughout the month with Star Trek: The Next Generation available on August 8, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on August 15, and more. These iconic series join Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, already streaming on the service.
You seem to be complaining that Picard wasn't there several months ago, but no one is claiming it was, and I don't think anyone was claiming it was back then, either.
So… Paramount+ is just one of the homes for Star Trek then.
You seem to misunderstand that, as well - all it means is that CTV Sci-Fi will continue airing the new series on TV. They will all stream on Paramount+.
You seem to be complaining that Picard wasn't there several months ago
No. I am saying that it is disingenuous to say that it's available when a SINGLE season is despite three being released.
You seem to misunderstand that, as well - all it means is that CTV Sci-Fi will continue airing the new series on TV. They will all stream on Paramount+.
No, I quite literally do not. I put the quote in directly pointing to what I said. So if you could try your best to not just make shit up and stuff words down my throat, that would be utterly fantastic.
While streaming for Star Trek has moved from Crave to Paramount+, CTV Sci-Fi will continue to be the broadcast home of Star Trek in Canada. The Star Trek shows will also continue to be available on CTV.ca and the CTV app for subscribers.
One of the homes. If the shows are still available on another streaming service, then Paramount+ cannot claim to be the singular home of Star Trek. That is my point.
I have zero interest in continuing this "conversation" with you when you're going to misrepresent what I've said and then act snide due to your own failure to comprehend. I have far better things to do than waste my time having to explain myself ad nauseam.
Edit: Your bitchy cunt response really proves my point. You misunderstand and then lash out at that person, assuming what they meant. You presume that it's confusing to everyone else when my comment has been upvoted and no one else needed clarification. You should go back to reddit.
Edit: Your bitchy cunt response really proves my point.
Getting this heated over a discussion about how a streaming service is inconvenient is pretty over the top. I’m annoyed with Trek being removed from Crave as well, and I’m also annoyed with Paramount for a whole host of reasons right now, so I empathize, but no need to react like this.
Going to need you to edit your comment.
No.
Maybe you should ask your moderators to have their behavior in check instead of asking everyone else to stop being annoyed with your inability to keep things straight.
I do not care what you want. I care about how I'm being represented. If your little fediverse thing is going to be this incredibly toxic with your moderators from the get go then you are actively as bad as reddit. I'm not editing my comment for you or your other cunt moderators. I'll just leave the entire community first than bow down to you patting yourself on the back for a failure in leadership.
You're just as bad.
So, like, Prodigy? No? Then fail. If I'm gonna pay for a streaming service, just for Star Trek, which I am entirely willing to do, but it darn well better have all of it. Take my money, but earn it!
Glad we’ve kept the CTV Sci-fi Channel on Bell Fibe even if I have to wait until 9 pm Thursdays for new episodes.
Between Trek and the Syfy originals, it’s still one of the main places for new television for us.
I'm thinking about kicking the tires on Paramount+, but I really wish it was possible to browse their library first.
Here’s a possible workaround - JustWatch offers a listing of all tv shows and movies on Paramount+.
I seem to be able to do this from my browser without setting up an account. With country set to Canada, I see that there are 708 titles.
Yes, please. Canadian availability only, and imitate the lead actors whenever possible
I also pay for CTV SciFi. They currently have all of Prodigy available on their website, along with pretty much every thing else new.