CBS All Access is US only. The announcement said they would work with partners internationally for traditional television distribution.
The exec in charge of the project is a writer. Alex Kurtzman. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:57 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > It feels to me that CBS is trying to boost its international reach through > the streaming service. Trek (like Doctor Who) will play well outside of the > US. > > There might have been the thinking that better the next Trek go to the CBS > streaming service rather than Hulu, Netflix, etc. But even before any of > these streaming services dived into original programming, they had libraries > that could really draw interest. CBSAA doesn't, as far as I can tell. > > It just doesn't seem that the service is ready for prime time, and I can't > see a single series (with a legacy, sure) making it so. (Yeah, I know.) > > However, as a Trekkie, I'm much more concerned about the lack of details on > the production, given that it is supposed to premiere in roughly 14 months. > When TNG was announced in October 1986, the writing and producing staff was > ready and announced within days. This new production doesn't have a writer > yet? I'm guessing that if a writer isn't announced by the end of this year > that the new Trek series won't be ready by January 2017. > > David > > ________________________________ > From: M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> > To: TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:46 PM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Ad-free option for CBSAA? > > Holy living [expletive]. That's all I can say. > > No other broadcast network charges for their basic streaming service. Most > will unlock their libraries and live streams (ad supported, of course) with > a CableCo login, including CBSAA stablemate Showtime Anytime. And then > there's Hulu. > > So I'll ask again...why in [expletive]'s sake would anyone pay $6/mo to only > access CBS programming? And why in hell would Moonves think anyone would pay > MORE to remove a handful of ads? > > Arrrrgh. > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
