Today ViacomCBS and Netflix officially parted company with ViacomCBS buying out the lucrative deal they struck less than 4 years ago with the streaming giant.
For the last 4 years, Star Trek: Discovery has aired in 190 countries globally and has been the home for all things Star Trek for as long as we can remember, unfortunately, today that all changed.
As of midnight, tonight Discovery will exit Netflix and will instead be launched globally with Paramount+ in 2022.
Official Statement
“As we rapidly expand our global streaming footprint, we are bringing more of our top titles home to ViacomCBS for Paramount+ markets around the world,” ViacomCBS Networks International streaming boss Kelly Day told Deadline today.
“We have a strong global and local content pipeline that positions us for success across our regions, and repatriating beloved series like Star Trek: Discovery for Paramount+ is another step forward as we bring fans more must-watch series worldwide.”
All Season To Leave Netflix
We confirmed through a screengrab from Netflix that the show is indeed leaving the streaming platform as of midnight (16th November).
There is NO information as to the legacy shows like Next Generation or alike, however, this warning banner does not appear on them.
Not By Choice
It has come to light that the choice for Discovery to leave Netflix was not one of their doing, in a now-deleted tweet, the official account for Netflix Uk & Ireland made it clear that this was done without them wanting it…
Whether their comment of “We don’t make it so it’s not up to us unfortunately” meant it was not Netflix’s choice or merely the person using their account is unknown.
Canada Not Affected
Although the deal will remain with Paramount+’ Canadian partner and Discovery will stay on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave under the long-standing deal with the broadcaster, the rest of the world will have to wait for the new series to drop on Paramount+.
Nevertheless, With Discovery Season 4 due to kick off this Thursday on Paramount+ and CTV Sci-Fi Channel, and the fact fans worldwide have not been able to watch the new Star Trek: Prodigy, this news is going to upset a LOT of fans worldwide.
Picard & Lower Decks
In the linked Deadline article, it is made clear that Picard and Lower Decks are to remain on Amazon Prime, however, what it does not state is where the new seasons will air be it on Amazon or Paramount+ when they are released.
Paramount+ International Launch
Parmount+ is due to launch with Sky in the UK and the EU in 2022, and Paramount+ will also be available direct-to-consumer in the UK, Ireland, Italy and GSA through the Paramount+ app for iOS and Android and across supported connected TV devices and OTT platforms.
Pricing and local content offering will be announced at a later date… There is no date for the launch of Paramount+ all we know is it will launch sometime in early 2022.
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