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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    pay for tv? in this day and age? hell no
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    Depends on content, price, and long-term access. You know, real consumer stuff.
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  • countvampulacountvampula Member Posts: 56 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    OP: no. it's not just CBS, its all of the networks even cable tv shows. paying for CBS all access just to watch one show breaks their rules about wanting to watch one show that's in a package deal. Lots of TRIBBLE to watch just one show.
  • khan5000khan5000 Member Posts: 3,008 Arc User
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  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    Torrenting is receiving more pressure in Europe every month

    indeed, I was warned by this agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HADOPI_law , because I used the torrent. After this warning, I stopped to use Torrents, I can't pay a 50000€ fine :pensive:

  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,694 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    Calm down it's running concurrently with cbs and the pay service from business insider:
    CBS is rebooting 'Star Trek,' and it's a huge win for Netflix

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    CBS is getting ready to reboot "Star Trek."

    And it's a huge strategic win for Netflix for two reasons:

    1. CBS will sink time and resources into "Star Trek," allowing Netflix to go pursue new, original show that CBS is passing on.

    2. CBS is going to be a streaming service, lowering itself to the same level as Netflix, wiping out one of its big advantages as a channel fed straight into your home on a cable box.

    Let's dig further.

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    The "Star Trek" movie reboots have been enormous financial successes — which means at least two more are set to be released before the end of the decade — and this, of course, led to the inevitable TV-show reboot.

    But not only will CBS distribute this show through traditional broadcast TV, it will also stream the show through "CBS All Access," its sort of in-house Netflix offering that gives users access to live CBS and archived shows for $5.99 a month.

    So in terms of media strategy, there are two things going on here, and both are wins for Netflix.
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  • khan5000khan5000 Member Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    Calm down it's running concurrently with cbs and the pay service from business insider:
    CBS is rebooting 'Star Trek,' and it's a huge win for Netflix

    Myles Udland

    Nov. 2, 2015, 2:38 PM 33,108 43
    FACEBOOK
    LINKEDIN
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    CBS is getting ready to reboot "Star Trek."

    And it's a huge strategic win for Netflix for two reasons:

    1. CBS will sink time and resources into "Star Trek," allowing Netflix to go pursue new, original show that CBS is passing on.

    2. CBS is going to be a streaming service, lowering itself to the same level as Netflix, wiping out one of its big advantages as a channel fed straight into your home on a cable box.

    Let's dig further.

    One
    The "Star Trek" movie reboots have been enormous financial successes — which means at least two more are set to be released before the end of the decade — and this, of course, led to the inevitable TV-show reboot.

    But not only will CBS distribute this show through traditional broadcast TV, it will also stream the show through "CBS All Access," its sort of in-house Netflix offering that gives users access to live CBS and archived shows for $5.99 a month.

    So in terms of media strategy, there are two things going on here, and both are wins for Netflix.

    This really makes no sense.

    1) Because CBS is making Star Trek for online viewing which means it's not pulling and resources or content from its broadcast side. With there being a billion channels looking for original content that doesn't automatically turn into a win for Netflix.
    2) TV holds no real advantage over Netflix. You can watch Netflix anywhere you want, at any time you want on any device you own. Tv doesn't.

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  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,200 Arc User
    Will You Pay for Access to the New Trek Television Series ?
    It's (waaay) too early to say, but probably not.

    If the show turns out to be really good and worth watching, then I'll see it... eventually. ;)

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  • i lost interest the second i heard its being produced by the same guy that produced that god awful jj abrams trek
  • scarlingscarling Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    my only answer is ARRRRRRR. Then if it turns out to be good, sure.
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    NO. TV is where it should be.

    I already pay for internet and TV services. So why I should pay for a show?

    Way I see it. My paycheck is getting smaller and smaller each year. As they keep taking more out of it. Prices of stuff keeps rocketing to the sky. My raises are not even coming close to match the increase %.

    They want to get rich off a show When it should be on TV for everyone to enjoy. Instead have you pay for the show. Here is what I say about it. "Redacted" The Rock quote.
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  • jbmonroejbmonroe Member Posts: 809 Arc User
    Yes. The $5.99 is for the service, not the series. Already pay for Hulu and Amazon Prime, and adding CBS All Access will raise my total outlay to far less than cable service in my area. With enough of these, I can drop all but the cable data service.
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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    gulberat wrote: »
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    CBS all access isn't bad, but generally you can watch the episodes free a week later. That is how it works with the several other CBS shows I watch. I'm sure you'll be able to buy the season on Amazon or Google Play too.

    I hope so...that's what I am most likely going to do if the option presents itself.

    I refuse to pay the cable company for a DVR but I'm also awful at catching shows when they're on TV. I don't watch THAT much TV--when I actually do, it's typically either news or sports, so live stuff only (I'm probably about to try to negotiate my cable bill down for that reason). Paying Amazon for the ONE show so I can catch it as soon as I get the opportunity/remember to look for a new episode would be acceptable for me. I've already chosen to do business with Amazon, without being forced into it like I think CBS hopes to do with All Access, so I don't mind throwing Amazon another bone.

    I never said that. How did you manage to quote somebody else with my name there?

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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    Trek is coming back to the small screen, but reading further details, this series will only be available via the CBS streaming service, which charges a monthly fee.
    Edit: ($5.99/month)

    Will you be willing to pay for access to this program ?
    I know I will be, and have never felt the urge to pay for streaming services.

    Seriously?!? :D

    Let me add: Trek is in the backwoods in Sci-Fi right now. Star Wars had always been a bigger deal globally than Star Trek. Not even a competition. And Star Wars is about ready to storm back into multimedia, mass audience prominence, unless JJ & Disney TRIBBLE the pooch. All while the license holders of Star Trek are looking at limiting the audience for Star Trek. Seriously...
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  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    No.

    I already pay for digital cable.


    Pass.
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  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,200 Arc User
    BBT is the only CBS show I watch, and it's not even included in CBS All Access. (Not that I need it to be, since I catch the first-run episodes, but just sayin'...)
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    I'll watch the first 2 episodes. If it's good enough, I'll just WAIT a few months then run a trial membership if they have one just to watch all the episodes up to that point. Then cancel.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I won't pay for access to it, no.

    There are plenty of other ways to see it, I'll get it the same way I watch Game of Thrones every week.

    If they put it on a regular TV station, I'll watch it, but I won't pay extra for access to it.
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  • willomallywillomally Member Posts: 90 Arc User
    The pilot will be broadcast on t.v. if I like I'll probable pay of access it's cheaper than hulu and cbs has a lot if show I like on their free service.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    I never said that. How did you manage to quote somebody else with my name there?

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    No idea. I've had that done to me too and I have no clue how it happens. :/

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  • crimsonlenacrimsonlena Member Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited November 2015
    Only if its a Post Voyager Trek will I pay the sub. Im dying to see the canon state of the universe now that romulus is destroyed. But I wont pay a monthly fee to see iTrek TRIBBLE.

    It was mentioned it has nothing to do with the new Trek movie, so i have hopes still its Post Voyager.
  • tarran61tarran61 Member Posts: 827 Arc User
    I will not pay CBS at all..
    Trek is coming back to the small screen, but reading further details, this series will only be available via the CBS streaming service, which charges a monthly fee.
    Edit: ($5.99/month)

    Will you be willing to pay for access to this program ?
    I know I will be, and have never felt the urge to pay for streaming services.

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  • gawainviiigawainviii Member Posts: 328 Arc User
    Yeah, I'll be watching it. Considering I stream everything... I don't remember the last time I watched anything on broadcast or cable TV. All my streaming subscriptions combined (Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, HBO, Amazon) comes up to barely more than half the cost of the standard cable package in my area... Adding one more for $6USD wouldn't matter much.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    CBS seems to be very very slow about getting it's programs up on DirecTVs On Demand. Getting them up on its service first? This may overall not bode well for the future.
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  • vesterengvestereng Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    The mentality that networks should have you pay them for watching commercials is hilarious.

    I don't encourage anyone breaking the law, but if you stream your TV you get no commercials is what we call street justice.
  • mrspidey2mrspidey2 Member Posts: 959 Arc User
    ilithyn wrote: »
    As I don't live in the US it isn't a question of whether I want to or not, but that I can't.
    This. Fans outside the U.S. have to pirate this like everything else unless they're willing to wait a year.

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  • azurealli4nceazurealli4nce Member Posts: 80 Arc User
    Assuming the new Trek series will be coming out weekly with 40 minute episodes, we'd get 4 * 40 = 160 minutes of entertainment per month.

    $6 / 160m = $0.0375/m = $2.25/hr for new Trek. Worth it, even if Trek is the only thing you watch on CBS's streaming service.
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  • drakethewhitedrakethewhite Member Posts: 1,240 Arc User
    No interest in paying for the new Star Trek.

    After TOS, people who have produced new shows and movies brought into the myth of what the show was more than what TOS actually was. None of it was worthwhile IMO and I don't expect that to change.
  • aliensamongusaliensamongus Member Posts: 285 Arc User
    No interest in paying for the new Star Trek.

    After TOS, people who have produced new shows and movies brought into the myth of what the show was more than what TOS actually was. None of it was worthwhile IMO and I don't expect that to change.

    So TNG didn't touch upon philosophy or touched upon the human condition? Not sure what you're trying to say, but TNG at the very least had what TOS had in terms of writing.

    DS9 was more war-torn, consequences of occupations and what place religion has in the grand scheme of things. (Even though it was kind of negated by their faith being something tangible and not some faith-based system)

    VOY touched upon what one would do in the dire circumstances, to damn morals for the sake of survival or deal with the loses to keep those morals intact.

    So, again. Not sure what you were going for there.
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