Comments on: ‘Star Trek’ To Have Pay TV Premiere On New Viacom Channel

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:34:58 +0000

I believe the name of this new channel was announced a while back as Epix.(though,hopefully,tha’s only a tenative name)

I think this might succeed after a few years of struggle much like Fox Movie Channel has. Yes,that’s on basic cable(in some areas)but the model’s still the same.

I’m going to at least try it before deciding it sucks or not.

And,no,we DON’T need another “Blair Witch Project” or “Robocop”

By: Leonel

Leonel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:21:12 +0000

Now that Paramount interested in starting a new movie network, I think we need a new poll:

If a movie you own on DVD airs on TV, are you more likely to:

- Pull out the DVD and watch it

- Watch it on tv, even though you can watch the movie at any time on DVD

(Didn’t Bill Maher comment on that about a month or so ago?)

;-)

By: Disgruntled Consumer

Disgruntled Consumer — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:59:01 +0000

#41 TrekNerd

I reserve judgment on that for the time being…

=/\= James

By: TrekNerd

TrekNerd — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:48:52 +0000

“Blegh… I haven’t heard a single intelligent decision come from Paramount/Viacom in YEARS… why start now?”

Including the new Star Trek movie?

By: GraniteTrek

GraniteTrek — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:13:28 +0000

I have the full premium package with Comcast at the moment, since it was a throw-in when I bundled my services, but only for the next 10 months.. then, I’ll be dumping at least one (if not all of) the premium channels. I’ve noticed that I haven’t watched too much on Showtime, but HBO does give us quality shows like “John Adams” or their various series, so it’s the least likely to get dumped. If I’m not watching Showtime much now, that means I’m not watching too much from the studios on it now that are moving to the new channel, meaning I’m not likely to pick the new channel up.

After all, I subscribe to Netflix, so why worry about the movie channels too much? :)

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:51:56 +0000

Paramount is better at writing releases than launching channels. Most viewers have no idea who make the films they watch. And launching PPV into the digital dowload age is quite risky from strategic perspective. A lot of marketing money is being spent by manufacturers to get all downloading ASAP.

It assumes a great knowledge by the public of Paramount properties, and cynically believes they will pay to add the channel so they can see the flicks.

For properties like Trek, Iron Man, and Indiana Jones, the fans will wait for the DVD/BR releases. And “Blair Witch Project?” What are they thinking? And a Robocop re-boot, too. “There will be…trouble!”

For us, if they did Star Trek original programming akin to Sopranos. I’ll sign the deal.

For Paramount it is a band-aid after being slapped in the face by HD-DVD, and the shareholders and analysts see some banner titles in the works for the coming years. (At least 3 IM, 2 IJ, 3 ST, 2 Transformers).

Brad Grey wants to exploit them through company-owned means, and he could use the channel to get us on board and puff up revenues by by delaying the DVDs. Hope not.

By: Redjac

Redjac — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:39:54 +0000

Don’t affect me none! :-)~

By: cap

cap — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:14:46 +0000

Failure

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:06:39 +0000

Doesn’t effect me…I have HBO for the mini-series. I haven’t watched a movie on cable in probably 10 years.

By: British Naval Dude

British Naval Dude — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:02:30 +0000

wait a tick… if I wanna wait until, say 2010 until I finally see tha’ new ST film so I can see it for the first time on telly, then I need to subscribe to this exciting new Pay-A-Mound channel?
Arrrrr, mate! Sign me up and to phewie wit’ tha’ BBC!