WaPo has just reported that CBS and Viacom has announced a merger, the new company will be called ViacomCBS:
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WaPo: CBS and Viacom announce their long-awaited merger, reuniting two companies that were separated in 2006
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Weird calling this a merger or part of the same mega-merger trend, seeing how they were the same company for decades until 2006, and still shared intellectual properties and assets.
But, whatever. At least Star Trek isn't going to be split between CBS and Viacom anymore and we might get cohesion between the series and movies again.
But, whatever. At least Star Trek isn't going to be split between CBS and Viacom anymore and we might get cohesion between the series and movies again.
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Interested to see how this will accompany CBS All Access and Pluto TV. They could have something really special with Pluto TV if it gets more Viacom/CBS channels
Funny, I just watched a video the other day about the Star Trek ownership conflicts between CBS and Paramount/Viacom
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If this merger gets greenlit by all the relevant government/regulatory agencies, yes. All subsidaries of CBS and Viacom will become part of the new ViacomCBS.
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Yep, and now if this merger is greenlit by all the relevant government/regulatory agencies, this ownership conflict over Star Trek will be eliminated.
With Garfield and now all of the Star Trek at their command, Viacom will be unstoppable.
gg Warnermedia, Disney and Netflix
Maybe they can use their new corporate synergy to get Garfield on the Bombcast.
Does that mean a psycopath is going to try and split them apart??????
I just wonder what will happen to CBS All Access. Will they add more content to it or move CBS AA originals to the new service? Also, how will they utilize Pluto TV with their streaming strategy?
No, this means the Kelvin stuff is 100% dead. That was an invention of the Viacom side, and they say they want Star Trek to be controlled by the CBS side after the merger.
I would hope that doesn't mean they just abandon it wholecloth like Sony did with ASM.
I'm sure they won't. Picard will partly deal with the events of Star Trek 2009
Exactly. I get that they won't make anymore movies in that universe, but putting characters and ships in Timelines (a game that celebrates all of Star Trek, even crazy obscure stuff) seems possible.
The developers have said that the rights is the main reason why they aren't in there already.
I was talking to my wife about this. She's worried that CBSI could be drastically downsized due to redundancy. She used to work there and she thinks There's going to be an restructuring.
if the video was from midnight edge/doomcock/nerdrotic then it was complete BS
This is the question I want answered. I'd love to see Stephen Colbert make an appearance on the Late Show. It's well past time for a return.
