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Title: Trek United outlines plan to keep ENT on the air
Post by: Rat Boy on April 15, 2005, 02:36:06 pm
From Trek Today (http://www.trektoday.com/news/150405_01.shtml)


It ain't happening.  Paramount won't farm out a staple franchise to Canada and certainly not in this manner.
Title: Re: Trek United outlines plan to keep ENT on the air
Post by: toasty0 on April 16, 2005, 08:55:54 am
Quote from: Rat Boy on April 15, 2005, 02:36:06 pm
From Trek Today ([url]http://www.trektoday.com/news/150405_01.shtml[/url])


It ain't happening.  Paramount won't farm out a staple franchise to Canada and certainly not in this manner.


OK, so what will they do?
Title: Re: Trek United outlines plan to keep ENT on the air
Post by: Alidar Jarok on April 16, 2005, 09:52:37 am
Officially, they have no comment on shopping to other networks, but they apparently haven't done so.  They also can't accept fan donations, but they can accept sponsers from corporations (such as Trek United, inc).  Also, their decision to cancel the show on UPN is final.

I did some reading up on this, and the amount of money it seems the Canadian company could spend is 18 million dollars.  If I'm not mistaken, this is actually very close to the amount of money UPN's licensing fee cost.  All Paramount needs is a US market who will pay around the same price, and they will make a profit without having to rely on DVDs or re-run syndication.  They would loose foreign market profits, but they are getting $18 million from foreign markets.

Also, since this only applies to Enterprise, it seems that (assuming it is possible to make a profit under this arrangment), they would only be gaining money, since the show wouldn't exist otherwise.
Title: Re: Trek United outlines plan to keep ENT on the air
Post by: Rat Boy on April 16, 2005, 11:12:53 am
Quote from: toasty0 on April 16, 2005, 08:55:54 am
Quote from: Rat Boy on April 15, 2005, 02:36:06 pm
From Trek Today ([url]http://www.trektoday.com/news/150405_01.shtml[/url])


It ain't happening.  Paramount won't farm out a staple franchise to Canada and certainly not in this manner.


OK, so what will they do?



The show will be cancelled, that's all.  Paramount hasn't budged on this point at all.  They either want to put the franchise out to pasture or to muscle Berman out of power by cutting his Trek legs out from under him.  Either way, TU isn't helping that plan.
Title: Re: Trek United outlines plan to keep ENT on the air
Post by: Don Karnage on April 25, 2005, 09:06:25 pm
are the interested in selling the copyright or what ever it is for the startrek enterprise series so "the fan" can go seek another tv station to show enterprise?