Good news for Star Trek fans as Paramount has backed down and plan a release of Star Trek: Discovery internationally.
Paramount claim to have listened to international fans who were disappointed when Star Trek: Discovery was pulled from Netflix three days before season 4 was due to air. Now the streamer has given fans other ways to watch the series.
In an announcement made on Wednesday via the official Star Trek Twitter account and their website, they confirmed that the UK and other European fans will be able to watch the new season on Pluto TV which is currently free. Other international countries can now watch on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will premiere on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel in the UK on Friday 26th November at 9pm.
The announcement reads:
“To all of the International Star Trek: Discovery fans: we hear you. We love this series too. We love it for the incredible cast, the hardworking crew, the imaginative storytelling, the groundbreaking, diverse characters who bring the show to life and what it represents to so many people around the world. Star Trek has always put its fans first. We want to do the same.
Therefore, during this transition, we are doing everything we can to get the new season to you as soon as possible. Where Paramount+ is available in Australia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the first two episodes will be available Friday, November 26, with new episodes being released weekly. We are also offering Star Trek fans in these markets a new membership promotion on Paramount+ for 50% off for the first three months with code STARTREK.*
In Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service, will drop new episodes at 9pm local time on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a simulcast running on the Star Trek channel in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. This will begin with the first two episodes on Friday, November 26.
In the UK, Germany, France, Russia, South Korea and additional select countries, we are also making Season 4 available for purchase on participating digital platforms beginning Friday, November 26.
We too are super fans of Star Trek and incredibly proud of Discovery. We promise to give this franchise and its loyal fans all the global love and visibility it deserves in our expanding universe on Paramount+.”
Pluto TV is available online or on Roku and NOW devices as well as Amazon Fire TV and mobile phones and tablets. There is no need to sign up but it is ad-supported. The service is also owned by ViacomCBS who own Paramount so the move to air Discovery on there was probably a no brainer. Whether the service remains free only time will tell.
Apple TV and Amazon
If you aren’t up to watching adverts, Discovery is also available for purchase on Amazon and Apple TV. You can buy single episodes on Amazon as they air each week or buy a £19.99 series pass on Apple TV.
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