Paramount+ has canceled a slew of its originals including Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Star Trek: Prodigy, Queen of the Universe and The Game and is taking the shows off its plat…
There's more than just server hosting costs to consider. There's also any residuals to be paid to actors, plus the administration costs to figure out the residuals costs. I'm certain that some soulless beancounter(s) ran some numbers on it all, and couldn't provide a clear "hosting these will not lose money" case to some VP.
You'd think it wouldn't cost much to just keep hosting the shows that already exist on some streaming service but whatever, 🏴☠️ stay winning
I hope they "uncancel" Star Trek: Prodigy. It seemed interesting.
There's more than just server hosting costs to consider. There's also any residuals to be paid to actors, plus the administration costs to figure out the residuals costs. I'm certain that some soulless beancounter(s) ran some numbers on it all, and couldn't provide a clear "hosting these will not lose money" case to some VP.
Also licensed music and some of these are existing IPs which surely require more payouts to use.