Did Star Trek change hands officially?

[willpittenger]

All the books that I have read lately have CBS Properties as the copyright owner. Also, no where in the book does it say Paramount or show its logo. Instead, CBS is used everywhere. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[docm]

VIACOM owns both Paramount and CBS.<br /><br />CBS Properties manages the corporate media library. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[5stone10]

Star Trek was originally owned by Desilu [Desi Arnez & Lucille Ball's production co.], and then was sold to Gulf+Western, which became Paramount, which was bought by CBS.

 

[mooware]

Mr. Pittenger.<br /><br />And you call yourself a Trek fan? How could you not know about the re-mastering? <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />I think that remastering of the Doomsday Machine really lends to the story line. Decker being hysterical is a little more believeable.<br />

 

[willpittenger]

Actually, I think it was "Paramount" that bought Desilu just before Star Trek TOS went on the air. By the time the first movie was made, Gulf+Western bought Paramount. They later sold that to someone. Wikipedia's Paramount article has Paramount founded in 1912. Viacom then bought Paramount for $10 billion. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[5stone10]

Desilu owned the rights to a lot of series from the 50s and 60s. They had initially sold off their pre-1960s series to CBS, but kept the others. At the time, syndication rights for series were not a big consideration. This is why Desi Arnez was able to garner syndication rights for a song.<br /><br />Lucille Ball headed the company [Desilu] in the late 60s, and sold Star Trek to Gulf+Western. At the time, Gulf+Western was considered the top model for a growing modern American company. They had grown thru acquisition, including the acquisition of Paramount. Paramount, on the other hand, like many of the contemporary studios was in financial straights - and so could not afford the purchase of Star Trek outright. Gulf+Western merged Desilu and Paramount into one organization, including the Star Trek rights. Paramount would eventually make a comeback of sorts with Robert Evans at the helm and with commercial hits like <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> and <i>The Godfather</i>.<br />

 

[vogon13]

Vivendi??<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

Tell me if you think this is ironic.<br /><br />In the 1960's, Desilu tried to sell <i>Star Trek</i> to CBS. When they rejected it in favor of <i>Lost in Space</i>, Roddenberry was mad they they used their "interest in Star Trek" only to make <i>Lost in Space</i> better. At the time, CBS was uninterested in <i>Star Trek</i>. So NBC got <i>Star Trek</i>.<br /><br />Now, over 40 years later, CBS owns everything. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

And the robot was awfully whiney compared to Robby <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>