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Okay, this is odd. Last week ViacomCBS announced it had struck a deal with Netflix to buy back the distribution rights to flagship Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery. This meant that the show would not be available to Trekkers outside of the US and Canada until 2022 when the season would debut on Paramount+.
Today the company has announced that it wil…