While Star Trek fans in most of the world have been able to watch the new animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, viewers in Latin America have been left out of the Chu Chu parade until now — but not for much longer.
Announced today via StarTrek.com, both Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — when that show debuts next year — will be headed to Latin America by way of Paramount+, ViacomCBS’s streaming service (and home of both shows in the United States).
“We jumped at the opportunity to bring these two new series from the iconic Star Trek universe to Paramount+ in Latin America,” said Kelly Day, President of Streaming and COO of ViacomCBS Networks International. “We are proud that Paramount+ is a destination for Star Trek and these are the perfect additions to our diverse content offering featuring beloved franchises, new originals, and fan-favorite localized content for our global audience.”
Lower Decks streams on Amazon’s Prime Video service in other parts of the international marketplace (aside from Canada, where it lives on that country’s Crave service); for fans in Latin America, the show is expected to become available on Paramount+ in September.
As for Strange New Worlds, while it’s going to be on Paramount+ in the US, and on the Crave service in Canada (along with the CTV Sci-Fi Channel cable network in that country), there’s no word on additional international distribution plans yet.
In the United States and Canada, Lower Decks returns for Season 2 on August 15; no specific debut date for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been announced.