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By BWilliams / 11:16, 8 February 2005 / General Star Trek
The latest word on the status of STAR TREK: The Animated Series is that it is very likely not to see its release on DVD in the near future from Paramount Home Entertainment, according to Pocket Books writer Kevin Dilmore. Further reports of a March 15 DVD release date have also been pegged down as rumor, based on sources close to Dilmore.
In a post on the PsiPhi BBS dated February 6, Dilmore wrote, "I had an e-mail exchange a couple of weeks ago with a pair of people who I consider to be the authorities on this subject. Here's what I was told.
"I checked in with Martin Blythe of Paramount Home Entertainment (who is no longer with PHE as of a few days ago), who said that Paramount had no plans for TAS on DVD. Period. he went on specifically to say that a release date of March 15 that had been circulating through various Internet news reports was strictly rumor.
"David Lambert, a contributor and reviewer for the wonderful web site TV Shows on DVD, was quick to remind me that the talk regarding a TAS release on DVD cited Columbia House, not PHE, as the company responsible for the release. That noted, he said that he had not been able to confirm the release at all, let alone one on March 15, from anyone at Columbia House.
"So, there you have it. Trust me, I'm trying to keep an eagle-eye on this because I very much want to write this event up for the (STAR TREK) Communicator. However, I can't be everywhere. I recommend that anyone interested keep checking in with TV Shows on DVD for the latest scoop (not just on this but on ANY TV-related DVD releases). That's where I look."
You can read Dilmore's original post here.
Dayton Ward, who has co-authored a number of TREK novels along with Kevin Dilmore, has also reported that the animated TREK series may not be released on DVD.
"Anything you've heard about Paramount and TAS DVDs is unsubstantiated rumor," Ward said on the PsiPhi BBS. "Paramount Home Video never released any info that they were planning a DVD release of the series, and Kevin Dilmore confirmed with one of their reps that the March 15th release date was a rumor put out by somebody else. They have no immediate plans to release TAS, as their TREK priorities at the moment are on finishing out the 'collector's editions' of the movies and ENTERPRISE season sets."
You can read Ward's original post here.
Please bear in mind that official word from Paramount has yet to be released regarding the status of TAS on DVD.
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I am a big fan of The Animated Series. Episodes like D.C. Fontana's Yesteryear, The Time Trap and The Counterclock Incident (the Captain April episode) are among my favorites Trek episodes, ever.
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"Anything you've heard about Paramount and TAS DVDs is unsubstantiated rumor," Ward said on the PsiPhi BBS. "Paramount Home Video never released any info that they were planning a DVD release of the series, and Kevin Dilmore confirmed with one of their reps that the March 15th release date was a rumor put out by somebody else. They have no immediate plans to release TAS, as their Trek priorities at the moment are on finishing out the 'collector's editions' of the movies and ENTERPRISE season sets."
It makes me wonder how anyone can actually know in any detail (let alone a book author), what the video side of the Viacom house is doing. 
I mean, the properties of Viacom are like a massive massive bureaucracy.
It's interesting but much of the talk about an upcoming release came from
Tvshowsondvd.com, which inturn got it from David Gerrold's website.
Of course Gerrold wrote TAS "More Tribbles, More Troubles" as a sequel to TOS "The Trouble With Tribbles" and it would make sense that assuming that commentary would be on such a release, his might be included, with him having been long involved in the TOS/TAS side of the franchise. Why would one doubt what might have occurred between Gerrold and other parties regarding this?
There is a post on that same site that clarifies some of the confusion (the poster also a regular on TrekBBS), as it was apparent that the distributers of the TAS tapes (Columbia House's tape of the month deal), may have actually been the ones looking into licensing to do the DVDs rather than Paramount.
SADLY, there are just alot of bad and bitter feelings among all of the folks who have worked in this franchise and it seems it just gets uglier and uglier and uglier and the yes it is, not it isn't continues.
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