MGM Shutters Niche ‘Stargate’ SVOD Portal

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It’s another bad sign for niche streaming channels, as enthusiast platform with 75,000 users gets the ax

Stargate Command, an SVOD platform specifically devoted to the 1994 hit sci-fi film Stargate, along with the movie’s myriad TV spin-off series, is being shuttered, effective Dec. 31.

(Image credit: MGM)

According to operator MGM, the platform’s content will be shifted to YouTube and be free to view.

“Shows like Dialing Home and Recon, which were previously only available to All-Access Pass holders, will be made available on YouTube without charge beginning in 2020,” MGM said in a note to Stargate Command users today.

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According to fan site GateWorld.net, the SVOD platform has around 75,000 subscribers.

Niche-oriented SVOD sites have been somewhat endangered of late, with WarnerMedia notoriously shutting down well-regarded movie platform FilmStruck late last year.

“Only a handful of platforms can support themselves in the niche OTT world,” noted Fox executive Sherry Brennan, speaking on a Streaming Media West panel shortly after FilmStruck’s closure.

Daniel Frankel
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