What you need to know about 10 All Access streaming

JUST when you thought you finally had a grip on all the streaming services in Australia, here comes another one begging for your money.

IF YOU already think there are too many streaming services, here comes another begging for your money.

In its annual upfronts presentation, the rebranded Channel 10 announced what many in the market had been anticipating for months — a new subscription streaming service to try to rival Netflix and Stan.

The service, 10 All Access, will launch in December with 7000 TV episodes in its library including archive episodes of CBS shows NCIS, Cheers and Frasier as well as Australian content such as Neighbours, The Bachelor and The Living Room.

Channel 10 hasn’t revealed how much the service will cost. Other streaming services in Australia range from $5.99 a month for Hayu to $104 for the all-inclusive Foxtel Now package.

Its American parent company CBS’s paid streaming service in the US, CBS All Access, charges $US5.99 for a monthly service with ads and $US9.99 for an ad-free option, but that library is considerably larger.

The Originals star Danielle Campbell will play the Red Riding Hood character in Tell Me A Story. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

The main drawcards for 10 All Access at its launch appear to be three new shows that are currently only available on CBS All Access — One Dollar, Strange Angel and Tell Me A Story.

Tell Me A Story, which launches in the US today, is a modern reimagining of classic fairytales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs and more, set in 21st century New York City.

The show was created by Kevin Williamson (Dawson’s Creek, Scream) and stars Billy Magnussen, James Wolk, Dania Ramirez, Danielle Campbell and Kim Cattrall. It’s been described as a slick psychological thriller.

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One Dollar is a mystery thriller set in a “rust-belt” American town where a group of characters are connected by a shocking multiple murder and a one-dollar bill that changes hands between them.

The show stars John Carroll Lynch, Christopher Denham and Nathaniel Martello-White. In addition to the murder mystery, it will also reveal the deep cultural and class divides in a desperate town beset by economic depression.

The final of the three new shows is Strange Angel, a period drama set in the 1930s about the intersection of madness and genius. The story is centred on a character named Jack Parsons (Jack Reynor) whose ambition to create a rocket is tangled with his devotion to infamous occultist Aleister Crowley.

Strange Angel was created by Mark Heyman with acclaimed indie director David Lowery directing the first two episodes.

What 10 All Access doesn’t appear to have are first-run rights to some buzzy CBS All Access Originals shows. At launch, it will only have the first season of the excellent The Good Fight. The first two seasons of The Good Fight first ran in Australia on SBS and the public broadcaster has confirmed to news.com.au it will continue to have first-run rights to season three and beyond.

10 All Access also won’t have rights to Star Trek: Discovery, which Netflix has the global, non-US digital distribution rights to.

And there’s no word yet on a recently announced CBS All Access original Star Trek series that will feature Patrick Stewart and revive his Jean-Luc Picard character — news.com.au has contacted CBS for comment.

Channel 10’s free video-on-demand service, 10 Play, will continue to exist as an ad-supported catch-up platform for its broadcast shows.

The subscription streaming market in Australia is fast becoming crowded with Netflix, Stan, Amazon Prime Video, Foxtel Now, Hayu, YouTube Premium and DocPlay all vying for consumer dollars.

Roy Morgan estimates over 13 million Australians had access to some form of subscription or pay TV in the three months to June 30, an increase from 11.6 million from 12 months prior. Netflix alone reaches almost 10 million Australians.

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