NBC's Peacock coming to a streaming device near you...

[jbloggs]

NBC's Peacock streaming service announced...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...tch-up-1240562

[mulscul]

Wow, every season of SNL will be on this, pretty cool to see the Eddie Murphy episodes, hopefully the episodes aren't edited down.

[brooks101189]

I'm pretty sure that name might change after a few years.

[erlinmeyer]

Hopefully we don't lose the NBC sports app and all that now offers.

[mwynn]

https://peacock.nbcuniversal.com

[Socko]

This service is unavailable in your region.

Good luck, NBCUniversal

[The_Donster]

As I said in another thread that was discussing there being a reboot of Battlestar Galactica, I just hope it is better than their current NBC app. Because that is one of the buggiest apps I’ve used since HULU way back when. They have a ton of shows spanning their multiple channels and Universal properties on that app right now, but I can’t even watch a half hour show without buffering issues

[Lee A Stewart]

NBC Universal Peacock Service Eyeing $4.99/$10 Price Options

NBC Universal’s high-profile branded subscription streaming service Peacock reportedly will be priced at $4.99 monthly with commercials and $10 without.

Citing sources, The Information disclosed the price points, which launches in April 2020. NBC Universal has not disclosed pricing for the SVOD service.

The pricing rivals Apple TV+, while undercutting CBS All Access ($5.99), Disney+ ($6.99), Amazon Prime Video ($8.99), Netflix ($8.99), Showtime ($10.99) and HBO Max ($14.99), among others.

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/nbc-un...price-options/

[kemcha]

Well, I'm now hearing that when the service launches in April 2020, that the service will be free to all xfinity Broadband subscribers. I'm already a subscriber for their cable TV service as well as xfinity broadband, already subscribed to Prime video and being able to add Peacock will add more content for me to watch. Pretty nice, at any rate.

[sandman slim]

Bit of a stretch to say it undercuts Amazon, Netflix & Disney+ when their ad-free services are cheaper than the ad-free option. And unless they offer downloads, consider me not interested. Still haven't tried Hulu since they're stream only.

[kemcha]

Originally Posted by sandman slim

Bit of a stretch to say it undercuts Amazon, Netflix & Disney+ when their ad-free services are cheaper than the ad-free option. And unless they offer downloads, consider me not interested. Still haven't tried Hulu since they're stream only.

I have to agree. Hulu used to provide some of their content free to watch. But, you had to be subjected to ads and select what ads you were interested in watching. When Hulu went 100% paid subscription, I was no longer interested in their service. I just enjoyed watching some of the anime that they hosted on their service and they were always rotating their anime shows.

It just isn't a service I'm interested in. I was actually serious about signing up for Disney+ until I started seeing a list of the content they have on their service. It's most aimed at pre-K children and I've been hearing lately that Disney has been removing its own content from the service (what for, I have no idea). It just seems ridiculous that if your studio owns the content on the series that it doesn't make sense to remove it from your own service. It can't be a rights or licensing issue because Disney owns the content that was removed. Maybe in a year or two when Disney+ has its act together, I might sign up for it but it just feels like Disney+ wasn't exactly planned out.

HBO Max seems like a good service and I wouldn't mind signing up for it if they are going to provide the entire DC Comics catalog of their comic book titles. THAT would more than be worth it to sign up.

It's just with all of these streaming services coming from every studio under the sun, it's the same as paying for a cable subscription. I have a Comcast subscription, Prime Video and the upcoming Peacock service (which is free to Comcast subscribers), I don't think I need more than that.

[sandman slim]

D+ has had to remove a few movies because of pre-existing deals. If, for example, Netflix had bought the rights for Captain America for January thru July, D+ has to honor that agreement & remove it from their service until August. There's only a few of these deals left, after those are done, everything Disney will only ever be on D+.

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by kemcha

It's just with all of these streaming services coming from every studio under the sun, it's the same as paying for a cable subscription. I have a Comcast subscription, Prime Video and the upcoming Peacock service (which is free to Comcast subscribers), I don't think I need more than that.

Remember that you can easily subscribe and unsubscribe from these services anytime. No need to keep them year-round. I'm currently rotating Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and HBO based on what content I'm interested in. I even turned on CBS All Access for a month as a channel within Apple TV to watch the new season of Discovery. I wish all services
were all available as channels since it's so simple to turn them on and off.

[kemcha]

Well, I know that Prime Video also has quite a few of the MCU films on their service as well. Far as the different streaming services go, unless it's added by the manufacturer of your smart TV of it's added by your cable provider, through an update, you can't get it.

The main reason why I'm not signing up for Disney+ is because they don't have a lot of content that I'm interested in and I don't see Disney+ adding the entire Marvel Comics library to their service. The other thing is that Disney+ will likely be increasing the price of its service (this has been speculated about by a lot of entertainment journalists harping on the issue that the current pricing model is an introductory offer for its launch).

They could entice me if Disney would produce HD masters of those classic TV shows like M*A*S*H*, Married With Children and more.

But, with the schedule of content that Disney+ has been adding, it's all aimed at the kiddies and Disney has such a high number of content from the Fox library with shows like MASH and Married With Children.

With Peacock, NBC Universal has already stated that a long list of studio owned TV series will be included at launch. What makes Peacock so inviting is classic shows such as Incredible Hulk, Knight Rider, Knight Rider 2008, Team Knight Rider, A-Team, Murder She Wrote, Magnum P.I., Battlestar Galactica 1978 and 2004 series, Buck Rogers, Cheers, Frasier, 30 Rock and so on. They just have a ton of content ready to launch and being a Comcast subscriber, that network traffic doesn't count toward your broadband data limits.

[batman2000]

Peacock releasing april 15 will initially only be available to subscribers of Comcast's Xfinity X1 and owners of Comcast Flex devices wider release sometime in july

[steve_dave]

So three tiers, two of which have ads.

Peacock Free available July 15th wide will offer over 7,500 hours of programming including next day streaming for new “Freshman” shows, classic seasons, and popular movies. Select Peacock Premium programming will also be available along curated daily programming.

Peacock Premium available April 15th at no cost for Comcast & Cox subscribers and July 15th at $4.99 for other providers offers the content from Peacock Free and adds all the Peacock Premium programs, next day streaming for returning shows, early access for late night talk shows, and additional sports content.

If you don’t want ads while using Peacock Premium then it will be $5.00 a month for Comcast & Cox subscribers and $9.99 for other providers.

[IndyMLVC]

Is there a complete list of what WILL be included?

[keke]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Is there a complete list of what WILL be included?

Including a few links in case one prefers a site over another.

https://deadline.com/feature/peacock...ce-1202832718/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...ls-far-1254230

https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/nbcu...ows-price-news

https://www.cnet.com/news/nbc-peacoc...ies-to-expect/

[kemcha]

I think I'll be going for noads Peacock Premium since I'm a Comcast subscriber. What's nice about it is that Peacock data usage won't count towards your monthly cap.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

So three tiers, two of which have ads.

Peacock Free available July 15th wide will offer over 7,500 hours of programming including next day streaming for new “Freshman” shows, classic seasons, and popular movies. Select Peacock Premium programming will also be available along curated daily programming.

Peacock Premium available April 15th at no cost for Comcast & Cox subscribers and July 15th at $4.99 for other providers offers the content from Peacock Free and adds all the Peacock Premium programs, next day streaming for returning shows, early access for late night talk shows, and additional sports content.

If you don’t want ads while using Peacock Premium then it will be $5.00 a month for Comcast & Cox subscribers and $9.99 for other providers.

July 2020, that means AP Bio will be off over a year before it comes back, wonder if people will still remember it lol

Is that $5/$10 total or on top of the $4.99 subscription to get no ads? If it's total, that's not bad... but until enough originals are out, I can just watch current shows free with ads on the NBC app anyway. I'll subscribe when I have enough originals to save up and watch lol

Also, instead of waiting until 11 and 12 and 12:40ish to watch Fallon/Seth/Singh (I only watch guests, and only guests I care about lol never the full show), you can watch them 4 hours early? That's sort of interesting...

Also interesting that Yellowstone will be on it since it's not produced by Universal... This worries me though: "According to Deadline, NBCUniversal hopes to make a reboot of The Office, which itself was a remake of a British series."