NBC 'Peacock' streaming service expected in 2020 with 15,000 hours of content
NBCUniversal has revealed more details about its upcoming competitor to Apple TV+, including the initial launch content lineup for the service when it goes live in 2020, as well as officially naming the video streaming offering after its logo - 'Peacock.'
Revealed on Tuesday, Peacock is in reference to the company's logo, which consists of the bird with a multi-colored segmented tail. The service itself is expected to launch in April 2020, and will offer over 15,000 hours of content to its subscribers.
"The name Peacock plays homage to the quality content that audiences have come to expect from NBCUniversal," said Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises Bonnie Hammer. "Peacock will be the go-to place for both the timely and timeless," referencing "can't-miss Olympic moments" and the 2020 election alongside classic fan favorite shows.
Heading up the list of content will be "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation," which are two highly-watched streaming series that will continue to be available to view via the NBCUniversal service. Along with exclusive rights to both shows, the list of content the service will offer also counts on its roster "30 Rock," "Battlestar Galactica," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Cheers," "Frasier," "House," "Monk," "Saturday Night Live," and other shows.
NBC also announced a number of original programming efforts, including dramas "Dr. Death," "Brave New World," and "One of Us Is Lying," as well as another reboot of "Battlestar Galactica." Comedy originals are highlighted by "Rutherford Falls" and "Straight Talk," along with reboots of "Saved By the Bell" and "Punky Brewster."
The service will also offer original films, including animated content from DreamWorks and archived classics, such as the "Fast & Furious" and "Bourne" franchises, "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial," "Jaws," "Casino," and "Meet the Fockers." More than 3,000 hours of Telemundo Spanish-language content is also planned to be available to view.
Pricing for the service is currently unknown, with details to be provided closer to launch, but there will be both advertising-based and subscription options available.
Given the vast back catalog of content that will be on offer, it is unlikely that the price of the service for its ad-free subscription will be close to what Apple will charge for Apple TV+. Launching on November 1, Apple TV+ will cost $4.99 per month, with it also offered free for a year with Apple hardware purchases.
Revealed on Tuesday, Peacock is in reference to the company's logo, which consists of the bird with a multi-colored segmented tail. The service itself is expected to launch in April 2020, and will offer over 15,000 hours of content to its subscribers.
"The name Peacock plays homage to the quality content that audiences have come to expect from NBCUniversal," said Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises Bonnie Hammer. "Peacock will be the go-to place for both the timely and timeless," referencing "can't-miss Olympic moments" and the 2020 election alongside classic fan favorite shows.
Heading up the list of content will be "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation," which are two highly-watched streaming series that will continue to be available to view via the NBCUniversal service. Along with exclusive rights to both shows, the list of content the service will offer also counts on its roster "30 Rock," "Battlestar Galactica," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Cheers," "Frasier," "House," "Monk," "Saturday Night Live," and other shows.
NBC also announced a number of original programming efforts, including dramas "Dr. Death," "Brave New World," and "One of Us Is Lying," as well as another reboot of "Battlestar Galactica." Comedy originals are highlighted by "Rutherford Falls" and "Straight Talk," along with reboots of "Saved By the Bell" and "Punky Brewster."
The service will also offer original films, including animated content from DreamWorks and archived classics, such as the "Fast & Furious" and "Bourne" franchises, "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial," "Jaws," "Casino," and "Meet the Fockers." More than 3,000 hours of Telemundo Spanish-language content is also planned to be available to view.
Pricing for the service is currently unknown, with details to be provided closer to launch, but there will be both advertising-based and subscription options available.
Given the vast back catalog of content that will be on offer, it is unlikely that the price of the service for its ad-free subscription will be close to what Apple will charge for Apple TV+. Launching on November 1, Apple TV+ will cost $4.99 per month, with it also offered free for a year with Apple hardware purchases.
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The new content may help. A reboot of the BSG reboot?
If anything, it's these that will eventually kill* Netflix, not Apple and their monopoly over their App Store. It's the producers and their monopoly over their content.
It just means I'll subscribe to none.
And this just the beginning. How laughably stupid can these people get?
I think I’ll just keep my Xfinity and not worry about all this nonsense.
It seems perhaps there are 3 obvious models:
1. Advertising pays. Traditional TV is predicated on this. Shows were even designed around acts and dramatic moments right before a commercial. The content was designed for this model. Even live sports events do this.
2. Subscription. You pay up front for the buffet. All you can eat, even if you can't eat any.
3. Pay per view. Buy a movie, or a "series pass."
There are free things for sure. Go to the library, or something like PlutoTV. Are there any alternatives? Will OTA TV with an antenna and tuner go the way of the dodo?
ready go
I don't have an issue with all of these streaming services. It's not like somebody has to be subscribed to all of them at the same time. People can choose and pick, maybe only subscribe to a service for one month, and then you will have seen what you intended to watch. Then jump to another service the next month and so on and so on.
Why would you market a streaming platform with a name like that? Just changed one letter and I see an entirely different logo.
What else is going to be on Apple TV+ besides the handful of new shows? All these other services have catalogs of content from decades past. Genuinely curious.
The back catalogs are overrated as the vast majority of stuff is garbage that no one watches. That's why a few shows like Seinfeld, Friends and The Office are the most watched and the bidding for the rights to them are insane. Apple's Video Team clearly knows what it is doing. And remember, within the year, Apple 's strategy of giving free subscriptions, along with paid subscribers, guarantees them that they will have the most subscribers, close to a quarter of a BILLION, in the world.