NBCUniversal Introduces Peacock, Its New Streaming Service

The New York Times ^ | Sept. 17, 2019 Updated 9:52 a.m. ET | Nicole Sperling

[steel_resolve]

That service is not worth a warm bucket of cockpea

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

If call men’s programming the Peacock channel, what will they call the women’s channel?

[dead]

Reboots of “Saved by the Bell” and “Punky Brewster” are also in the works.

Television re-eats its own turds.

[Jonty30]

Even if I were a television watcher, which I am not, I wouldn’t sign up for these streaming services. There would only be one or two shows I would be interested in on each streaming service and it just wouldn’t be worth my time to pay for each one.

It would also be too expensive to have as many streaming services as I might be inclined to watch. This would be a $300/month cable bill if I did this. Just too much.

[goldstategop]

Most people can afford to support only 3. I might test out Disney+ in November when its added to Hulu.

AT&T’s rumored HBO Max is too expensive. I’d skip it unless there’s a free ad-supported service in the wings.

[IronJack]

The “Men Are Pigs Channel.”

[Sans-Culotte]

Now people can stream shows that should have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Pass.

[Howie66]

Bravo Foxtrot Delta.

[USS Alaska]

A 'streaming device' named pee cock?

Hmmmm, wonder which pervert at the network dreamed up that analogy?

Singing in the shower:)

[Buckeye McFrog]

I bet if you said Peacock into your voice remote it would set off all the parental controls.

[mewzilla]

It’s all won’t see TV for me.

I have watched Nothing But Crap in years.

[wally_bert]

NBC there - be there!

Not me in many years.

[dhs12345]

A lot of cable channels are starting to do this. However, you have to get permission to stream from your cable etc. provider. If you don't have a provider such as Comcast, etc. then you can't stream the content or you get limited access.

Apparently, the cable “channels” have contracts with the providers that will expire in a couple of years. Then it should be an open market and I am hoping that you can stream directly from the channels and probably for free too.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Great

Another streaming service I can avoid.

I’d rather watch pre-code 1930’s and Film Noir movies on YouTube.

[mewzilla]

That’s the problem I have with so many of these streaming services.

If I didn’t want to see it on the boob tube or at the movies, why in tarnation would I want to stream it?!

Thank God and Guttenberg for books.

[mewzilla]

Ever see The Naked City...?

I don't like much noir, but I love that one!

[dangus]

Never thought a video streaming service called “peacock” would be relatively clean.

[nutmeg]

Oh BARF. NBC owns the damn world... Enough already!

[Alas Babylon!]

$ for this stream, $ for that, etc., etc....

Pretty soon it start costing a $$$$.

I remember when I first got Roku, it only cost a few bucks for Hulu/Netflix/Prime.

Now it’s costing MORE than cable.