"Peacock" is NBCUniversal's Streaming Service

I'm simultaneously so excited and so scared.

A new Punky Brewster series with the same girl playing her?

What did we do that was so bad that we're now being punished with this?

Is Hulu not enough?

First CBS, then Disney, now NBC?

There's no point in cutting cable if streaming is just going to be the same thing.

OP, I thought you were joking about the Saved by the Bell reboot with Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley coming back but you're not. It's real. Tragic. At least Mark-Paul has the good sense to not be involved.

R3 It's absurd. In Australia there is about to be an 11th streaming service (Acorn). How much money and time do these assholes think people have?

This is the actual premise:

When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many low-income high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the highest performing schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the over privileged Bayside kids a much needed and hilarious dose of reality.

There are three big integrated media conglomerates (Disney, Comcast and AT&T) so it makes sense for all of them to attempt a streaming service.

They all want money and you will give it to them r5 !

I’d add Viacom

The company also unveiled its initial programming slate, which includes three reboots of popular NBCU series, a new Battlestar Galactica from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, as well as contemporary takes on Saved By the Bell, from Great News creator Tracey Wigfield, with original cast members Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley set to star and produce; and Punky Brewster, with Soleil Moon Frye set to reprise her role.

[quote]A new Punky Brewster series with the same girl playing her?

Except it's now called "Titty Brewster." The first episode has "Titty," remember to get Cherrie out of the abandoned refrigerator.

R5 we already have acorn it is great. They pick up wonderful series that others wouldn’t, it is how we got Australia’s A Place to Call Home. It is also pretty cheap.

[quote]At least Mark-Paul has the good sense to not be involved.

R4 MPG has a starring role in that new show MIXED-ISH.

Hulu is jointly owned by Disney and Comcast with AT&T previously having stake in the company.

Additional streaming services are just taking advantage of people.

When CBS launched their service a couple years ago, I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard. Who the hell would subscribe to an all CBS streaming service over Hulu which had a larger library across different content providers? Looks like I'm the stupid one, they're all doing it.

R9 Funny that you mentioned Viacom because apparently they have their own service that I had never even heard of and now there's a potential re-merger between them and CBS in the talks. Can't wait for the relaunch of their new service, CVNTFACE (CBS Viacom New Television and Film Application for Crappy Entertainment).

Comcast has already sold its stake in Hulu.

r15 Not yet, but we're edging closer and closer to the death of streaming as the alternative to cable.

Viacom comes to the picture from a place of weakness, with the company’s remerger with CBS (now it’s called ViacomCBS) failing to impress Walt Street. It simply does not have the vertical integration that the Big Three already have in place. I think it exists solely for its takeover potential or will be sold off piecemeal. Sony as well.

People will subscribe to one streamer, watch all they want to see that's offered and then cancel and subscribe to different streamer.

[quote]At least Mark-Paul has the good sense to not be involved He is.

Angelyne

[quote]At least Mark-Paul has the good sense to not be involved.

He is.

These services are shooting themselves in the foot by trying to force people into buying so many separate streaming services that it costs as much as cable did. The audience for reboots is dwindling and there is so much content on YouTube and torrents that people will just go to where they can get affordable entertainment.

There's too much in my Netflix watch list for me to watch as it is. I also have Amazon Prime but I rarely watch it because I simply don't have the time. Who are these shut-ins who are binge watching shows 24/7? Even then I'd never get through my watch list.

How much?

Also the streaming services from the legacy companies are also going to cannibalize their own audiences from linear television. They have one foot in the old world and one in the new world.

TiVo is starting its own streaming service

If they reboot Passions, then I’m signing up right away.

NBCUniversal's new porn streaming site will be called Cock.

Maybe Days of Our Lives will move there.

Interestingly they’re moving their current prime time shows on there. They must really believe in it.

All a person needs is HBO, Hulu, and an antenna. After work I'm beat and I can't go thru thousands of suggestions like Netflix does -- just to unwind. It's overwhelming. Last night after an 11 hour shift, I watched an episode of The Deuce and then put on the eyewitness news. Who has time for so much TV? I do admit I await the new HBO. But that's it.

What is needed to be done by the three big legacies (Disney/Comcast/ATT) and what they are attempting to do, I think, is a massive shuttering of traditional linear operations. However with all three of their roots in linear television, I think that they will prolong the inevitable at great expense and inefficiency.

They have 100% more cock than any other streaming service.

Damn, what did troll 5706 do?

Another World?

He's a MAGAdroid, R33.

If they want it to take off, they should make the ad supported version free to everyone not just Comcast and Sky customers, and people who subscribe to NBCUNIVERSAL channels through their cable. Then just charge people if the want ad free and make that free for Comcast and Sky customers. If they did that they would make a big splash and gain more viewers in the crowded marketplace.

@R36, Charles Schwab over here!

The streaming bubble will burst. It’s too saturated. I’m at such an indecisive point when it comes to watching so much of everything that I would rather pick up a book and listen to Pandora instead.

Peacock streaming? I was really hoping it was a gay watersports channel.

The streaming wars are heating up! And the big 4- Apple, WB/HBO, Disney, and Universal/ Comcast-- still haven't launched!

The Big Bang Theory moves to HBO Max.

LOL I can't believe they are calling it Peacock.

ALF or GTFO

Peacock 🦚 is actually a great name. Very easy to remember and associate.

Disney+, Apple+ = boring; HBO Max = idiotic.

Peacock's a great name, says the COCK sucker

If you subscribe to Comcast Internet, you will get Peacock for free.

It sounds like the future for Peacock and HBO Max will be inexpensive, ad-supported VOD like hulu. They probably figure people will be willing to shell out $5 for these services and will tolerate ads inbetween, and those who really don't like ads will be able to pay more for an ad-free tier.

R36 Isn't that what we already have now? CBS was the first to introduce a paywall in exchange for no ads and a bigger archive.

The way it's been working for several years now is that most channels allow all their first run shows (limited to about 2-3 months) and a few complete series to be viewed on their website with about 5-10 minutes of ads depending on the length of the show. Will all that be going away soon?

The world is changing too fast! I can't keep up. I feel like that 110-year-old British lady who was interviewed in the 1970s. She was like, "Everything's changed! Nothing is the same!"

r45 Not everyone lives in a Comcast area, so that doesn't help most of us.

[quote] Hulu is jointly owned by Disney and Comcast with AT&T previously having stake in the company.

Actually owned 100% by Disney now

Streaming success depends on the Internet broadband ability.

Most cable companies offer broadband so if someone cancels it's no biggie as they get the money from the broadband and Internet caps.

Why does Disney need Hulu AND Disney+

Too confusing.

Disney wants to use Disney+ for their prestige brands (Marvel, LucasFilm, Walt Disney animation) however their purchase of Fox Studios has given them a huge portfolio of off-brand products especially the racy Fox animation comedies and adult fare from FX, which they will release via Hulu.

Similarly WarnerMedia will have HBO Max for the vast bulk of their VOD programming, while HBO (linear network) and HBO NOW (VOD) will be the prestige brand.

Essentially what they are doing is replicating the Netflix pricing model. Netflix doesn't have different tiers, for one subscription of $14 or whatever it is now, you get everything. These new services will offer an inexpensive, ad-supported tier which will primarily consist of legacy shows and reboots, and some original new series. The prestige content will be reserved for the more expensive tier.

Wait! What does Netflix own??

Netflix owns very little when compared to the massive libraries of the studios, which is why they have been ramping up production like crazy in the past few years, anticipating these services.

If you look at the movies offered by Netflix to stream, it's basically the entire catalog of Paramount Pictures and MGM/UA. Neither of which have a stake in the streaming wars.

HULU enables Disney to stream swearing, violence, cock, balls, breast and vage.

I just canceled Netflix after being a continuous customer for 19 years. $16 per month for 4K and I realized I was maybe watching three things a month, and many of the things I was interested in I could find elsewhere for free or on other services I subscribed to.

I'm down to Amazon Prime, Hulu, Criterion Channel and Shudder, and Shudder is about to lapse for the year and I'm not renewing. I got Criterion for a full year and I'll probably let it lapse when it's over. I use Hoopla and Kanopy for a lot of films that are free with your library card.

What's Apple's angle in streaming? It doesn't make sense going into it without a library or partnership with a media conglomerate. Why don't they just buy Disney? I heard they have a trillion bucks saved up somewhere.

Lots of people are also watching everything on torrents or the streaming sites that are technically illegal. They're not paying for shit.

Apple is trying to expand into a services company and a streaming service seemed necessary since Apple produces all the components necessary. However, even with the five dollar price point and the fact that they are going to give away millions of free subscriptions to anyone who buys a new Apple product this year, their entry into the streaming wars is viewed with the most cynicism and is, IMO, the one most likely to fail.

To me it seemed the obvious solution for Apple would have been to purchase CBS, giving it an enormous catalog in addition to an existing SVOD in CBS fledgling All Access. However the CBS/Viacom reunion seems to have dampened chances of that, at least for now.

I will pay for a commercial free tier if one is available. I’m at the point where commercials just bother the fuck out of me.

What I liked about Hulu was that I could get FOX, ABC, NBC, and various other shows in one location. They are over-saturating the market, in my opinion. But again, the prime driver for me is a no-commercial tier and hopefully they will open the vaults and show some classic shows. And, also, for us soap fans this would be a great place to air some classic soaps and maybe test the waters for a new one.

With all these streaming channels it's going to cost more than cable.

I drew the line at the DC streaming service and just steal Titans and Doom Patrol. I’m not proud of it, but that was just a step too far in my mind.

I don’t mind commercials

R47 no, my point is that the ad supported option should be free to everyone, and the no ad option should cost or be offered free to their existing paying customers.

R63 Apple needs to buy MGM/UA.

Experts beg to differ about what Apple needs to buy.

R69 of course they want to buy Disney, but I think they are just too big, now. Even with all the money Apple has I doubt they could afford what Disney would demand. Also, I don’t see the Justice Department, along with other country’s anti-trust authorities, allowing it. They would force them to divest too many things. Imagine the Disney parks being separated from their film and tv IPs.

I detest commercials. I watch a lot of stuff on DVR so I can fast-forward. For streaming stuff I don't mind as much -- on Hulu they show you how many seconds of commercials are being shown at each break, so you can time your absence accordingly -- and even if you get back too late you can reverse and not have to watch the commercial again. MUCH better than watching things live.

Iger in a knife below the ribs to Tim Cook:

Apple simply wants glamorous content for their streamer, they don’t want to run amusement parks and cruise ships and a movie studio. They don’t want to be an entertainment company, which is basically the problem. They want to be Netflix, but without the risky content that Netflix takes chances on like Big Mouth with its talking vagina.

Iger's not wrong, and that's a scary thought.

It's one thing for a single company to both make the content and deliver it--that's been going on at least since cable, if not before. It is an entirely different thing to make the content, deliver it, and make the device you use to access it.

Its hardly a new idea r74

No, but GE didn't have the ability to lock out RCA televisions from receiving other channels. Some kind of DisApple chimera could do that easily, or throttle their own content at the expense of others.

Amazon can theoretically already do the former, and Comcast can do the latter. And Disney's data mining, especially in their theme parks, is as obsessive as Google's.

r62

[quote]Lots of people are also watching everything on torrents or the streaming sites that are technically illegal. They're not paying for shit.

This used to be a lot truer during that awkward time when Blockbuster Video was still alive and Netflix was a quirky Internet start-up that sent you DVDs in the mail.

The record, television, and film industries fought so hard against the scary new Internet world filled with thieves cutting into their bottom line. But they were fighting common sense.

Services like Spotify and Netflix were unthinkable when our idea of online video and music on demand was through Napster, Kazaa, and Limewire. The big companies finally yielded and gave us cheap and easy to use alternatives. Customers responded positively and it seemed like the media giants had finally learned.

Now that the honeymoon is over, we're back to where we started: hungry for content and paying more for less.

Piracy isn't the problem. Price-gouging and splintering across dozens of services are.

r77 piracy is still a big thing with people in certain age brackets. I would say as far as music is concerned, it's even more prevalent than it was back then.

[quote]Lots of people are also watching everything on torrents or the streaming sites that are technically illegal. They're not paying for shit.

"If you watch even one second of PBS and don't contribute, you're a thief. A common thief!

I don't think broadcast television will end anytime soon, but I could see ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX move away from running broadcast networks and focusing on streaming. Meanwhile, I could see the large broadcast owners like Nexstar and Sinclair, creating their own networks for their stations. They already operate various sub-channel networks. If the major networks survive, I could see all their non-sports or news programming, being premiered on streaming weeks or months before they air on the networks. Basically, they will become re-run networks.

Can anyone else not see R80 ? I removed all my ignores but it still doesn't show up.

I can't see R80. I block a bunch of ppl on here tho. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Can we get 90s Days of Our Lives? If so, sign me up.

R83 You must be quite the snowflake.

Netflix is so stupid in releasing their content all in one day. It doesn't make sense. HBO/WarnerMedia will win this war.

r86 They don't do that for everything.

On tonight's episode of "Titty Brewster," Titty is despondent that her adopted father shows gayness

R86 = idiot that realize that HBO Max’s $15 monthly price tag doesn’t actually include HBO. HBO Max will just have old sitcom reruns, reboots of WB sitcoms like Perfect Strangers, and movies from the Warner library, in addition to a handful of new scripted shows and original movies. But it won’t have new HBO programming.

The combined price for HBO Max plus HBO will probably be something like $25 to $30.

[quote]Netflix is so stupid in releasing their content all in one day. It doesn't make sense.

Viewer habits say otherwise.

Netflix created the binge watch culture and its something their customers want, r86.

r87 As far as I know, all Netflix in-house productions are release all at once. When you see a "Netflix original" with a weekly release schedule, that usually means it's something from one of their international broadcast partners. I live in Canada, Netflix acquired the Canadian rights to a lot of programming from the CW in the States and they brand them as "Netflix Originals" here. They are simultaneously released on Netflix after they air in the US. They partner up with a lot of traditional TV networks around the world, a lot of their international programming are actually series that air normally on linear television in those countries.

Binge watch culture has always been around. Old ladies watched 6 soap operas a day. Then reposted their thoughts at night.

R89 why do you defend the Disney model so tightly? Warner is making the right moves at the moment. Nobody wants to go to visit Star wars land. Their Infinity Stone story has been exhausted.

R92 where in my post do I mention Disney?

Stupid worthless cunt.

r91 If they were old ladies, where exactly did they "repost" them? And watching six DIFFERENT show is not "binge watching."