Yep. Dumbest name ever. Company symbol or not.
Hope they get the Battlestar thing right though!
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NBC's Streaming Service is Called 'Peacock' and Will Exclusively House The Office and Parks & Rec
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Yep. Dumbest name ever. Company symbol or not.
Hope they get the Battlestar thing right though!
New NBC content is still free to stream online or via antenna so this is a hard pass from me. I refuse to subscribe to any standard network’s pay service to watch reruns—-especially when these shows are aired several time a day in syndication and can be seen on various other platforms (with commercials of course).
Hmmmm......I'm thinking "BSNBC". I'll leave it up to the imagination what the first two letters stand for...
It wasn't always a peacock.Not sure why everyone is up in arms about the name. NBC has always had a Peacock logo...
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First time I had noticed the "beak" in there, actually.
In one hand it can be thought of as greedy because they’re charging you an order of magnitude more than the fee they get from your cable carrier. On the other hand, the streaming fee probably includes access to their catalog, including back programming, so comparing to a comprehensive cable package is comparing apples to oranges.
The real greed, and the big problem I have, is when carriers like Comcast & Verizon also become content owners. Access to the internet, distribution of content, and ownership of content all under one roof. Take a deep look into the eyeglasses industry if you want to know how well vertical monopolies work for themselves.
I’ve never understood the concept of paying tens of dollars a month for something that is free with a OTA antenna. I only went to cable for a few years after the analog to digital switch in 2008. Once I got a modern TV to replace the mid 1990s Quasar TV, I bought a $30 antenna and have been fine since.
The basic cable package actually comes with less useful channels that free OTA. I couldn’t even watch the debates on CNN or Fox News since basic Comcast cable didn’t include those (gotta spend $20 more a month for another package)
Well...thanks, back to the world of torrenting. Instead of getting a little bit of my money but subscribing to Netflix, now these networks aren't going to be getting anything beccause I refuse to pay for 10 different streaming services. I'll be sticking with Disney+, Prime, (unless it becomes a separate charge) Netflix (Maybe), and my trusting old antenna...
This really is the way to do it. Maybe have a couple of mainstays and then rotate the smaller ones. I will probably always have Netflix (T-mobile) and Prime (for the other benefits), but everything else is based on deals (got hulu for a year for like .99/month and will try out Disney + on that 3 yr deal I split with my fam), or just picking up a diff service each month to binge then cancel.
I am guessing that is how they know how refreshing it is after shutting it out for a year - they probably had it before.
I have to say when I periodically get exposed to tv ads I do appreciate not having them.
You'd be surprised at how many times I've read of people who won't pay for Hulu's ad-supported tier for instance, because of the ads, but yet have cable/satellite. For some, they don't put the connection together that they are already (or have) paid for ad-supported content.
I stream everything via a variety of apps and my biggest problem with ads is that the companies only seem to (be able to) sell one or two ads per show, so I end up seeing the same ad a dozen times over and over again.
just when you think piracy is dead, media conglomerates continue to make it the most attractive way to get the content you want short of purchasing the physical media copies on Amazon.
I think I will go back to the original and old fashion way, using an antenna and skip paying for any service or maybe just read more books.
As I have said a million times:
the market for years scream for a-la-cart tv.
They waxed poetic of the joys of buying individual channels.
We now we have what we asked for.
At least all these streaming services are on-demand.
I can't believe it's 2019 and you still have to be sitting on your couch at 8:30pm on a Tuesday night to see a certain show. What madness is this?
Even if I had to pay more for all these individual streaming services... at least I don't have to abide by a schedule.
Sure you can get a DVR... for another $15/month. And it's still attached to a TV in a room. Cable TV is silly nowadays.
If I have to pay for a bunch of different streaming services... I'd rather do that than stick to an antiquated broadcasting method.
But seriously... if you got the Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+... it's only $35/month. And that gets you PLENTY of content. Like... too much content. There aren't enough hours in the day to watch even 0.0001% of it.
On the other hand... how much of your cable bill is devoted to all those silly channels that broadcast content whether you're at home or not? Hint: it's probably more than $35/month. And you have to watch TV on someone else's schedule.
Streaming is so much better. And you get to pick-and-choose what services you want. If you don't want to subscribe to 5 or 6 different services... you don't have to.
Also... if your cable bill is $200/month... you've probably go some ridiculous channel package that you're not watching anyway. That's kinda your fault.
My advice: drop the channels... get an Internet Only package... and only subscribe to a couple streaming services that you absolutely love. Or buy your favorite catalog shows for a one-time cost when they go on sale.
I already own "Friends" and "The Office" so I don't care what service they end up on.
There is only going to be one true winner from all of this: ThePirateBay.
Personally I am with Netflix for the while, unless of course they run through with yet another price hike. Then screw the lot of them, I have enough DVD's and there are enough FailArmy type YouTube vids to keep us all entertained in our home.
Personally I am with Netflix for the while, unless of course they run through with yet another price hike. Then screw the lot of them, I have enough DVD's and there are enough FailArmy type YouTube vids to keep us all entertained in our home.
It's a good thing social media didn't exist in 1956, NBC would've gotten murdered for that logo.