NBC's Streaming Service is Called 'Peacock' and Will Exclusively House The Office and Parks & Rec

[hlevolve]

Why is everyone on this thread acting like you MUST subscribe to all of these streaming services at the same time? You don't!

In reading all of the comments I was wondering the same thing, so glad you said it lol. Just subscribe to one and watch whatever they offer and when you are tired of that one, cancel and subscribe to a different one the next month. You can keep the price super low doing it like that for a few months maybe you are at $5 a month then several months maybe $12 a month or something depending on the service but just do one service at a time, super easy and very low cost and overall you still get to watch all of the shows while being entertained the entire time...

 

[Juicy Box]

So we’re right back to cable paying $200 a month for TV. They’ll never learn

If you cut the cord to save on your cable bill, and then end up paying the same while cord cutting, you are probably doing it wrong.

 

[HiRez]

And you know names always get shortened over time, so prepare yourself for “Coming next on The ‘Cock...”

 

[Marco Klobas]

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.

Why is everyone on this thread acting like you MUST subscribe to all of these streaming services at the same time? You don't!

Honestly, this whole video streaming market is becoming a little bit messy, you can't deny it. With time, when the dust will settle down and everybody will jump on the bandwagon, probably the scenario will clear.

Just look at AT&T/WarnerMedia/HBO mess. It resembles some Google services which born, die and cross each other with no logic...

Right now a real à la carte isn't available yet. The dream to pay just a few bucks for a favorite channel will probably never realize. As some explained in these years, the costs for serious productions are high. That's the reason why cable have dozens of channels filled with ads and some valuable channels here and there.

Some channels are indeed available as stand alone services (like this Peacock or CBS All Access, for example). Others are part of bundles (like, say, Comedy Central or National Geographic inside PlayStation Vue or Hulu) which basically is a modern form of cable. Others still, like the aforementioned HBO, have a strange ubiquitous presence.

Just an example: can I subscribe to CNN alone somewhere? Nope.

 

[Awsaim]

I guess no one on planet Earth will be watching The Office and Parks and Rec anymore then.... Such a shame!

Good thing they’re both constantly on sale for $30 for the complete series on iTunes

 

[MacNut]

It's a good thing social media didn't exist in 1956, NBC would've gotten murdered for that logo.

59' and 75' are the worse ones.

 

[Juicy Box]

Why is everyone on this thread acting like you MUST subscribe to all of these streaming services at the same time? You don't!

Yup....

Not sure why people always bring this kind of stuff when each new streaming service is announced.

If someone cuts the cord to save money, then signs up for every streaming service out there, they are probably not making good financial decisions.

If there is content on every streaming service that one wants to watch, sign up for a service for a month, catch up on your shows, then cancel. You can still save a lot of money with streaming services.

Besides, it still beats paying the big cable companies a crap load of money a month for their service, rent their crappy STB for each TV in the house that runs outdated and slow UI, and dealing with crappy customer service, imo.

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.

It is still better than what we were doing before, imo.

 

[willmtaylor]

If you cut the cord to save on your cable bill, and then end up paying the same while cord cutting, you are probably doing it wrong.

However, now—for the same price—I can watch exactly what I went when I want to how ever many times I want to and with far fewer commercials (if any).

Not exactly the apples to apples comparison most Henny Penny’s are screaming about.

 

[Analog Kid]

Looks like it will be Netfix’s DVD service that keeps them in business after all...

 

[macduke]

Blame Comcast they own them

Oh, that makes a lot more sense now. XFINITY

 

[AZhappyjack]

Death by a thousand cuts, every network, and media company will have their own exclusive streaming service.

And no one will subscribe to them all... meaning that we all get cut out of some programming. This is a LOSE for everyone, IMO.
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Looks like I'll be purchasing the entire series of The Office on iTunes prior to it being pulled from Netflix next year. I refuse to subscribe to more than 3-4 streaming services (currently have Netflix, Hulu w/ Live TV, Amazon Video and HBO Now). I don't see us deviating from those services anytime soon.

I can see this following a similar pricing structure as CBS All Access. $5/month with ads, $10/month for no ads.

I bought the series back in June when it was on sale for $30. Eyes peeled for a Parks and Recreation sale now.

 

[ikramerica]

Wow. Great name. Not.

They are already shadow marketing it.

On TBS there was a commercial for NBCs fall comedies with a live peacock as the head of NBC who sits in on a Brooklyn 99 table read, was in an old photo from Cheers, etc. The tag was “Peacock knows comedy.”

 

[Juicy Box]

However, now—for the same price—I can watch exactly what I went when I want to how ever many times I want to and with far fewer commercials (if any).

Not exactly the apples to apples comparison most Henny Penny’s are screaming about.

Yup, that is correct.

BTW, I wasn't discouraging cord cutting, but just saying if it is one's goal to save money on their cable bills by cord cutting, and they sign up for every possible subscription out there and play the same that they did with cable, then they are no cord cutting correctly.

If the cost and content was the exact same between cord cutting options and a cable sub, and I had to choose between the two, I would choose cord cutting.

This is a LOSE for everyone, IMO.

It is a win, imo.

I like finally having the choice to pay for the content I want to watch.

Besides, you can still sign up for everything, saving money on sub costs. There are a few streaming services that I pay for only a month or two out of the year to catch up on my shows, then cancel for majority of the year. Many times, I get free trial offers to sign back up with them, so usually the first month is free.

 

[ikramerica]

Good thing they’re both constantly on sale for $30 for the complete series on iTunes

They will still be in syndication on Cable/Satellite. Syndication makes money. You can DVR and skip commercials, but can’t choose any specific episode.

But if you want to watch them on demand/streaming, Peacock only, and with ADS YOU CANNOT SKIP!

As a Dish subscriber we DVR everything and skip commercials. I can’t stand these apps and on demand channel portals with their ads you can’t skip.

 

[tallscot]

Not interested in any of those shows. I think it’s a huge mistake. They should just take the licensing money from Netflix/Hulu.

 

[jbachandouris]

Cut the cord they said. It will be great for the consumer they said.

Oh, you mean like the lie that T-Mobile forced on us by removing cellular contracts? My bill as never been higher since the 'end of contracts.'

 

[davidg4781]

I get subscription services are the new thing. Disney+ seems awesome. Hulu is where I’ve been for months. Netflix has some good content.

But I just don’t see this as having any value. Maybe I’m not their target market but I wouldn’t pay more than $12/year for this. And I recently subscribed to Starz for $5/month to watch Good Time, The Jeffersons, and G.I. Joe The Movie.

Cobra LALALALALALA!

 

[lunarworks]

It's a good thing social media didn't exist in 1956, NBC would've gotten murdered for that logo.

That logo was introduced with the debut of colour programming on NBC. It's important to understand that context. Also, that design is very 1950s, and it coexisted alongside the letter-based logo.

 

[AZhappyjack]

That logo was introduced with the debut of colour programming on NBC. It's important to understand that context. Also, that design is very 1950s, and it coexisted alongside the letter-based logo.

More or less. It’s evolved quite a bit in the past 60-70 years.

 

[lunarworks]

More or less. It’s evolved quite a bit in the past 60-70 years.

Yup. It got simplified, fell out of favour when the novelty of colour TV wore off, got brought back because people missed it I guess, and got simplified again in the '80s, retaining the same basic form to this day.

 

[ipedro]

So we’re right back to cable paying $200 a month for TV. They’ll never learn

I don't get where you're getting $200 from and it doesn't serve your point to exaggerate your claim.

AppleTV+ $4.99
Netflix $12.99
Disney+ $6.99 or with ESPN+ and Hulu $12.99
CBS All Access $5.99
Peacock $9.99 (best guess)
HBO Max $15 (rumoured)
YouTube Premium $12
Amazon Prime $8.99

If you were to get all the existing and announced streaming services, you'd pay just about $80. When I cut cable with the arrival of the first AppleTV in 2007, I was paying over $100 for the standard slate of broadcast and cable channels plus just a few specialty channels.

Today, over a decade later, I can get all the streaming services, everything, for under that price but I get to choose what I subscribe to, I'm not forced to bundle everything together and pay for stuff I never watch. At most, people will realistically subscribe to a few of these services. My bill for AppleTV+, AmazonPrime, Disney+ and Netflix will be under $34/mo and I'm not likely to even keep Netflix for most of the year.

 

[sinsin07]

Right now a real à la carte isn't available yet. The dream to pay just a few bucks for a favorite channel will probably never realize. As some explained in these years, the costs for serious productions are high. That's the reason why cable have dozens of channels filled with ads and some valuable channels here and there.

Almost but not quite:
09-15-19: 200 Cable TV Companies Are Suing to Block À La Carte TV
"Recently, Maine passed a law requiring that cable operators offer an à la carte TV option. The new law says that “a cable system operator shall offer subscribers the option of purchasing access to cable channels, or programs on cable channels, individually.” This would bring à la carte TV, which many have hoped for, to the state of Maine. ...
The new law is set to take effect on September 19, 2019

 

[ipedro]

Cut the cord they said. It will be great for the consumer they said.

I'll refer you to this:

AppleTV+ $4.99
Netflix $12.99
Disney+ $6.99 or with ESPN+ and Hulu $12.99
CBS All Access $5.99
Peacock $9.99 (best guess)
HBO Max $15 (rumoured)
YouTube Premium $12
Amazon Prime $8.99

If you were to get all the existing and announced streaming services, you'd pay just about $80. When I cut cable with the arrival of the first AppleTV in 2007, I was paying over $100 for the standard slate of broadcast and cable channels plus just a few specialty channels.

Today, over a decade later, I can get all the streaming services, everything, for under that price but I get to choose what I subscribe to, I'm not forced to bundle everything together and pay for stuff I never watch. At most, people will realistically subscribe to a few of these services. My bill for AppleTV+, AmazonPrime, Disney+ and Netflix will be under $34/mo and I'm not likely to even keep Netflix for most of the year.

 

[sinsin07]

I don't get where you're getting $200 from and it doesn't serve your point to exaggerate your claim.

AppleTV+ $4.99
Netflix $12.99
Disney+ $6.99 or with ESPN+ and Hulu $12.99
CBS All Access $5.99
Peacock $9.99 (best guess)
HBO Max $15 (rumoured)
YouTube Premium $12
Amazon Prime $8.99

If you were to get all the existing and announced streaming services, you'd pay just about $80. When I cut cable with the arrival of the first AppleTV in 2007, I was paying over $100 for the standard slate of broadcast and cable channels plus just a few specialty channels.

Today, over a decade later, I can get all the streaming services, everything, for under that price but I get to choose what I subscribe to, I'm not forced to bundle everything together and pay for stuff I never watch. At most, people will realistically subscribe to a few of these services. My bill for AppleTV+, AmazonPrime, Disney+ and Netflix will be under $34/mo and I'm not likely to even keep Netflix for most of the year.

All of that requires internet, and depending on where you live will could bring your bill close to the $200 mark, for TV, not to mention the 12.99 price for Netflix is for non UHD, which is more.

 

[TheSkywalker77]

I hope they don't take Superstore off Hulu anytime soon because of this, I've fallen in love with that series and really don't feel like paying even more just for that and The Office.