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NBC's Streaming Service is Called 'Peacock' and Will Exclusively House The Office and Parks & Rec
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Does anyone know if Hulu will continue to have NBC shows on live tv? Such as Superstore?
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I am aware this is meant to be a joke... but actually not a bad idea if one is turned off by high cost of subscribing to all of them at once... Do it one at a time and binge till your bored. Once bored, unsub and go onto the next service. By the time you finish subing to every service, there is new content on the first. Probably ends up being pretty cheap too.
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I just saw this and am wondering same thing... good comedy that I too have fallen in love with. It also has managed to avoid political inspiration and pandering. I assume it will still be on Hulu since NBC live is not gone?
Whether your paying for it or not is irrelevant; it's not possible to stream without the internet.
It is irrelevant bc it isn’t an added expense; it’s an already existing one.
The important (and not irrelevant) part of this is that almost all cable internet providers have a tiered system, based on two components: speed and data usage. All of these streaming options, no doubt, will push the average cable internet subscriber to a higher tier just to be able to watch the content. So, while nearly everyone has some flavor of broadband internet service, all of these streaming subscriptions will cause you to pay more for your internet service.
Everyone and their mom is starting up a streaming service. Streaming fatigue is becoming a thing. Do people really want to subscribe to a dozen streaming services or will they just subscribe to a handful or less and find “other ways” to get the rest? Definitely not the best way forward for the customer.
So you don’t use internet for anything else other than TV? I’d love to get access to the wireless magic you’re using to post to MacRumors.
And remember that you paid $20-$25 extra PER CABLE BOX/DVR PER MONTH. Got 2 TVs? $50 extra. Got 3? $75 extra. My entire family of 4 can watch programming on all our iPhones, all our Macs, all our PS4s, and our Apple TVs - same price. Netflix has a “stream 4” price point which we don’t even need because we are never all watching Netflix at the same time and different shows.
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Where do you live? Canada? California? It’s all flat rate here in Texas (just like our electricity rate).
I'm glad I don't watch much TV anymore. I'm good with Netflix, Disney+, and whatever crap Apple puts on Apple TV+ since I'll get a free year of it with my iPhone 11 Pro.
Anyone know if you get a free year of Apple TV+ every year if you buy a new iPhone/iPad/Mac or is this a limited time thing?
My mom does this with music streaming services
. It's actually quite a good idea if you're okay with keeping up on the subscriptions.I hope it stays, otherwise bye bye Hulu subscription. Also, even with Disney+ existing Hulu has kept around a few Disney shows. So only time will tell.
This isn’t all.
Warner will have a service, and will pull shows like Friends and many movies off other services.
There’s also Brit Box, the Discovery networks, the Scripps ones, etc.
It will add up quickly, and be a hassle to find stuff. With as many poorly designed interfaces to navigate as there are services.
Warner will have a service, and will pull shows like Friends and many movies off other services.
There’s also Brit Box, the Discovery networks, the Scripps ones, etc.
It will add up quickly, and be a hassle to find stuff. With as many poorly designed interfaces to navigate as there are services.
Since cutting the cord years ago I’ve found two things. One, ads are intolerable. Two, most content is garbage. The less my TV is on the happier I am.
Wonder how many people are going to pay for 5-10 different streaming services (or getting "Peacock" and be happy with just that by itself). Thankfully Netflix has a lot of its own good content, Prime Video also releases some quality stuff - I think I'm fine for the time being when it comes to streaming service subscriptions.
I just hope it bites them in the butt and they'll eventually see reason that this is terrible for customers. Or they just have so much money that they can pump that into their services for a long time. Or there will be enough people to actually go for it, but let's just hope that's not the case.
I just hope it bites them in the butt and they'll eventually see reason that this is terrible for customers. Or they just have so much money that they can pump that into their services for a long time. Or there will be enough people to actually go for it, but let's just hope that's not the case.
Ok, CBS I will grant you. But ESPN+ is just a landing spot for games nobody cares about.
Just b/c they’re games you don’t care about doesn’t make it true. I watch multiple MLS games on there every week.
(I do get your larger point about comparative lack of sports, but you continue to paint with much too broad a brush.)
I have Spectrum's 'Silver' package. It's 84.99.
There really isn't a cost savings to doing streaming at an "all-at-once" pace compared to cable packages... so I'd say the best way to describe the benefits you're driving at here is your flexibility to remove and add in on a whim.
If my living room TV wasn't dumb, and if something like YouTube TV had MSG... I'd ditch cable too. At this point all it really is is a suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper expensive MSG subscription.
I was in a similar situation, and I discovered FuboTV carries MSG (and all of its sub-channels). I dropped DirecTV (traditional) like a hot potato when I found it. $54.99 a month, includes 30 hr DVR that actually works well.
Arizona... Cox Cable... no 'flat rate' here... you pay more for faster speed, and you pay more at each "data cap" level. They are actually "paired"... one speed has one price and a set data cap. The next tier is a bit faster with a little higher data cap, and so on.
Just a reminder everybody:
Shows like 'Office' and 'Parks & Rec' are somewhat regularly on sale in the iTunes Store a few times a year from $19.99- $29.99. FOR THE WHOLE SERIES.
Remember way back when? That was the cost PER SEASON for a Standard Definition DVD...
If it's something you have on the background all the time, it's totally worth it. Plus you have it forever. (Cue the " You don't really own it-- duhhhhhhhh Apple can remove it at any time- duhhhhh" arguments) Don't play games w/ region settings and you should be golden.
Don't forget to purchase w/ a discounted iTunes gift card and use your 3% Ebates!
Shows like 'Office' and 'Parks & Rec' are somewhat regularly on sale in the iTunes Store a few times a year from $19.99- $29.99. FOR THE WHOLE SERIES.
Remember way back when? That was the cost PER SEASON for a Standard Definition DVD...
If it's something you have on the background all the time, it's totally worth it. Plus you have it forever. (Cue the " You don't really own it-- duhhhhhhhh Apple can remove it at any time- duhhhhh" arguments) Don't play games w/ region settings and you should be golden.
Don't forget to purchase w/ a discounted iTunes gift card and use your 3% Ebates!
Just a reminder everybody:
Shows like 'Office' and 'Parks & Rec' are somewhat regularly on sale in the iTunes Store a few times a year from $19.99- $29.99. FOR THE WHOLE SERIES.
Remember way back when? That was the cost PER SEASON for a Standard Definition DVD...
If it's something you have on the background all the time, it's totally worth it. Plus you have it forever. (Cue the " You don't really own it-- duhhhhhhhh Apple can remove it at any time- duhhhhh" arguments) Don't play games w/ region settings and you should be golden.
Don't forget to purchase w/ a discounted iTunes gift card and use your 3% Ebates!
I also download them and store them offline so in the event that Apple does pull them, you should still be able to watch them.
don't hate the name, dislike this overly saturated streaming services. if it goes back to cable syndication/streaming then they need to cut their prices way down and offer access to their entire catalogs and live on-air programming. Netflix and Hulu can still offer original programming for a different cut.
I thought apple's appletv+ would be wrecking ball since they have tons of films and tv shows why not be the outlet platform, guess that did not happen either. (basically do the same thing they did as apple music, stream anything they have in their catalog [though tv/film rights are a pile of ****])
I thought apple's appletv+ would be wrecking ball since they have tons of films and tv shows why not be the outlet platform, guess that did not happen either. (basically do the same thing they did as apple music, stream anything they have in their catalog [though tv/film rights are a pile of ****])