They haven't come to agreements on revenue sharing for ad placements. Shame, because I have multiple Roku devices and am not buying a different box just to add a new service.
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Peacock Has Accumulated 10 Million Sign-ups Since Launch
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They haven't come to agreements on revenue sharing for ad placements. Shame, because I have multiple Roku devices and am not buying a different box just to add a new service.
HBO Max's numbers are impressive considering it is $15/mo, which might be the most expensive base plan out of all streaming services. Only a small number of people in specific situations get HBO Max free. Majority of Peacock subscriptions have been free.
And it's also free for anyone to sign up and get a limited number of shows with ads.
Nah, it's an apples to apples comparison. Both services have an unknown number of paid subscribers. HBO Max is free with AT&T 1000 Internet. https://about.att.com/story/2020/hbo_max_launches_may_27.html
I have HBO Max free with my AT&T 1000 internet. Hulu free with my phone - Sprint unfortunately. Apple TV+ free with my kids iPhones. Prime Video free with Amazon Prime. The only streaming video service I actually pay for is Netflix, which can be had for free from TMobile.
None of us know the actual paid subscriber numbers for any of them.
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If you have a gaming console like XB1 or PS4, you can add both to the console. My main TV's have Roku's OS so I can't add them to the menu, but I added both to my XB1, which ironically is attached to a TV with Roku's OS. It adds one or two extra clicks to your operation, but certainly nothing too onerous.
Exactly. If you eliminate maybe the 2 largest streaming devices you can guess where these subscribers coming from. Typical padding numbers
It’s still a terrible comparison. HBO already had 30+ million subscribers in the US when HBO Max launched. Peacock had 0. Of course they’ll have more new subscribers at launch. They started at nothing. Most HBO subscribers became Max subscribers without doing anything and don’t get counted in a new subscriber statistic.
I was extremely disappointed that Peacock does not include MSNBC, they only include a lame "NBC News Now" channel. They used to put full video of the MSNBC evening news shows on Apple Podcasts, I could automatically download them and watch them the next day. But now they only have an audio podcast of the shows, and one clip in full video (usually the "A Block"). I guess NBC decided the News Division product was too expensive to give away for free. I would gladly upgrade to an inexpensive paid tier just to get MSNBC, but obviously News Division is not on board.
what's the small number of people in specific situations? i have it free my wireless service, so does my partner, plus another account with his internet. that's 3 accounts for us and we only use 1
I'm betting a lot. I'm one of those. Haven't actually watched anything after first day.
Wow, so 10 million people can now watch the many NBC sci-fi shows that were canceled without ever having any kind of a wrap up episode. I won't even watch anything on NBC anymore since I know that unless Netflix or Amazon continue the series, I'll be left hanging.
FWIW you can sideload the Peacock android TV app from APKMirror on FireTV and it works.
I only signed up for access to season 6 of SNL. I've had a morbid curiosity re that season because I first saw them as a kid. Reading the backstage history only makes me want to review it more. Found out season 6 isn't there.
Oh well, signed up on day one, peeked-haven't looked at it since.
Oh well, signed up on day one, peeked-haven't looked at it since.
Got it since it’s included in my spectrum service. Personally, I don’t use it since most of its content is from before my parents were born.
Signed up Just for the last day of EPL And couldn’t even watch one match on demand. Only live. And won’t even get into the UI or the no Roku issue. Used to be able to watch every game as part of my regular cable package now I have to pay twice.
How many of the Apple+ subscribers are on the free trial? It's not like Apple hasn't been giving free trials away in an abundant amount or anything...