https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37657287/peacock-exclusively-carry-nfl-playoff-game?platform=amp
Well, to the ones in the home markets they'll still get it over the air, but yeah, this is the future...
The really wild thing is that you know all the value is premised on people signing up for a free or reduced-rate week and then forgetting about it.
Oh, I didn’t realize it was tied to a cable service. I probably signed up back when we had Comcast. Anyways, is this signs of things to come? CBS games end up on Paramount+? I was a bit surprised YouTube locked up Sunday Ticket.
I believe that they recently did away with the free tier entirely. Even with that tier, what was available was limited.
Yeah, we have premium plus now. My wife pays for it but gets reimbursed the cost from her credit card so it’s effectively free.
Why is it short-sighted? Isn’t having them on Peacock more of a big picture idea than putting them on USA, where people can… watch Law and Order SVU repeats 14 hours a day? I understand with NFL games it’s different, but if you love Premiere League and want to watch it in America, Peacock is and has been the absolute best way to do that for awhile now. NBC is paying billions of dollars for PL specifically so it can drive Peacock subscriptions.
Because the fans aren't even set yet on watching the PL on NBC's channels. When you're constantly moving games around the casual fan is going to give up.. and new fans of the game may think to look on peacock but a lot of people won't. IMO you want as many people as possible stumbling across the biggest games on your regular channels.
NBC is also owned by a profitable cable company that is pushing its unprofitable cord cutting service. Peacock is dumb from a strategic perspective.
With my luck, Miami will finally win their first playoff game in 23 years and I won’t see it. No way I’m adding peacock for a single game.
Not for long. Saw that even when you include Youtube TV/Sling/etc, the % of households with "Pay TV" is tanking rapidly.
That's what NBC is banking on, I'm guessing. The PPV being whatever a month of Peacock is at the time.
Peacock (and a lot of these other streaming services) are seen as loss leaders by company's preparing for a tremendous reduction in the profitability of cable and linear TV. Right now, that area is profitable for Comcast but the trends suggest that customer base is shrinking every year; and the future is going to be through streaming services.
I think it’s any easy math problem for them. If they thinks they will make more cash showing the game than otherwise, they’ll buy it.
I wonder if NBC/Peacock will figure out a way to charge bars extra. DIRECTV charged bars extra for Sunday Ticket based on their occupancy limits. I'm not sure how that works for a streamer when you can just log in with a smart TV (or cast to a TV). It's probably easier when someone has to come out and mount a dish to your roof.
Only reason I signed up for Peacock was because I wanted to watch Halloween Kills upon release, figured I’d pay the $10 (still cheaper than seeing it in the theaters) and then cancel. Next day I was like “what else is even on h… oh man, I haven’t seen THAT in years!” Fast forward 2 years and I’m still subbed and it’s now my go-to streamer
Guys, there's no reason to forget to cancel. Make the cancellation part of your sign up process, and then you never have to remember anything. It's not like they cut you off as soon as you cancel - you still get the full time period you signed up for. This is what I do for trials of anything. If I like the product so much that I want to keep it, well, they always make sure to remind you.
The issue is (1) it is extremely difficult to get users at a decent cost, (2) no streaming service outside of Netflix is profitable because it’s expensive as hell, and (3) they’re accelerating the death of their profitable business and have only created a bottom-tier streaming service. Peacock is neither niche or a “one-stop-shop” like Netflix or the Hulu / Disney+ / ESPN+ bundle (which is struggling itself) and doesn’t have a great path there outside burning a bunch of money on fire. There’s going to be consolidation in the industry the next 1-3 years IMO and likely the Paramount+’s and Peacocks of the world.
And the Cowboys Bucs was absolutely terrible and the only reason anyone can happily claim they watched it is because it's probably Tom Brady's last game as a player. Even Dallas fans have nothing to cheer about considering the following week.
I got the Black Friday deal and that's ongoing. Will read through the fine print and see if I can get this one moving forward.
To your first question, all I can say is what? Obviously not every prime member is a fan of the NFL. Nothing has 100% approval.
