Peacock

[simon007]

When is peacock coming to sky as i see they are showing the new Halloween film on peacock in October 

[bob1234]

@simon007No idea (they only say later this year) but also many of the apps on Sky are not complete ones and even when/if we get it we may not get all the content.

[ozsat]

Peacock US is showing Haloween Kills - the UK version will be a cut-down version.

It seems the UK version will also be a free version - and even in the US the free version will not show the film.

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@simon007 wrote:

When is peacock coming to sky as i see they are showing the new Halloween film on peacock in October 

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[Timelord2018]

Possibly launching in mid November apparently, whether Halloween Kills will be on it like the US I am less sure about.

[Plektrum]

Halloween Kills is a cinema only release here - the day and date release is a US only thing. 

And our version of Peacock is likely to be different to the US platform but there are still no details to my knowledge about what it will offer and how it will be integrated into Sky. 

[simon007]

Anyone seen any update on peacock release date yet

[GD1]

@simon007  No, if there were it would be all over the forum.

[bob1234]

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@GD1 wrote:

@simon007  No, if there were it would be all over the forum.

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Or more likely in the "Sky go and apps" forum

[Plektrum]

Nope nothing to date though given it's meant to be this year it can't be too far away.... though unless anyone can correct me I don't think there has even been any suggestion yet on how it is being integrated into the platform - no idea whether is it an app, added to the overall on demand catalogue to download or natively streamed...

[Deedee36]

I was thinking and this is only my opinion possibly to coincide with the launch of the glass tv on Monday??

[TomThumb5ive]

Peacock is nearly here, starting 16th November.

https://www.skygroup.sky/article/peacock-european-rollout-begins-on-sky

Tom...

[StargazerUK1984]

My big concern is it's going to be sky hosted and encoded rather then app based with proper FPS and that means crappy 1080@50i instead of 1080p@23.976fps. 

If what I read was true then this peacok launch I am not looking forward to as it's just wrong on every level and leting their subsudary sky handle it was the worst mistake made and that to me just makes it a dead on arrival service but we shall see tomorrow.

I was looking forward to having another proper fps streaming service and one to pay to get rid of ads like the US conterpart but it seems like it's going to an additional section via sky with just peacock content and that makes me disappointed if it is not a proper peacock app with proper fps and the ability to pay to remove the ads and watch on another device besides a sky box..

[rscott]

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@StargazerUK1984 wrote:

My big concern is it's going to be sky hosted and encoded rather then app based with proper FPS and that means crappy 1080@50i instead of 1080p@23.976fps. 

If what I read was true then this peacok launch I am not looking forward to as it's just wrong on every level and leting their subsudary sky handle it was the worst mistake made and that to me just makes it a dead on arrival service but we shall see tomorrow.

I was looking forward to having another proper fps streaming service and one to pay to get rid of ads like the US conterpart but it seems like it's going to an additional section via sky with just peacock content and that makes me disappointed if it is not a proper peacock app with proper fps and the ability to pay to remove the ads and watch on another device besides a sky box..

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Given that Sky+HD subscribers are also getting this and those boxes can't even support 1080p, it's not surprising they're using the same on demand platform as all the Sky content.

[Plektrum]

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@StargazerUK1984 wrote:

My big concern is it's going to be sky hosted and encoded rather then app based with proper FPS and that means crappy 1080@50i instead of 1080p@23.976fps. 

If what I read was true then this peacok launch I am not looking forward to as it's just wrong on every level and leting their subsudary sky handle it was the worst mistake made and that to me just makes it a dead on arrival service but we shall see tomorrow.

I was looking forward to having another proper fps streaming service and one to pay to get rid of ads like the US conterpart but it seems like it's going to an additional section via sky with just peacock content and that makes me disappointed if it is not a proper peacock app with proper fps and the ability to pay to remove the ads and watch on another device besides a sky box..

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But what you have to take into account is that NBCU need the service and brand to scale...and scale fast.

Making this a standalone service at launch is not going to do that... in fact based on the current content coming out of Peacock (especially without something IP based that's going to be a driver like Mandalorian), it's going to be a hard push for them - so given Comcast has more than 20 million customers across pay tv and OTT already it makes far more strategic sense to add the service to the existing platforms (which already served as the basis for the Peacock app anyway) and leverage that, getting the new shows, the catalogue and brand in front of the majority of the current install base without another layer like an app or authenticated sign in process. 

It's entirely possible they take this standalone in the future but this probably is the best way to give the brand a decent start in Europe...

[stereohaven]

No app for me, but content has started appearing in the on demand section and on the home page marked as "Peacock".