Peacock via Sky Content!

[SDR]

Starting 16^th November, Sky TV and NOW customers in the UK and Ireland will have early access to Peacock content across platforms

Sky and NBCUniversal today announced plans to rollout Peacock content across Sky territories, beginning with a soft launch in the UK and Ireland. Starting 16^th November and included at no additional cost, Sky TV customers and NOW Entertainment Members in these markets will enjoy early access to a new Peacock destination, featuring a growing catalogue of world-class original and iconic TV shows and movies from across NBCUniversal, that will be ramping-up over the coming months.

“The introduction of Peacock content on Sky and NOW will expand the incredible line-up available to all our customers, giving them access to even more of the best entertainment from our partners at NBCUniversal. With brand new Peacock Originals, must-watch reality and hit library series we couldn’t be more excited to add Peacock for all our customers, at no extra cost” said Zai Bennett, Managing Director, Content Sky UK and Ireland.

“Following its successful phased launch in the U.S., we are excited to mark the international debut of Peacock content in the UK and Ireland on Sky,” said Lee Raftery, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, NBCUniversal. “Peacock provides Sky customers with an expanded catalogue of world-class content, including many of our most popular movies and shows from Peacock and across NBCUniversal.”

Peacock will continue to expand its offering with thousands of hours of the best content from NBCUniversal and beyond, including popular titles available now and in the coming months such as:

• Peacock Originals including current series Saved by the Bell, Rutherford Falls, Punky Brewster, The Girl in the Woods, Five Bedrooms, and Vanderpump Rules; in addition to upcoming series MacGruber, Bel-Air, Joe Exotic (working title), Killing It, Vampire Academy, Irreverent, The Innocent, The Resort, The Missing, The Best Man, Angelyne, Ted, and Battlestar Galactica

• Current and Classic TV Shows including fan-favourites like The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Psych, Superstore,A.P. Bio, The Mindy Project, Will & Grace, Mr. Mayor, Young Rock, and Saturday Night Live; popular dramas such as Battlestar Galactica, Monk, Bates Motel, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, 12 Monkeys, Downton Abbey, House, Suits, Quantum Leap, Warehouse 13, The Equalizer, and Grimm;and unscripted hits like Keeping Up With The Kardashians and bingeable franchises including Million Dollar Listing, Southern Charm,Below Deck, The Real Housewives, and Top Chef

• Movies like The Best Man, Bird on a Wire, Bowfinger, Brüno, Bulletproof, Children of Men, Definitely, Maybe, Far and Away, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Game, Hanna, Hannibal, The Last House on the Left, MacGruber, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Meet Joe Black, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Out of Sight, Pride & Prejudice, Scent of a Woman, Seed of Chucky, A Simple Wish, The Skeleton Key,Tower Heist, United 93, Very Bad Things, What Dreams May Come, and You, Me, and Dupree

Peacock will continue to rollout the content destination across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland in the coming months, making it available to almost 20 million Sky customers in total.

[ajd2308]

@SDR does "all platforms" mean the content will also be available on Sky Glass? Posts in previous threads have suggested  otherwise that Glass will not get the content until early 2022. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@ajd2308 wrote:

Posts in previous threads have suggested  otherwise that Glass will not get the content until early 2022. 

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I think that still stands: unfortunately Sky is big enough for senior execs to forget bits of it exist ; (

[SDR]

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@ajd2308 wrote:

@SDR does "all platforms" mean the content will also be available on Sky Glass? Posts in previous threads have suggested  otherwise that Glass will not get the content until early 2022. 

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We should get it before Christmas on Glass according to Sky 

[LGUser]

Too bad the current shows don't include the Chicago Trilogy, and the Law & Order shows.

[d2h]

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@LGUser wrote:

Too bad the current shows don't include the Chicago Trilogy, and the Law & Order shows.

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You can watch the Chicago shows in their entirety across Netflix and Sky. 

[gavinscott82008]

@d2h 

No you can't, not ALL seasons are available to stream as part of a subscription. 
The only current way around it is to pay for the "missing" seasons not on Netflix/Prime/Sky box sets.

[Natalie+verrill]

When is the real housewives ultimate trip coming on peacock it was launched 18th nov 21

[Timelord2018]

I wonder why don't list Law and Order Organized Crime under Peacock , it's on the US version.

So is Resident Alien aswell.

I understand it's a Soft launch but even so , I am assuming The Sinner will come at some point aswell.

I wonder if shows like Chucky will be listed under Peacock after they have finished airing on the channel.

[trevforum]

At the moment I think you can describe the launch as Peacock Lite.

[Rhonny]

@Natalie+verrill

It's on Hayu in the UK. The series started today. 

[d2h]

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@Natalie+verrill wrote:

When is the real housewives ultimate trip coming on peacock it was launched 18th nov 21

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This is where Comcast need to ultimately decide what their ultimate aim is. 

For all intents and purposes, Peacock is a mixture of Now and NBCU catch-up (US) but in the UK, a lot of the content is already on Sky, we already have Now and all of the reality programming is on Hayu. Then there's the Universal movie catalogue - that's difficult because we have Sky Cinema so they can't make Peacock too attractive in that regard. 

Peacock (UK) is just lingering in the middle of all the above, with no real selling point. I do wonder what the overall aim. It could well be a decent enough app but unless some very big decisions are taken regarding existing Sky services, I can't really see the UK version being anything other than just existing. 

I'm looking forward to seeing the full rollout to see exactly where this thing is going. At the moment it's another case of Sky's marketing being much better than the actual product. 

[Natalie+verrill]

Ah really I have hayu but said it would be on peacock

[Plektrum]

I think the issue is whether Peacock stays within the confines of Sky and Now's platforms - or whether NBCU want to take this out as a standalone option as well... I imagine that dictates what happens. 

If Peacock is to remain a hub within Sky then fine - work on making it a distinctive content destination and ensure that it's there to support the overall Sky experience in terms of library, the movie offer and ensuring there are regular originals.

If they want to retail standalone outside of the Sky platform as well? Then that's where they have to make decisions - you have a situation where you're retailing three different platforms (Sky/Now, Hayu and Peacock) and have content that potentially appears on all three! I imagine one of those services (Hayu most likely) would have to give at some point and again, if everything Peacock is on Now as a D2C offer, how is standalone Peacock an enticing proposition when for a few quid more you can get the suite of Sky channels and on demand content? At least Hayu as a reality service is distinctive to what Sky currently offers. 

I can imagine there will be some sort of rationalisation expected at some point but with the likes of Disney Plus bulking up as a generalist service I imagine Comcast will need to make those decisions fast. 

[gavinscott82008]

@Plektrum 

As a complete stab in the dark my guess is that Sky are future proofing for the departing Showtime content and then HBO Max will no doubt launch in the UK when the contract expires. So my guess is that over time Peacock will effectively replace "NOW" as all the content will be added onto Peacock even Sky branded content.