To be fair, Peacock has some terrific movies on its service. Customers have shown that they’re willing to pay more for an ad-free experience as long as the content is worth it, and that’s where Peacock runs into trouble.
Personally, I think that’s not a winning strategy when established streamers like Netflix and Prime Video have made viewers accustomed to life without ads. It hasn’t cost you anything, and if you’re comfortable with the amount of ads served up in the middle of your entertainment viewing, then go for it. Obviously, at a free tier, Peacock is “worth” it because it’s free. If you’re an Xfinity or Cox Cable customer, you can subscribe to the $4.99 tier for no added charge. Then there’s the ad-supported premium tier that’s $4.99 month, which “serves no more than five minutes of advertising an hour” (no word on how that’s split up you could get it one chunk or every ten minutes you get a 30-second ad kind of like how Crackle worked and we all remember what a success Crackle was), and finally an ad-free premium tier for $9.99 month. There’s a totally free ad-supported tier that has some content. Then there’s the structure of the payments.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NBC APP AND PEACOCK FULL
For starters, it’s an odd hybrid of TV shows and movies that are owned by Universal and run on NBC, but they’ve also got shows and movies that come from other studios and networks ( click here for a full list of all the movies and shows on Peacock) However, Peacock, the new offering from NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast, is an odd duck even among streamers. More streaming services may come along, others might merge, but the heavy hitters are all out now, and I’m already exhausted. We’ve finally reached the climax of the streaming wars.