PEACOCK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON APPLE DEVICES UPON LAUNCHING IN JULY

NBCUniversal announced that its new streaming service, Peacock will now be fully integrated with the Apple TV app, making it available across all Apple devices when it launches nationwide on 15 July 2020. Compatible devices will now include iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K, and Apple TV HD.  Peacock will also offer a free tier that features more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and on-demand programming across news, sports, reality, and late at night. “Our priority is to bring Peacock’s unrivaled collection of content to people across major distributors and device platforms,” said Matt Bond, Chairman, Content Distribution, NBCUniversal.  "We look forward to bringing Peacock to Apple customers when we launch around the U.S. in July, capitalizing on Apple’s incredible reach and connecting with millions of viewers across their devices.”

Peacock Premium will be available for USD 4.99 per month and features more than 15,000 hours of content. Customers will be able to sign up for Peacock Free or upgrade to Peacock Premium directly within the Peacock app on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV using in-app purchases through the app store. They may also upgrade Peacock Premium and ad-free for an additional USD 5.00 per month. Viewers will be able to find Peacock’s content by accessing the Watch Now section. Other features include the addition of shows, movies, and live sports to Up Next to programming a schedule for viewing. Users can also use Siri to easily search for content. 

In addition to current season programming from network giants like NBC and Telemundo, Peacock viewers will also enjoy access to hundreds of blockbuster movies such as the “Jurassic Park” franchise, “E.T.,” “Meet the Parents,” and “Shrek,” and other popular shows including comedies, “Parks and Recreation,” “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live,” “King of Queens,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Frasier,” “George Lopez,” and “Cheers.” Dramas include “Law & Order: SVU,” “Downton Abbey,” “Yellowstone,” “Friday Night Lights,” “House,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Psych,” “Parenthood,” “Monk,” “Heroes,” kids programing including “Curious George,” “Where’s Waldo?” and “Cleopatra in Space” and Peacock original movies and shows. “Across NBCUniversal, millions of fans are consuming our content on Apple devices every day and we are thrilled to be introducing Peacock to those audiences,”  said Maggie McLean Suniewick, President, Business Development and Partnerships, Peacock. “Apple will be a key launch platform for Peacock.” 

The Peacock app will also feature daily programming highlights from TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, Noticias Telemundo, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, E! News and Access Hollywood, and 75 streaming channels, including clip-based channels like the best Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers comedy sketches, the best sketches from the SNL Vault, plus news channels from NBC News Now and Sky News, and genre channels like True Crime, Reality Check-In, and 80s Mix Tape. Last month, Peacock’s early preview rolled out to eligible Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers at no additional cost. Peacock will also be bundled and included at no additional cost for eligible Cox Contour customers later this year.