"NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels"

OfficerRob · Sep 30, 2021

Peacock was too late to the game, doesn't offer compelling original programming, and the vast majority of the catalog is offered on other streaming services. They went all in hoping the Olympics, WWE, and The Office would be enough to carry a streaming service, and they were sorely mistaken. So now they will try and force Peacock into carriage agreements (YoutubeTV will just be the first, it will happen to others) to try and offset that Peacock is a giant money loser that people are not subscribing to. Well done NBCUniversal, you found a way to make fucking Google look good

Deleted member 14518 · Sep 30, 2021

Anything that cuts down on the amount of streaming services is a plus. I wish there were far less.

Lkr · Sep 30, 2021

Chromie said:
Who the hell shortens Peacock to Cock?

the free plan is "free cock" in my group chats lol

nbc can fuck off with this, I have antenna for SNF

Dali · Sep 30, 2021

Casa said:
Peacock is absolute fucking trash and if I wasn't forced to use it for Premier League matches I'd never touch it again. Just a terrible experience on my Xfinity box.

I was pissed a bunch of USA men's basketball games were only on peacock. That still didn't get me to download it.

mrchad · Sep 30, 2021

ElectricBlanketFire said:
Peacock: Home Of The Olympics.

j/k here's a 3 day old volleyball game.

NBC really lost an opportunity with their Olympic coverage. I don't have cable, and during the summer games I subscribed to Peacock for a month to catch some Olympic events. I can't fathom why everything wasn't available on that platform. I had to get a subscription to Sling to catch a women's soccer match. Had my experience been better, I might have kept Peacock for longer, but as such I dropped it as soon as the games were over.

Gassy_N0va · Sep 30, 2021

I literally only have Peacock for the Premier League. I've also got Youtube TV so being able to save $10/mo and not lose access to soccer would be great. I've got far too many streaming services because of how splintered off soccer in the US is: Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN+. Ugh

ahoyle · Sep 30, 2021

Gassy_N0va said:
I literally only have Peacock for the Premier League. I've also got Youtube TV so being able to save $10/mo and not lose access to soccer would be great. I've got far too many streaming services because of how splintered off soccer in the US is: Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN+. Ugh

Except you lose all games that are shown live on NBC or NBCSN? Those are only available as replays on Peacock, right?

Gassy_N0va · Sep 30, 2021

ahoyle said:
Except you lose all games that are shown live on NBC or NBCSN? Those are only available as replays on Peacock, right?

I got those channels via YT TV so no access lost there - unless I'm misunderstanding the question?

Dekim · Sep 30, 2021

So NBC tried to piggyback off of YTTV to boost their crappy Peacock subs and Google said "No." Is that a safe assumption? This sounds like something an NBC executive cooked up boost their numbers to please investors and to protect their quarterly performance bonus.

Vanillalite · Sep 30, 2021

Casa said:
Peacock is absolute fucking trash and if I wasn't forced to use it for Premier League matches I'd never touch it again. Just a terrible experience on my Xfinity box.

Honestly the app has been fine for me on my Apple TV, but I wish I didn't have to pay another sub just to watch Premier League games since that's all I use it for.

ahoyle · Sep 30, 2021

Gassy_N0va said:
I got those channels via YT TV so no access lost there - unless I'm misunderstanding the question?

Well, as of tomorrow you might not have them on YTTV. That's the whole problem. Come Sunday morning I guess my only option to see City Liverpool match live is Telemundo or a dodgy stream somewhere

alr1ght · Sep 30, 2021

You can't watch great programs like this anywhere else, though.

SuperHans · Sep 30, 2021

ahoyle said:
Well, as of tomorrow you might not have them on YTTV. That's the whole problem. Come Sunday morning I guess my only option to see City Liverpool match live is Telemundo or a dodgy stream somewhere

You could try Sling for 10 dollars intro offer. Might end up doing that myself if it's not available.

Rental · Sep 30, 2021

Very odd choice as I get peacock for free with Comcast internet. I have YouTube TV so I'll just save the $10 and still be able to stream Premier League and other soccer games. Only now it'll be for less money than before when their channels were part of YouTube and the cost was more.

Guess they banking on people signing up for missing games/sporting events. I mean I signed up for Paramount+ just for champions league games so in some ways it works putting stuff behind a streaming service.

Disco Infernal · Sep 30, 2021

alr1ght said:
You can't watch great programs like this anywhere else, though.

How do we sue other members for wasting minutes of our lives? Why would you do that to us?

DirtyLarry · Sep 30, 2021

Gassy_N0va said:
I got those channels via YT TV so no access lost there - unless I'm misunderstanding the question?

Yep as already pointed out, you will lose those, and all 10 other NBCU channels, on YTTV if this goes through.

Gassy_N0va · Sep 30, 2021

ahoyle said:
Well, as of tomorrow you might not have them on YTTV. That's the whole problem. Come Sunday morning I guess my only option to see City Liverpool match live is Telemundo or a dodgy stream somewhere

DirtyLarry said:
Yep as already pointed out, you will lose those, and all 10 other NBCU channels, on YTTV if this goes through.

Totally missed that part...

Wow, its like they want me to just find some shady stream site to watch these.

Dreams-Visions · Sep 30, 2021

I'm only a sub to Peacock because it's free from AmEx.

Disco Infernal · Sep 30, 2021

NBC seriously underestimating how much I prefer price drops to their shit programming.

Casa · Sep 30, 2021

Vanillalite said:
Honestly the app has been fine for me on my Apple TV, but I wish I didn't have to pay another sub just to watch Premier League games since that's all I use it for.

I'm guessing the Apple TV has a nice, snappy UI. The Peacock app through my cable box is extremely sluggish and laggy which makes it a chore to use for longer than a few seconds.

Gwenpoolshark · Sep 30, 2021

Peacock? Is that like Quibi?

Dr Doom · Sep 30, 2021

alr1ght said:
You can't watch great programs like this anywhere else, though.

I wasn't expecting that 🤣 👽

Soap · Sep 30, 2021

I just don't see what they have to offer except old sitcoms. One huge gap is content for kids. Say what you want about paramount, but at least they have a healthy library or cartoons and kids shows.

Dreams-Visions · Sep 30, 2021

alr1ght said:
You can't watch great programs like this anywhere else, though.

Whaddafuck

The Albatross · Sep 30, 2021

So I was like "ok this sucks, but w/e I can watch NFL Sunday NIght football on Peacock or find some other way to watch it, can probably pick up NBC OTA....."

But then the real crisis hit last night and my wife found out that BRAVO is included in the NBCU package ...... and that she's going to lose access to the Housewives.

This is a serious crisis in our house. I am going away on a much anticipated bachelor party weekend this weekend..... 35+ years in the making for one of my best friends, and she's going to be texting me all weekend about how she can't get the Housewives to work.

NBC AND GOOGLE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS

The Albatross · Sep 30, 2021

Chromie said:
Who the hell shortens Peacock to Cock?

Not cock.

THE cock.

The Iron Yuppie · Sep 30, 2021

As others have said, this is incredibly naked ploy by NBC to not look like abject failures in the streaming wars. I got my parents to cut the cable and go with Youtube TV, and while my dad would be thrilled to save $10 a month, the only thing he watches is the Golf Channel. I assume Peacock does not stream the random golf tournys happening daily all over the world?

Chrome Hyena · Sep 30, 2021

The Albatross said:
So I was like "ok this sucks, but w/e I can watch NFL Sunday NIght football on Peacock or find some other way to watch it, can probably pick up NBC OTA....."

But then the real crisis hit last night and my wife found out that BRAVO is included in the NBCU package ...... and that she's going to lose access to the Housewives.

This is a serious crisis in our house. I am going away on a much anticipated bachelor party weekend this weekend..... 35+ years in the making for one of my best friends, and she's going to be texting me all weekend about how she can't get the Housewives to work.

NBC AND GOOGLE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS

Lol I had the same issue. 10 dollar Sling Blue works. I am sure this will be resolved before the next month comes along.

DirtyLarry · Sep 30, 2021

The Albatross said:
So I was like "ok this sucks, but w/e I can watch NFL Sunday NIght football on Peacock or find some other way to watch it, can probably pick up NBC OTA....."

But then the real crisis hit last night and my wife found out that BRAVO is included in the NBCU package ...... and that she's going to lose access to the Housewives.

This is a serious crisis in our house. I am going away on a much anticipated bachelor party weekend this weekend..... 35+ years in the making for one of my best friends, and she's going to be texting me all weekend about how she can't get the Housewives to work.

NBC AND GOOGLE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS

Yep, I posted on the previous page, this is also the primarily dilemma in my household. Damn Bravo. My wife is NOT HAPPY.

StereoVSN · Sep 30, 2021

DirtyLarry said:
Yep, I posted on the previous page, this is also the primarily dilemma in my household. Damn Bravo. My wife is NOT HAPPY.

Yep, same here. Bravo is the main culprit. I could probably cancel the TV package and stick with my streaming services as long as Bravo was there. Does Peacock include all the Bravo shows?

The Albatross · Sep 30, 2021

Chrome Hyena said:
Lol I had the same issue. 10 dollar Sling Blue works. I am sure this will be resolved before the next month comes along.

DirtyLarry said:
Yep, I posted on the previous page, this is also the primarily dilemma in my household. Damn Bravo. My wife is NOT HAPPY.

Last night she's watching ... Potomac or whatever, and she's shouting to me "THE BANNER AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS MAKING ME ANXIOUS" .. I'm like, not this murder of women screaming at each other for calling their mother's low rent...?

Anyway.

good tip on Sling Blue. One of the reasons I chose YTTV a couple years ago was that it had sports, Bravo, and E. Now my wife doesn't really watch E anymore (she used to be into KArdashians and some of the schlock on E, but now it's all Bravo schlock). THe loss of bravo is a major issue and I will absolutely buy sling for a month or two until they settle this shit.

Nameless · Sep 30, 2021

Maybe don't name your service a dumb name like Peacock.

Chrome Hyena · Sep 30, 2021

DirtyLarry said:
Yep, I posted on the previous page, this is also the primarily dilemma in my household. Damn Bravo. My wife is NOT HAPPY.

The Albatross said:
Last night she's watching ... Potomac or whatever, and she's shouting to me "THE BANNER AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS MAKING ME ANXIOUS" .. I'm like, not this murder of women screaming at each other for calling their mother's low rent...?

Anyway.

good tip on Sling Blue. One of the reasons I chose YTTV a couple years ago was that it had sports, Bravo, and E. Now my wife doesn't really watch E anymore (she used to be into KArdashians and some of the schlock on E, but now it's all Bravo schlock). THe loss of bravo is a major issue and I will absolutely buy sling for a month or two until they settle this shit.

Right lol I had the same thing happen. 10 dollars is a small price to pay for a happy wife heh. I will cause she loves that shit. And already told me I need to figure it out since I convinced her we could drop cable lol.

toibocks · Sep 30, 2021

antispin said:
Isn't Columbo on it? That's worth the price alone (no 🐥 in my region).

Nah. Columbo is on a ton of streaming platforms, a lot of them even have it for free (tubi, amazon, etc)

Dali · Sep 30, 2021

There was a message about this scrolling on the screen this week when I was watching reruns of l&o:svu on USA (via YouTube tv). Thats the extent of watching nbcuniversal channels I partake of. I saw syfy is on the list and in theory that would be missed but when I actually thought about the last time I watched anything on syfy i drew a blank.

The Albatross · Sep 30, 2021

Chrome Hyena said:
Right lol I had the same thing happen. 10 dollars is a small price to pay for a happy wife heh. I will cause she loves that shit. And already told me I need to figure it out since I convinced her we could drop cable lol.

Oh shit.

Sling Blue is $10 for one month ... and Then $50/mo after that?

Goddamnit I think I know how Nancy Pelosi feels right now. Like, we're negotiating a $3.5t spending package, but also trying to negotiate an emergency funding package just to keep government open.

nillarilla · Sep 30, 2021

Peacock having every EPL game on demand (the next day) and SNF live is worth it to me

Chrome Hyena · Sep 30, 2021

Yeah I think it's actually 35 a month after the 10 dollars.

The Albatross said:
Oh shit.

Sling Blue is $10 for one month ... and Then $50/mo after that?

Goddamnit I think I know how Nancy Pelosi feels right now. Like, we're negotiating a $3.5t spending package, but also trying to negotiate an emergency funding package just to keep government open.

DirtyLarry · Sep 30, 2021

StereoVSN said:
Yep, same here. Bravo is the main culprit. I could probably cancel the TV package and stick with my streaming services as long as Bravo was there. Does Peacock include all the Bravo shows?

The Peacock website really sucks, but as far as I could tell, it does include all of the Bravo shows.

The Albatross said:
Last night she's watching ... Potomac or whatever, and she's shouting to me "THE BANNER AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS MAKING ME ANXIOUS" .. I'm like, not this murder of women screaming at each other for calling their mother's low rent...?

Anyway.

I have threatened parental controls specifically to block Bravo in the past. Haha

Chrome Hyena said:
Right lol I had the same thing happen. 10 dollars is a small price to pay for a happy wife heh. I will cause she loves that shit. And already told me I need to figure it out since I convinced her we could drop cable lol.

As the old outdated saying goes, Happy Wife = Happy Wife. At this point I will pay $15 to keep her happy. Haha

I really like YTTV overall, even though at times it is a bunch of bullshit. But yeah may also need to check out the other alternatives. And it really is all because of this potential loss of Bravo. Damn damn.

Chemo · Sep 30, 2021

I know Peacock has a dumb name and people are annoyed by how many streaming services there are, but it's the only one making a MACGRUBER show so I'm there as soon as it releases.

gcubed · Sep 30, 2021

DirtyLarry said:
The Peacock website really sucks, but as far as I could tell, it does include all of the Bravo shows.

I have threatened parental controls specifically to block Bravo in the past. Haha

As the old outdated saying goes, Happy Wife = Happy Wife. At this point I will pay $15 to keep her happy. Haha

I really like YTTV overall, even though at times it is a bunch of bullshit. But yeah may also need to check out the other alternatives. And it really is all because of this potential loss of Bravo. Damn damn.

I would assume that your only option would be Hulu as Comcast has some stake in that. All your other options are going to be forced on this same deal when contracts expire and if it's like garbage RSN bullshit that was trying to be pulled, the others will walk away as well

DirtyLarry · Sep 30, 2021

gcubed said:
I would assume that your only option would be Hulu as Comcast has some stake in that. All your other options are going to be forced on this same deal when contracts expire and if it's like garbage RSN bullshit that was trying to be pulled, the others will walk away as well

Thanks. I may have to take this route or at least look into it. Just playing with the math real quick, I would probably break even. Potentially spend a few more bucks on Hulu but nothing crazy. I did try a trial of Hulu Live TV a few years back when I did officially cut the cord (I tried damn never every trial available), and I forget exactly what it was but I did not like something in particular, but that was definitely a few years back and maybe they have addressed it.

Or my other option is keep YTTV and just do the damn Peacock sub for my wife. But I am doing everything to avoid that completely out of spite towards how they have gone about all of this.

mael · Sep 30, 2021

SeanM said:
NBC has a non-exclusive licensing deal with Viacom CBS to bring their content on Peacock. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/nbc...kes-licensing-deal-for-viacomcbs-content.html

A lot of the other stuff on Peacock is licensed from elsewhere too (like Modern Family, Hells Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares). Having to rely on others to pad out their library is a sign their business model isn't sustainable in the long term IMO.

Ah so that's where Kitchen Nightmares went?
I'm not subbing for that and the Office though

davepoobond · Sep 30, 2021

That's pretty desperate. But I don't mind the idea of getting additional streaming services with one sub.

Chrome Hyena · Sep 30, 2021

DirtyLarry said:
Thanks. I may have to take this route or at least look into it. Just playing with the math real quick, I would probably break even. Potentially spend a few more bucks on Hulu but nothing crazy. I did try a trial of Hulu Live TV a few years back when I did officially cut the cord (I tried damn never every trial available), and I forget exactly what it was but I did not like something in particular, but that was definitely a few years back and maybe they have addressed it.

Or my other option is keep YTTV and just do the damn Peacock sub for my wife. But I am doing everything to avoid that completely out of spite towards how they have gone about all of this.

My original issue was the limited simo screens. But I think Hulu fixed that.

Tophat Jones · Sep 30, 2021

They definitely coordinated this with the biggest Sunday Night Football game of all time, right?

Lame.

mreddie · Sep 30, 2021

Tophat Jones said:
They definitely coordinated this with the biggest Sunday Night Football game of all time, right?

Lame.

Not really, end of month renewal or lack there of.

Darren Lamb · Sep 30, 2021

mreddie said:
NBCSN until the end of the year.

Saturday 2 October
7:30am: Man Utd v Everton – NBCSN
Leeds v Watford – NBCSN Gold
Chelsea v Southampton – USA Network
Burnley v Norwich City – Peacock Premium
Wolves v Newcastle – Peacock Premium
12:30pm: Brighton v Arsenal – NBC

Sunday 3 October
9am: Crystal Palace v Leicester City – NBCSN
9am: Spurs v Aston Villa – Peacock Premium
9am: West Ham v Brentford – Peacock Premium
11:30am: Liverpool v Man City – NBCSN, Telemundo

FUCK I forgot that not all games are on Peacock. What a bunch of cunts

mreddie · Sep 30, 2021

Darren Lamb said:
FUCK I forgot that not all games are on Peacock. What a bunch of cunts

That was EPLs catch.

Duane · Sep 30, 2021

Hey so I guess YTTV just cancels the NBC live 4K add-on plan for anyone who fell for it (guilty)?

Edit: Oh, after looking it up I see there are actually more channels on it than just NBC in theory, it's just that Olympics and EPL are the only things on it in practice. So they'll just be charging an extra $20/month for literally nothing.

"NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels"

"This guy are sick"

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