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Peacock’s Subscriber Bet: Can Streamer Stick Landing at Tokyo Olympics?

Peacock’s Subscriber Bet: Can Streamer Stick Landing at Tokyo Olympics?

BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT NBCUniversal views the Games’ yearlong delay as "an advantage" since it now knows the platform’s user base, but even with a "big event" boost it has a long way to go to catch up to rivals. One of the most anticipated events at the Tokyo Olympics, at least for U.S. viewers, will be women’s gymnastics, with Simone Biles looking to add to her 2016 haul of four gold medals. But if Americans want to watch Biles live, they will have to do so on NBCUniversal streamer Peacock. NBC is betting that Biles and…
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Peacock TV: Everything to know about the freemium streaming app

Peacock TV: Everything to know about the freemium streaming app

Joan E. Solsman | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT Peacock TV streams free movies and TV shows, but to unlock everything -- including all of The Office, Premier League, Yellowstone and WWE -- you have to pay. Peacock is NBCUniversal's streaming app with tens of thousands of hours of free programming, plus more shows, movies, sports and originals if you pay. Paying members -- and only paying members -- get access to everything on the service, including all nine seasons of The Office, plus extended episodes with deleted scenes from two seasons; more than 175 Premier League soccer matches; newer movies like Trolls…
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