Peacock TV drops their free option

[Mr Tony]

Peacock No Longer Offers a Free Option | Cord Cutters News

Been thinking about getting Peacock’s free tier? If you don’t already have it, you are out of luck. Peacock no longer offers a free tier. Now if you want to signup, you need to pay for the Premium $4.99 plan or the Premium Plus $9.99 plan. According to the most recent numbers, Peacock has just […]

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Peacock no longer offers a free tier. Now if you want to signup, you need to pay for the Premium $4.99 plan or the Premium Plus $9.99 plan.

According to the most recent numbers, Peacock has just 20 million paying customers with 30 million total active users, including its free accounts. That compares to 46 million subscribers to Paramount+, 73.7 million Disney+ subscribers, and 39.4 million Hulu subscribers.

 

[Mr Tony]

Verified this when I went to their site. Just shows the 4.99 and 9.99 option

 

[Bruce]

I said this was going to happen months ago, next step is those Comcast Subscribers getting it for free, making them pay.

 

[Mr Tony]

There really wasn't much on their free portion anymore. 1 or 2 episodes of a show to get you to upgrade
Just like alot of the streaming services.

 

[Jimbo]

Anything I wanted to watch on it, was only available on Premier.

 

[Juan]

They still give their cable subscribers free access

 

[Bruce]

They still give their cable subscribers free access

That will go away soon enough, with advertising down right now, it is a good way to make new revenue.

 

[NashGuy]

There really wasn't much on their free portion anymore. 1 or 2 episodes of a show to get you to upgrade
Just like alot of the streaming services.

Peacock's free tier has quite a bit of older TV series (e.g. Murder, She Wrote, Columbo, Sanford & Son, etc.), plus quite a few movies too. But then some of that same stuff can be found on other free apps like Tubi.

I suspect Comcast is pulling back from Peacock as a destination for free content because they will soon really start pushing Xumo Play (part of their streaming joint venture with Charter) as their main FAST app. Meanwhile, they are making a play to put some higher-quality original series on Peacock (such as the new Poker Face, which is getting raves from critics), along with lots of live sports, live local NBC stations, new theatrical movies, etc., and really tout it as a quality service worth paying for.

While there was a certain logic to Peacock's launch strategy, including both free and paid tiers, I think it may have muddied the public perception of the service. Paramount has unequivocally stated that they see value in keeping their free content under its own dedicated brand and app, Pluto TV, apart from their paid service Paramount+. So my guess is that Comcast/Universal goes this direction too.

Also, FWIW, I still don't think either Peacock or Paramount+ will survive long-term. One or both will end up merging with something else or die.

 

[MikeD-C05]

I only had Peacock for the Saved by the Bell reboot. I haven't gone back since.

 

[Mr Tony]

I have it for the WWE options.

 

[ncted]

I got Peacock for Resident Alien, but we've watched a number of new movies on it as well as older shows we never got around to watching and rewatching some other things. My wife likes it for watching Dateline without commercials as well. We are probably going to check out Poker Face at some point.

 

[klang]

There are a few 'Peacock Original' shows I enjoy, The Capture being a recent one. Plan to watch Poker Face when it is available. For me it is free with Xfinity, not sure what I will do if they decide to charge me.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have it for the WWE options.

Thats the only reason I got it as well. But did like some of the additional stuff they had like BelAir. But I dont find that much good stuff to watch on it outside wrestling.

 

[NashGuy]

There are a few 'Peacock Original' shows I enjoy, The Capture being a recent one. Plan to watch Poker Face when it is available. For me it is free with Xfinity, not sure what I will do if they decide to charge me.

First 4 or 5 eps of Poker Face are already available. I watched the first ep and it was pretty good. Will watch more.

Among Peacock Originals, I also really enjoyed the comedy Killing It and a couple of mini-series, Dr. Death and The Resort. Comedy series Girls 5 Eva is pretty good (but will be shifting to Netflix for season 3).

 

[Hyper Casey]

I pay for Peacock and i think its worth it. But i paid like $12 for a whole year (the lowest cost plan) during Black Friday sales. If i had to pay full price $4.99 a month i probably would. I think its worth it. I love the extended episodes of "The Office". Anyway, my point is, buy your streaming services during Black Friday. Or maybe my point is Peacock is pretty good. Either way, i stand by my post. lol

 

[Mr Tony]

I pay for Peacock and i think its worth it. But i paid like $12 for a whole year (the lowest cost plan) during Black Friday sales.

same here

 

[MikeI]

Dan Patrick show is on the free version. I didn't see that mentioned in comments. Only reason why I have it. I do have Paramount and Discovery the commercial free options . Only shows I watch on NBC are Chicago PD and the Law and Order shows. Sports are on cband or ku that I'm interested in watching. PFT is unwatchable.

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[Mr Tony]

Xfinty subs got a notice about the free Peacock ending for them (but gives them a deal if they subscribe)

 

[Bruce]

Xfinty subs got a notice about the free Peacock ending for them (but gives them a deal if they subscribe)
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Something else I said was going to happen has come true, here is my post from June 2022 where I said that would be happening in the near future.

When I posted that, the person who gives me info told me this would happen before the end of 2022, so a couple of months later then she thought.

Comcast Customers will no longer get Peacock for free, now since what they get for Ads will go down ( less eyeballs watching), they will need to really start spending to grow the service to attract customers.

Comcast to End Peacock Premium Free Promotion for Xfinity Customers

Comcast plans to end the free access to Peacock Premium for Xfinity customers, according to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell.

variety.com

By the way, if you go back and look at that post, the usual suspects were telling me I was incorrect.

 

[primestar31]

Xfinty subs got a notice about the free Peacock ending for them (but gives them a deal if they subscribe)
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$20 a year is about the right price for this, IMO.