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16-12-2023, 15:46
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The End Of Peacock On Sky: Streaming App Shutting Down on January 9th
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/end-of...-app-shutting/
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19-12-2023, 15:15
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Another streaming service bites the dust...
On the week Sky reveal that Peacock will close in the UK.
Lionsgate+ UK is shutting down on February 29, 2024.
https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/lionsg...-date-refunds/
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19-12-2023, 16:02
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It wasn't really a app , It was just a branded area of Sky's on demand service.
Peacock brand (nickname for NBC) doesn't mean anything outside the US unlike Universal.
Universal Studios have confirmed plans for it's first UK Attraction
https://news.sky.com/story/universal...ld-it-13034123
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They announced this yesterday in Latin America
https://variety.com/2023/streaming/g...te-1235843667/
Remains unclear about Outlander , as the only Starz/Lionsgate+ region where it was available outside the US was the UK.
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19-12-2023, 16:13
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It wasn't really a app , It was just a branded area of Sky's on demand service.
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They announced this yesterday in Latin America
https://variety.com/2023/streaming/g...te-1235843667/
Remains unclear about Outlander , as the only Starz/Lionsgate+ region where it was available outside the US was the UK. |
Amazon might buy it back I suppose, though if they have any sense they’ll offer a reduced rate. I wouldn’t hold out much hope of the proposed prequel actually getting made though, unless they have already made significant progress with it.
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21-12-2023, 00:45
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i never really got peacock....wasn't it just Now TV?
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21-12-2023, 02:27
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i never really got peacock....wasn't it just Now TV?
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No.
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21-12-2023, 08:30
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i never really got peacock....wasn't it just Now TV?
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In the UK it was just a streaming service unique to Sky and Now TV. A similar approach to the one Sky took with its linear channel Atlantic except that has far stronger content.
In the US, Peacock is Comcast's answer to Disney + so has all the Comcast content on it.
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21-12-2023, 12:24
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Amazon might buy it back I suppose, though if they have any sense they’ll offer a reduced rate. I wouldn’t hold out much hope of the proposed prequel actually getting made though, unless they have already made significant progress with it.
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Amazon bought up all the rights to Lionsgate stuff for most of Europe this year for their MGM+ service. This excluded the UK. I saw this as a possible prelude to Amazon buying Lionsgate, but even if this doesn't happen, it would make sense for Amazon to buy the UK rights to Lionsgate stuff too.
Lionsgate has been trying to split itself, separating the studio from the streamer. If they're successful, then the studio bit will be attractive to someone like Amazon.
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21-12-2023, 12:25
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Amazon bought up all the rights to Lionsgate stuff for most of Europe this year for their MGM+ service. This excluded the UK. I saw this as a possible prelude to Amazon buying Lionsgate, but even if this doesn't happen, it would make sense for Amazon to buy the UK rights to Lionsgate stuff too.
Lionsgate has been trying to split itself, separating the studio from the streamer. If they're successful, then the studio bit will be attractive to someone like Amazon.
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Starz & MGM+ bundle was also launched on Prime in the US aswell in February....
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23-12-2023, 18:47
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Lionsgate has been trying to split itself, separating the studio from the streamer. If they're successful, then the studio bit will be attractive to someone like Amazon.
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Looks like Amazon were not interested as Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp bought the studio.
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23-12-2023, 18:56
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Not sure I would say they bought the studio, doesn't sound like it to me.
https://deadline.com/2023/12/lionsga...ny-1235680683/
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27-12-2023, 23:29
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In the UK it was just a streaming service unique to Sky and Now TV. A similar approach to the one Sky took with its linear channel Atlantic except that has far stronger content.
In the US, Peacock is Comcast's answer to Disney + so has all the Comcast content on it.
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I've always just seen the peacock stuff in now tv itself? i subscribe to now tv and its always just been embedded into now tv? So whats the future. Will now tv content just shrink?
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27-12-2023, 23:38
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Sky updated the wording recently on its closure
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From January 9, 2024, the Peacock branded zone won’t be available with us. You’ll still be able to watch much of Peacock’s original content on Sky channels, NOW and the Hayu app. Sky Glass and Sky Stream customers can subscribe to Hayu on Sky Marketplace.
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https://www.sky.com/help/articles/using-peacock
Also new Universal/Focus/DreamWorks movies along with Live Sports play a major part of Peacock in the US and those go in Sky Cinema & Sky Sports here.
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28-12-2023, 02:23
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I've always just seen the peacock stuff in now tv itself? i subscribe to now tv and its always just been embedded into now tv? So whats the future. Will now tv content just shrink?
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In a nutshell yes although not by much though.
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28-12-2023, 23:20
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Amazon Prime users (in the US) apparently got this ;
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We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting January 29, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers.
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No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month.
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No doubt the UK service will follow suit.
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