NBCUniversal officially enters the streaming wars with Peacock launch

With much of the United States forced to stay inside and looking for any kind of entertainment to make the days go by faster, NBCUniversal couldn’t have picked a better time to launch its new Peacock streaming service — assuming you’re a Comcast customer, that is.

Peacock will be available for Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers across the country beginning tomorrow. NBCUniversal executives expect it to be available to all eligible customers by the end of April. It doesn’t cost anything extra on top of your regular bill. This is an early preview of the ad-supported subscription service. Comcast still plans to roll out Peacock to non-Comcast subscribers on July 15th. Originally, Comcast and NBCUniversal were going to use the 2020...

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