Comcast/NBCUniversal is still holding back many important details about its upcoming streaming service, but the company did reveal that it will launch in April 2020.
Steve Burke, CEO of NBCU, said the company has more than 500 people working on the service, which will be based off Sky’s existing Now TV platform. He said he believes that NBCU has come up with a “very innovative way” of bringing its streaming service into a market crowded with incumbents like Netflix and Amazon, and new entrants like Disney, WarnerMedia and Apple.
“For competitive reasons, we believe we’ve got some ideas that are innovative and don’t really want to share those until we get close to launch. But we’re very pleased to have ‘The Office,’ and very optimistic about our streaming plans at this point,” Burke said.
NBCU confirmed last month that it will have “The Office” on its streaming service beginning in 2021. Burke said the service will be mostly licensed content but that it will have some originals like a recently renewed “A.P. Bio.”
