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Peacock Drops Free Tier for New Sign-Ups, Will Only Offer Paid Plans to New Customers

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Exclusive: Peacock Drops Free Tier for New Sign-Ups, Will Only Offer Paid Plans to New Customers

Peacock will no longer offer their free tier for new subscribers, The Streamable has confirmed. Instead, new users who attempt to sign up for NBCUniversal’s streaming service will now only be given the option to …
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Peacock will no longer offer their free tier for new subscribers, The Streamable has confirmed. Instead, new users who attempt to sign up for NBCUniversal’s streaming service will now only be given the option to subscribe to its two premium tiers — Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus. Existing users will continue to have access to the free tier of Peacock, where a substantial library of film and TV will still remain.

According to an NBCU source, who confirmed the change, said this decision was the result of a shift in focus to the Premium offering, which the company feels is more reflective of the unique offering available to subscribers. The Premium Tier is expected to grow to 100,000 hours of content in 2023, with “Poker Face,” live sports like the Women’s World Cup, Big Ten Football, and Premier League, and a library of shows including “The Office” and “Yellowstone.”
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So how long before they drop the free version even for those of us who had already been subscribed to it? I don't go to it that often anyway and that may make me drop it completely. In effect what they call premium is no longer the premium version. Also when will they start increasing the price?

I've already been irritated with how they will have only a season or two of some shows with the free version but to get more you have to subscribe to the premium version.
 
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Interesting that their strategy is essentially the mirror of Netflix.
 
A few nights back I watched the first episode of the Night Court reboot on Peacock, but I got a message at the second episode that I would have to subscribe to the premium version to see it. Never mind that the other episodes are free on NBC's online app. I get the impression that there will be even less programming on the free version until it's totally eliminated. :rolleyes:
 
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