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It's only been a few days since we found out that more adverts were coming to your favourite Netflix shows on Sky...and now, the satellite broadcaster has confirmed that streaming service Peacock will be removed from all Sky Glass, Sky Stream, and Sky Q boxes next month.
The decision to ditch the Netflix competitor comes just two years after Peacock was rolled out to nearly 20 million Sky viewers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland at no extra cost. Confirming the shutdown in a notice on its site, Sky stated: “The Peacock app will close on 9 January.”
From that date, Sky TV viewers will lose some of the series and movies that were added as part of the deal with Peacock. The catalogue is being split between Sky TV and Hayu, another streamer that’s available to watch on Sky Glass, Sky Stream, and Sky Q ...but costs an extra £4.99 per month.
Peacock boasts 24 million paid subscribers in the United States. However, that’s still a long way behind rivals like Disney+ (157.8 million subscribers worldwide), Netflix (238.4 million), and Paramount+ (60 million).
It's worth noting that Peacock is a slightly different proposition in the states, as it bundles live sports coverage and other perks that were never included as part of the partnership between Sky and the NBC streaming service.
Read HERE
The decision to ditch the Netflix competitor comes just two years after Peacock was rolled out to nearly 20 million Sky viewers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland at no extra cost. Confirming the shutdown in a notice on its site, Sky stated: “The Peacock app will close on 9 January.”
From that date, Sky TV viewers will lose some of the series and movies that were added as part of the deal with Peacock. The catalogue is being split between Sky TV and Hayu, another streamer that’s available to watch on Sky Glass, Sky Stream, and Sky Q ...but costs an extra £4.99 per month.
Peacock boasts 24 million paid subscribers in the United States. However, that’s still a long way behind rivals like Disney+ (157.8 million subscribers worldwide), Netflix (238.4 million), and Paramount+ (60 million).
It's worth noting that Peacock is a slightly different proposition in the states, as it bundles live sports coverage and other perks that were never included as part of the partnership between Sky and the NBC streaming service.
Read HERE
