New streaming service: NBC Universal launches in April 2020
26.7.2019
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
Another titan of television is joining the scramble for streaming dominance: Comcast's subsidiary NBC Universal. Plans to do this were first announced in January 2019. The launch date and some further details were only recently added.
Free of charge, but with ads
If NBC Universal's offer is included in your Pay-TV subscription, then the entire service is free of charge. However, there will be advertisements. Unlike linear television, where TV advertising is allowed for 15 minutes per hour, NBC Universal will be limited to three to five minutes per hour. With a surcharge of 5 dollars per subscription, advertising can also be switched off completely.
If the streaming service is subscribed to without a Pay-TV subscription, it'll run you 12 dollars a month. But you won't have to endure ads.
What could be possible
As a result, the upcoming wealth of streaming services is steadily growing larger and larger. Already existing streaming giants such as Netflix, Apple TV Plus or Amazon Prime Video will be joined by Disney Plus in November 2019 and Time Warner's HBO Max around spring 2020 – at least in the USA.
There's no end in sight.
Luca Fontana
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Luca.Fontana@digitecgalaxus.chI write about technology as if it were cinema, and about films as if they were real life. Between bits and blockbusters, I’m after stories that move people, not just generate clicks. And yes – sometimes I listen to film scores louder than I probably should.
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