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Streaming platform Peacock is an absolute must for fans of sports and top-tier TV programming. If you’re a fan of college basketball (if you’re not, you’re so missing out), you know some of the best NCAA college basketball games this season were on Peacock. Likewise, NFL fans were treated to a Peacock-exclusive Saturday night NFL playoff game last season that could only be viewed on the streamer, and Premier League fans are deep into the 2024 season streaming on the platform.
If you’re a sports fan new to Peacock, you now join the legions of “The Office” fans who know that Peacock is the place to be when it comes to terrific TV. Add sports to Peacock’s resume and you’ll realize it’s astonishing you’ve gone this long without dabbling in all that Peacock has to offer.
Whether you want to watch the upcoming Summer Olympics, killer reality shows like “The Traitors” or catch NASCAR this season, you’re missing out if you don’t subscribe to Peacock.
Interested piqued? Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about the Peacock before you subscribe.
Peacock is a streaming service brought to you by NBC/Universal. Peacock offers subscribers live streaming access to NFL games that air on NBC, Big Ten basketball and football, Premier League soccer and WWE wrestling (including formerly PPV-only events such as Wrestlemania). The streamer hosts 80,000 hours worth of recorded content to watch as well, including hit movies and TV series such as “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.”
Top features of Peacock:
Peacock offers two subscription tiers. Peacock Premium, the streamer’s most popular plan, costs $6 per month (or $60 for an annual subscription).
Peacock Premium Plus is a terrific alternative for viewers who want to watch without ads. A subscription to Peacock Premium Plus is $11.99 per month (or pay $119.99 for the year and save 17%).
Now that you know what’s on Peacock, it’s important to know which plan to choose. Peacock Premium is the streamer’s most popular subscription tier.
With Peacock Premium, you’ll get:
Level up to Peacock Premium Plus and you’ll get:
In addition to Peacock’s steep discount on its Premium plan, students can also save even more on Peacock. Get Peacock Premium for $1.99 per month for 12 months and start streaming all the sports and reality shows now on Peacock.
You’ll need an annual student verification to take advantage of this A+ student discount.
There are no long-term contracts with Peacock, so you can unsubscribe at any time.
There’s no shortage of great shows and movies to watch on Peacock. If you’re not sure about where to get started, here are a few of our top picks, including a selection of new releases.
With a Peacock subscription, you’ll have the freedom to watch your favorite sports, TV shows and movies when and how you want, on the device of your choice. You can download the Peacock app on your phone or download the Peacock app to your Smart TV. Peacock is also supported on Fire TV and Fire TV devices, Apple TV, Roku, and major video gaming consoles, including the PS5 and new Meta VR device.
You can also watch Peacock content on Peacock.com.
NASCAR races airing on NBC Sports — that means races airing on USA Network or NBC — will also stream on demand on Peacock. Races airing on NBC can be watching on demand the same day on Peacock, while races airing on USA Network can be streamed on demand the next day.
While you can catch most network-aired programming (those NBC, Bravo and USA Network-aired TV shows) on other live TV streaming platforms like Fubo TV, SlingTV and Hulu + Live TV, what you can’t get anywhere other than Peacock is Peacock exclusive sports like Big Ten basketball and football, Peacock originals like “The Traitors” and Peacock exclusives like “The Office”. Considering the vast library of NBC Universal content available on Peacock and the relatively low monthly subscription fee, Peacock is completely worth it — especially for sports fans.
First published on January 11, 2024 / 3:37 PM EST
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